noun:

• lunch monitor; student responsible for school lunch distribution and clean-up

noun:

• homophone; word with the same pronunciation and similar meaning as another but a different written form

noun:

• Musashi; historical region consisting of modern Tokyo, Saitama and eastern Kanagawa prefectures

expression:

• do this, do that; dos and don'ts

noun:

• remnant; remainder; odds and ends; leavings

expression / ichidan verb:

• to accept an offer; to be charmed by someone's kind words and do as he wishes

noun:

• Amphibia; class comprising the extant and extinct amphibians

noun:

• lucky day but not in the morning; day on which judgment and haste are avoided (judgement) ➜ 六曜

noun:

• water pepper vinegar; vinegar infused and mixed with water pepper leaves, esp. served with salt-grilled sweetfish - Food term

expression:

• haste makes waste; anger and haste hinder good counsel - proverb

noun:

• little three dragons; winning hand that contains two pungs or kongs of dragons and a pair of the third dragon - Mahjong term

noun:

• with no one upon whom to depend; utter loneliness; the lonely and the helpless; people who have no kith or kin - four character idiom

noun:

• ideation; process of forming and relating ideas

~する noun:

• to ideate

expression:

• man is not made of stone; man is made of flesh and blood - proverb

noun:

• wildlife sanctuary; protection area for birds and wild animals

noun:

• Okuninushi; deity of magic and medicine later viewed as equivalent to Daikokuten and celebrated at Izumo Grand Shrine ➜ 大黒天

noun:

• gap year; yearlong break taken between high school and university

noun:

• loco moco; Hawaiian dish, trad. white rice topped with hamburger patty, fried egg and brown gravy - Food term

expression / adverb:

• that is to say; so that means

noun:

• dependent word; auxiliaries and particles in Japanese - Linguistics term

noun:

• Heterobranchia; clade of snails and slugs

expression:

• let's put formalities aside; let's not speak so stiffly

noun:

• young people who behave in a rowdy fashion (e.g. in a pub); young people who cheer and drink loudly

expression / noun:

• what one has a mind to do; what one feels like (doing); being so minded; (with) that in mind

noun:

• talent; man of outstanding learning and virtue