noun:

• forgetting one's serious objectives by becoming engrossed in trivial pursuits; being distracted by trivial objects and losing sight of one's original goal - four character idiom

noun:

• garden; trees and flowers in a garden

noun:

• Board of Retainers; Kamakura- and Muromachi-period government office - esp. さむらいどころ
• samurai guard house (Heian and Kamakura periods) - esp. さぶらいどころ

noun:

• Western school; school dedicated to the study of the West and Western languages (late Edo and Meiji periods)

noun:

• Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove; group of 3rd-century Qingtan scholars, writers, and musicians ➜ 清談

noun:

• a single tree or blade of grass; every stick and stone (of a place) - four character idiom

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• looking on with surprise; surprised and changing one's expression

noun:

• Protectorate General; Han- and Tang-period Chinese office established to pacify and control peoples on the frontier (during the Tang period, six major Protectorate Generals were established) ➜ 都護・西域都護府・安東都護府・安南都護府・安西都護府・燕然都護府・単于都護府・北庭都護府

noun / ~する noun:

• prostration; placing knees, hands and forehead on the ground to show utmost respect - Buddhism term

noun:

• ground soup; ground seafood, beans, nuts, etc. seasoned and mixed with broth - Food term

noun:

• being preoccupied with immediate (superficial) differences without realizing that there are no differences in substance; six of one and half a dozen of another - four character idiom

noun:

• oleochemistry; oil and fat chemistry

noun:

• sommelier (sommeliere); waiter or waitress who manages and is an expert on wine - From French

noun:

• licensed social insurance consultant; labor and social security attorney

godan ~す verb:

• to say repeatedly (often by many people); to say over and over again

noun:

• Foreign Exchange Control Law; Foreign Exchange and Foreign Control Trade Law - abbreviation

noun:

• maintenance checkup; maintenance and inspection

noun:

• Okuni kabuki; progenitor of modern kabuki, developed by Izumo Taisha shrine maiden Izumo no Okuni and popularized in Kyoto (early Edo period)

expression:

• rubbernecking; the thrill of looking at something scary or unpleasant and wanting to look at it all the more because it is scary or unpleasant

noun / ~する noun:

• one step forward, many steps backward; little to gain and much to lose - four character idiom

intransitive verb:

• to be emaciated; to be nothing but skin and bones

noun / ~する noun:

• viciously beating; hitting and kicking repeatedly - emphatic form of ぼこぼこ ➜ ぼこぼこ

expression / noun:

• hint; do's and don'ts - From English "one-point advice"

noun:

• over-demanding parents; parents who makes selfish and unreasonable demands on behalf of their child - From English "monster parents" ➜ モンスターペアレント

noun:

• taking multiple medications; taking medicine and certain foods together or in close proximity (which should be avoided)