expression:

• life has its ups and downs; he who falls today may rise tomorrow - proverb

noun:

• interpenetration of spirit between the poet and nature in a haiku

noun:

• treating a metal surface to make it look worn and aged; antique finish

noun:

• keirin; cycle racing event, usu. 2km with a paced start and sprint finish - ケイリン is often used for the sport, and 競輪 is often used in the context of gambling

noun / suffix noun:

• feudal domain (Edo and early Meiji periods, precursor to current prefectures); fiefdom; province; clan

noun:

• onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori) - polite language

particle:

• although; despite; even though; and yet
• whereas; while
• if only; I wish
• in order to

particle:

• if ... then; when
• and - often ...も...ば...も...
• why don't you...?
• the more (one does something) - often ...ば...ほど
• because; since - archaism

noun:

• drawing a katana and attacking in the same stroke
• doing something suddenly, without warning

noun / ~する noun:

• being liberated from earthly desires and the woes of man; (reaching) nirvana; moksha; mukti

noun / adjectival noun:

• regret

noun:

• flesh, blood vessels and fat from around chicken heart, usu. served as yakitori

noun / ~する noun:

• rivalry; competition; antagonism; struggle for supremacy
• rising and falling (of a bird) ［けっこう］

noun:

• teriyaki (meat or fish marinated in sweet soy sauce and broiled)

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• splashing (water) - onomatopoeia
• chubby (and cute); plump ［ぽちゃぽちゃ］ - onomatopoeia

noun:

• dessert (esp. in Italian cuisine); sweets; cake - From Italian "dolce"

adverb:

• dolce; (to be performed) gently and sweetly - Music term - From Italian

noun:

• macaron (a French pastry made from egg whites and almond powder); macaroon - From French

noun:

• superalloy
• Chogokin; line of die-cast metal robot and character toys sold by Popy

noun:

• double-dealer; timeserver; moving back and forth between two sides in a conflict - four character idiom

noun:

• Benzaiten; Saraswati; goddess of music, eloquence, also wealth and water - Buddhism term

noun:

• loach stew; loaches boiled in soy sauce with stewed eggs and slivered burdock root - Food term ➜ 泥鰌

expression:

• currying favour (favor); brown-nosing; bootlicking; sucking pus from carbuncles and licking hemorrhoids (haemorrhoids) [literal]

noun / ~する noun:

• woman or girl who acts cute by playing innocent and helpless - derogatory term - slang ➜ ぶる

noun:

• true parrot (esp. small parrots such as the parakeet, lory and conure)

noun / ~する noun:

• ranging over or scouting out a territory; searching far and wide (for); reading extensively

noun:

• women's obi with a different colour on each side (originally black and white)