noun:

• woman so glamorous as to bring ruin to a country (castle) as its king (lord) is captivated by her beauty; femme fatale - four character idiom ➜ 傾城傾国【けいせいけいこく】

noun:

• government-controlled competitive sports, for which government-operated gambling is allowed

noun:

• Aikido technique, wherein the opponent is brought down by twisting his or her arm away from the body - Martial Arts term

noun:

• skilled engineer (mechanic) who is clumsy in all other matters; person who gets a great kick out of tinkering with anything mechanical - four character idiom

expression:

• autumn weather is as fickle as a man's heart - proverb ➜ 女心と秋の空

noun:

• Buddhist priest who is a government minister

expression:

• zeal is a bad servant; the person who chases a deer does not see the mountain [literal] - proverb

expression / noun:

• a man among the geese when the gander is away; a one-eyed king in the land of the blind; a bat in a village without birds [literal] - idiom

noun:

• mythical ball inside the anus that is sought after by kappa

expression:

• good advice is harsh to the ears; honest advice is often unpleasant to the ears - four character idiom

noun:

• second rank; second place

conjunction:

• now that it is as such; since it is as such

noun / ~の noun:

• someone who is greatly one's senior; veteran

noun:

• being frustrated because something is not quite as hoped (just as one cannot scratch an itch from outside a shoe); having an itch that one cannot scratch - four character idiom

expression:

• it is better to; it is best to; there's nothing better than

expression:

• it is, isn't it?; I know, right?; innit? - colloquialism

expression:

• there is no place like home; home is sweet to an exile - proverb

expression:

• if one is unlucky; if one is careless ➜ 下手すると

expression:

• it is so; it is as such - archaism

noun:

• mother who is interested in trains - slang - abbreviation ➜ 鉄道

noun:

• type of lettering consisting of thick vertical and horizontal lines which is often used in seals

noun:

• second guest of honour (at a tea ceremony); second guest of honor ➜ 正客

expression:

• to be second to none (in)

noun:

• house in which a mistress is kept

noun:

• second grade of the third rank of honor (honour)