expression / noun:

• mother's feeling as she waits for her child to return ➜ 倚門の望

expression / noun:

• mother's feeling as she waits for her child to return

noun:

• posing and moving the fingers as an art form; finger-tutting

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to take to task; to take it out on

pre-noun adjectival:

• what (e.g. "what rudeness") (an expression of surprise, anger)

expression:

• what (something) is like - usu. as 〜の何たるか

interjection:

• your pardon; sorry; no thanks

noun:

• not wanting; objecting to; being fed up with; wishing to avoid - usu. 〜はごめんだ
• permission; leave; dismissal; discharge

expression:

• we have piped unto you and ye have not danced; people ignoring one's invitation or effort to do something together - from Matthew 11:17 - idiom

expression:

• it's hard to please everybody; damned if you do and damned if you don't - proverb

expression:

• in that case; (might not be what was expected or hoped for but) if that's the case

expression / adjective:

• spending a day's revenue within the day; not being attached to money (like a true Tokyoite)

noun:

• clausula rebus sic stantibus (legal principle that agreements become non-binding if there is a major, unforeseeable change of circumstances)

noun:

• post-coital clarity; period after orgasm when a man is free from sexual desire and can think clearly - slang - humorous term

noun:

• post-coital clarity; period after orgasm when a man is free from sexual desire and can think clearly - slang - humorous term

noun:

• awareness of things around one; ability to understand what is going on around oneself; judgment; judgement; discretion

noun / ~する noun:

• no longer being fond of someone; spiteful words or acts showing that one is disgusted with someone

noun:

• exact center of the Garbhadhatu mandala - obscure term
• platform upon which the fire is lit in a stone lantern

expression:

• all people aren't evil; don't distrust everyone; there is kindness to be found everywhere - proverb

expression:

• don't believe everything you hear; what is a paradise on hearsay maybe a hell at sight [literal] - proverb

noun:

• incapacitated rape; sexual assault against somebody who is intoxicated, asleep or otherwise unable to consent or resist - Law term

noun:

• flower lantern; Bon festival lantern that is decorated with artificial flowers or has a floral pattern ➜ 盆灯籠

noun:

• love that is motivated by job-hunting; using sex to get a job - From English "recruit love"

expression / ichidan verb:

• to have a hard time of it; to have a bitter experience

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to tell a person (something) emphatically; to let a person have it

noun:

• imperial loyalist samurai of the Bakumatsu-era
• patriots; idealists willing to sacrifice themselves for the good of the nation

noun:

• ticket good for multiple performances (e.g. a whole day, including matinee and evening performances); season ticket; through ticket [literal] ➜ 通し切符