noun:

• painful reproach (like a needle stuck in one's scalp)

noun:

• stone knife (Jomon-period tool, shaped like a rice spoon) - obscure term ➜ 石匙

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• crisp (like a pickle); crunchy - onomatopoeia
• firm (musculature) - onomatopoeia
• stiff (shoulders, neck, etc.) - onomatopoeia

expression / ~と adverb:

• without making waves; softly; (like) a willow in the wind [literal] - idiom

noun:

• Edo period silver coin shaped like a sea cucumber

noun:

• pile of poo shaped like a soft-serve ice cream

noun:

• steamed bun shaped like a loach catcher ➜ どじょう掬い【どじょうすくい】

noun:

• sparing a life; clemency
• reconsideration of an employee's dismissal

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be a matter of life or death

noun:

• downshifter; someone who has decided to live a simpler life ➜ ダウンシフト

expression:

• must not be concluded like this; shall not finish like this - archaism

expression:

• after pleasure comes pain; there is no pleasure without pain; there is no rose without a thorn; take the good with the bad - proverb

noun:

• wish; dream; prayer; one's desire

expression:

• the world is a scene of constant changes; the blue sea turns into a mulberry field [literal] - four character idiom

noun:

• art project which is done in place of a graduation thesis at a college of arts ➜ 卒制

noun:

• place where there is a god or spirit; place containing the sacred object of a shrine

noun:

• power of finality (of a legal decision, e.g. when a case is dismissed with prejudice) - Law term

expression:

• like begets like; the apple doesn't fall far from the tree; eggplants don't grow on gourd vines [literal] - proverb

noun:

• fixing one's aim in life; deciding one's life goal

noun:

• valuing one's body and life; holding one's life dear - four character idiom

expression / conjunction:

• means; is
• because; that is to say - often as というのは...から

expression / adverb:

• namely; that is; which is to say

expression:

• where might is master, justice is servant - proverb

expression:

• speech is silver, silence is golden - proverb

expression:

• matter is void; all is vanity - four character idiom