noun:

• Onbashira Festival; log-dragging festival held once every six years in Suwa, Nagano

noun:

• immersion; dipping; in microscopy, immersing both the objective lens and the specimen in a liquid to increase the numerical aperture; in photolithography, filling the air gap between the final lens and the wafer surface with a liquid to increase the resolution

noun:

• starting lineup; player in the starting lineup - Sports term - From English "starting member"

~の noun / noun:

• attractive to men; in a style (appearance, look, etc.) that men fall for

noun:

• amorous woman

expression / ichidan verb:

• to stand side by side; to stand in a row

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to come to like a lot; to fall in love

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to enter (house, room, etc.); to step in

noun / ~する noun:

• retention; keeping in custody (e.g. of a court)

noun:

• act of treachery; breach of faith; stab in the back; double-cross

noun:

• Chaetodontoplus; genus of marine angelfishes in the family Pomacanthidae

noun:

• mirin; type of sweet rice wine used in cooking

noun:

• being attracted by physical looks only; person who is only interested in looks

noun / ~する noun:

• reduced copy; reproduction in miniature

expression / ichidan verb:

• to interrupt; to butt in

noun:

• true Tokyoite; person born and raised in Edo - Kansai dialect ➜ 江戸っ子

noun:

• Tokyo near-field earthquake; large-scale earthquake expected to directly hit the Kanto area sometime in the future; also refers to the 1855 and 1894 Edo/Tokyo earthquakes

noun:

• kiss and cry; area in an ice rink where figure skaters wait for their marks to be announced - Sports term

expression:

• (bringing up a child) with greatest care pampering (him, her) with material comforts of a rich family; (being brought up) in a hothouse atmosphere - four character idiom

noun:

• Gartner's bacillus; form of salmonella that causes gastroenteritis in humans

expression:

• avarice brings doom upon oneself; if a hawk-eagle tries to catch two boars at once, the boars will try to run in opposite directions, splitting the hawk-eagle into two and killing it - proverb

noun:

• Tokyo near-field earthquake; large-scale earthquake expected to directly hit the Kanto area sometime in the future; also refers to the 1855 and 1894 Edo/Tokyo earthquakes

noun:

• illiterate and ignorant; uneducated and lacking in wisdom and discernment - four character idiom

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to fall flat; to collapse in a heap ➜ 倒れる

expression:

• a long time ago; in those days

noun:

• spirit of true craftsman; (craftsman's) pride in his work - four character idiom