expression:

• just as one was told; like she (he) said

adverb / ~の noun:

• for the first time ➜ 始める

adverb:

• only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ... - after the -te form of a verb

noun:

• focus of one's attention; what one is looking for ➜ 目の付け所

expression:

• there is little to choose between the two; they're both about the same - idiom

expression:

• nurture over nature; how one is brought up matters more than one's origins - proverb

noun:

• according to (depending on) one's ability; if one is good (competent, talented) enough - four character idiom

expression:

• slow and steady wins the race; there is luck in the last helping - proverb

noun:

• one shoulder exposed (e.g. because one sleeve of the kimono is undone) - obscure term

noun:

• insoluble azo dye that is cooled with ice during dyeing; ice color ➜ 氷染染料・ナフトール染料【ナフトールせんりょう】

noun:

• new type depression; depression where one is depressed only when at work

noun:

• new type depression; depression where one is depressed only when at work

noun:

• pseudo-foreign company; company based abroad but whose main country of business is Japan - Law term ➜ 外国会社

noun:

• food desert; area where it is difficult to buy food

expression:

• it is better to do things shoddily yet sincerely rather than to cleverly deceive - proverb

noun:

• married couple; spouses; husband and wife; couple; pair

prefix noun:

• his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman) ［めおと］ ➜ 夫婦茶碗

noun:

• lintel of the alcove in a tea room or a window in a shoin-style reception room
• cloud-shaped carving on the bottom of a transom
• metallic bowl used to hold the charcoal in a wooden hibachi ➜ 火鉢

expression:

• better to be the beak of a rooster than the rump of a bull; better to be the leader of a small group than a subordinate in a large organization; better to be a big fish in a little pond than a little fish in a big pond - four character idiom

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to make up a shortfall; to cover a shortage; to compensate for a shortage; to fill a gap

noun:

• pent roof built atop the stairs of a shrine or a building in a classic aristocratic villa ➜ 寝殿造り・向拝

noun:

• votive tablet depicting a math puzzle given in devotion to a shrine or temple by a wasan mathematician ➜ 和算【わさん】

noun / ~の noun:

• early ripening rice - usu. 早稲
• early-ripening fruit (grain, etc.) - usu. 早生
• person who becomes physically or mentally mature at an early age - usu. 早生

noun:

• child; children - archaism
• child servant; temple page
• my (young or child-like) wife - humble language
• young slacker (who has not yet attained adulthood)

expression:

• take a long walk off a short pier; go stick your head in a pig; bash your head against the corner of a block of tofu and die [literal]

noun:

• outrider; herald
• rikishi who leads the yokozuna to the ring prior to his ring-entering ceremony - Sumo term

noun:

• classmate; graduates in the same class
• wrestlers who began their professional careers in the same tournament - Sumo term