expression:

• nurture over nature; how one is brought up matters more than one's origins - proverb

noun:

• Sado mole (Mogera tokudae); Tokuda's mole

noun:

• face plant; landing on one's face - slang - Sports term

noun / ~する noun:

• scraping together (a sum of money); raising (a sum of money) by straining one's credit - four character idiom

expression:

• quickly, suddenly (while one is watching); before one's eyes

noun:

• wrinkled hands from being in water; washerwoman's hands

noun:

• personal appearance and physique; person's appearance and physique giving a feeling of respectable character - four character idiom

expression:

• the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence; the neighbour's salted rice bran paste (smells sweeter) [literal] - proverb

noun:

• lesser Ryukyu shrew (Crocidura watasei); Watase's shrew

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• auscultation; listening to a person's chest with a stethoscope - Medicine term

noun:

• amount to be borne; one's share (of expenses) ➜ 負担金・分担金

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to bother; to meddle; to poke one's nose (into another's business); to be too helpful - idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• putting in an appearance; showing one's face - archaism ➜ 顔出し

expression:

• with steady steps; with one's feet planted on the ground

noun:

• permanent edition; timeless edition; collector's version; only issue of non-regularly printed magazine or mook

noun / ~する noun:

• loss-cutting; cutting one's losses - Business term

noun:

• passenger seat; assistant driver's seat

expression / ichidan verb:

• to do wholeheartedly; to put one's heart into something

noun:

• Oedipus complex; sexual attraction to one's mother - From English "mother complex" ➜ エディプスコンプレックス

noun:

• kuma bamboo grass (Sasa veitchii); Veitch's bamboo

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to feel nervous; to feel afraid; to feel self-conscious; to lose one's nerve; to get cold feet; to get the jitters
• to be startled; to be surprised; to be shocked; to feel frightened; to be spooked - colloquialism
• to be shy; to be bashful - archaism

noun:

• Raggiana bird-of-paradise (Paradisaea raggiana); Count Raggi's bird-of-paradise

noun / ~する noun:

• violent (tragic or accidental) death; dog's death

expression / noun / adverb:

• as promised; true to one's promise ➜ 約束通り【やくそくどおり】

noun:

• adding to the top; what's placed on the top