noun / ~する noun:

• seeing something that isn't actually there; hallucination; mistaking for something or someone else
• pretending not to see; looking the other way; turning a blind eye ➜ 見ぬふり【みぬふり】
• looking upwards ➜ 上目【うわめ】

noun:

• large-size refuse (e.g. furniture, electrical goods); oversized garbage; bulky rubbish
• useless man about the house; husband that is retired and considered a nuisance - colloquialism - derogatory term

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)

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to spill; to fall out of; to overflow
• to peek through; to become visible (although normally not)
• to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)

noun:

• gatekeeper (in suicide prevention); person who prevents others from committing suicide (by noticing they are depressed and talking to them about it, etc.)
• gatekeeper (in media, networking, etc.)

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to succeed as planned; to carry through; to accomplish

noun:

• expectant right (as opposed to a vested right); contingent right

noun:

• fake refugee; phony refugee; illegal migrant disguised as a refugee

noun:

• domestic service; working as a housemaid; domestic help; domestic helper - archaism - four character idiom

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to act as innocent

ichidan verb:

• to compare; to liken
• to use as a pretext

noun:

• person who is made to do things or go get things for someone else; person who runs errands; gofer - abbreviation - colloquialism ➜ 使いっ走り

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to say the same thing over and over again; to talk until one is blue in the face

noun / ~の noun:

• (similar to) perinatal; period from around the 28th week of pregnancy to a week after the baby is born

expression:

• the husband is always the last to know; everyone knows of the wife's infidelity but the cuckolded husband - idiom

expression:

• the end of the world; the world is beyond saving; there's no hope for the future; this degenerate age

noun / ~の noun:

• money monger; money-happy person; person who is money-mad; money-grubber

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to share (someone's) good luck; to follow (someone's) example; to enjoy the same benefits (of someone or something)
• to be named after

expression:

• anybody can look good with the right clothes; clothes make the man; fine feathers make fine birds; clothes on a packhorse driver [literal] - proverb

expression:

• there is a suitable spouse for everyone; every Jack has his Jill; a mended lid for a cracked pot [literal] - proverb

noun / ~する noun:

• scoring the first point; winning the first game ［せんしょう］

noun:

• lucky day in the morning, but not in the afternoon ➜ 六曜

noun:

• Lamarckian evolutionary theory in which individuals lose characteristics that are not used and develop characteristics that are often used ➜ ラマルク説

expression:

• don't eat plum pits (because they are poisonous); if you eat a plum, don't eat the kernel; inside it heavenly gods sleep [literal] - proverb

noun:

• International Trade Commission; ITC
• Independent Television Commission; ITC
• International Trade Center; ITC
• integrated traffic control; ITC
• inclusive tour charter
• IT coordinator

noun:

• popular music; common people's music (as opposed to court music) Antonym: 雅楽