noun / ~の noun:

• bones of the palm (esp. the metacarpals, but sometimes also including the carpals) - obscure term ➜ 中手骨

noun:

• the first rain to fall between the late autumn and the early winter - archaism

expression:

• the proof of the pudding is in the eating; the proof is in the pudding; don't knock it till you've tried it - proverb

noun:

• not folding on a stitch but placing the fold (2mm) deeper past the stitch, folding the excess back to cover the stitch

noun:

• the true, the good, and the beautiful

noun:

• the people; the public; the world

noun:

• Palace of the Dragon King; palace from the story of Urashima Taro (said to be located at the bottom of the sea)

noun:

• Palace of the Dragon King; palace from the story of Urashima Taro (said to be located at the bottom of the sea) ➜ 竜宮【りゅうぐう】

expression / noun / ~する noun:

• focusing on only the good points or strong points; incorporating the benefits (while ignoring the drawbacks); picking the best of both (everything); cherry-picking (e.g. information)

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to hold (the opponent) in the arms and carry him out of the ring

noun / ~の noun:

• this world; the present life (in contrast to the land of the dead)

noun:

• re; 2nd note in the tonic solfa representation of the diatonic scale

unclassified:

• le; the - From French

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• take the world by storm; to hold sway over the minds of the people

noun:

• White Army (any of the armies that opposed the Bolsheviks during the Russian Revolution)

noun:

• White Army (any of the armies that opposed the Bolsheviks during the Russian Revolution) ➜ 白衛軍

temporal noun:

• now (with the nuance of 'the last moment'); this late in the game

noun:

• language used by the harlots of the Yoshiwara red light district during the Edo period ➜ ありんす・吉原言葉

noun:

• hakama fashioned in the style of the pantaloons worn by the Portuguese - From Portuguese "calção" ➜ 袴

expression / noun / ~する noun:

• eating the food of the dead (which prevents return from the underworld) ➜ 黄泉国【よもつくに】

noun / ~の noun:

• half the face; one side; half; the other side; the reverse; the contrary

noun / ~する noun:

• replacing the old with the new; the old giving way to the new - four character idiom

expression:

• victory goes to the one who makes the first move; being quick to take action leads to victory; the early bird gets the worm - four character idiom

expression:

• something that comes too late and is useless; like a chrysanthemum prepared for the ninth day of the ninth month of the lunar calendar for the Chrysanthemum festival but that blooms only on the tenth ➜ 重陽

noun:

• representative director; managing director; president; someone chosen by the board of directors from among the directors to actually represent the company in its dealings with the outside world

noun:

• the Avici hell, the eighth and most painful of the eight hells in Buddhism - four character idiom