expression:

• time flies like an arrow; time and tide wait for no man; life is short - proverb

noun / ~の noun:

• once in a lifetime; the first and last occurrence (event, experience) of one's lifetime - four character idiom

noun:

• (lying on one's belly and) basking in the sun; sunbathing (e.g. on a beach)

noun:

• sea air; sea breeze ［海気］
• ocean and atmosphere ［海気］
• type of yarn-dyed silk goods

noun:

• retribution; retributive justice; karma; just deserts; poetic justice; reward and punishment for one's past behavior - four character idiom

noun:

• district; quarter
• enclosure; area enclosed by earthwork
• red-light district

prefix / suffix:

• wide and empty ［廓］

noun:

• cramschool (for boys and girls who wish to go on to the next stage of education)

noun:

• newspaper with a lot of advertisements and delivered for free of charge - From English "free paper"

noun:

• luggage trunk for wrestlers and referees; wicker basket for a wrestler's belt, apron, etc. - Sumo term

noun:

• collision; bumping into
• head-to-head training; drill consisting of pushing and being pushed; battering practice - abbreviation - Sumo term ➜ ぶつかり稽古

noun / adjectival noun:

• being faithful to one's principles; being of firm purpose and deep commitment; constancy; true blue - four character idiom

noun / ~の noun:

• initiative taken by bureaucrats in the drafting of government policies and bills (rather than by politicians) - four character idiom

noun:

• spring flowers and the autumn moon; beauty of nature as it changes from season to season - four character idiom

noun:

• type of lettering consisting of thick vertical and horizontal lines which is often used in seals

noun:

• Lolita fashion; fashion style characterized by frilly dresses, knee socks and bonnets - From English

noun:

• (university) club that exists for the purpose of getting women drunk and taking advantage of them

noun:

• ridged wooden bench used in SM practices (and in the Edo period for torturing female prisoners)

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• keeping calm and collected at times of disappoinment; maintaining a serene state of mind in adversity - archaism - four character idiom

noun:

• San-you region of western Honshu (incl. Okayama, Hiroshima, southern Yamaguchi and sometimes western Hyogo prefectures)

noun:

• dance performance held in April by geisha and maiko in Kyoto's Gion district

noun:

• frizz; short tufts springing up from hair surface here and there; kink; idiot hair

noun:

• bronze currency of ancient China (some pieces shaped like spades and others like opened straight razors)

noun:

• the five elements (in Japanese philosophy: earth, water, fire, wind and void) - Buddhism term ➜ 五行【ごぎょう】
• five great wisdom kings - abbreviation - Buddhism term ➜ 五大明王

noun:

• river in which worshippers wash their hands (and rinse their mouth) prior to entering a shrine

noun:

• full interchange (an interchange that has exits and entrances in both directions)