expression:

• the eyes are the windows to the soul; the eye is the lamp of the body; the eyes are the mirror of the heart [literal] - proverb

noun:

• matrilineal emperor of Japan; emperor (either male or female) whose mother is (was) a member of the Imperial family but whose father is (was) not - four character idiom ➜ 女性天皇

noun:

• a show; blood-stained mucus discharge that happens during pregnancy up to two weeks before delivery ➜ 破水
• signature mark (crest) used by members of the Imperial family to mark their belongings
• a sign (with honorific 'o') ➜ しるし

noun / ~する noun:

• reversing the order of (relative) importance (of); putting the cart before the horse; the tables being turned; mistaking the insignificant for the essential; mistaking the means for the end - four character idiom

noun:

• person who moves a lot for their job; family who moves a lot for the primary breadwinner's job

expression:

• the pot calling the kettle black; the goop in the eye laughing at the snot in the nose [literal] - idiom

~の noun:

• the aforementioned; the said; (man, incident, etc.) in question; the above-mentioned; the aforesaid
• the usual

noun:

• eldest child; oldest child; first-born child
• child who carries on the family name
• pre-ritsuryo official established in key provinces, responsible for administration of his home and surrounding provinces - archaism ➜ 律令制・総領【すべおさ】
• head of a warrior clan (Kamakura period) - archaism

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• failing to properly evaluate the (relative) importance (of); putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the cause for the end; mistaking the insignificant for the essential; getting one's priorities backwards - four character idiom

noun:

• the end; the extremity; the limit; the limits; the result

noun:

• offering ceremony held on the third day of the dog after the winter solstice - Buddhism term
• twelfth month of the lunisolar calendar
• year in the Buddhist order (after the completion of the first meditation retreat) ➜ 臈

noun:

• family planning

noun:

• royal family

noun:

• family lineage

noun:

• family court - abbreviation ➜ 家庭裁判所

noun:

• nuclear family

noun / ~の noun:

• clan; family

noun:

• royal family

noun:

• family court

noun:

• family crest

noun:

• large family

noun:

• family doctor

noun:

• family-size

noun:

• bereaved family

noun:

• related family