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:

• redcurrant (Ribes rubrum); red currant

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

noun:

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

noun:

• Heterobranchia; clade of snails and slugs

noun:

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

noun:

• talent; man of outstanding learning and virtue

noun:

• over-demanding parent; parent who makes selfish and unreasonable demands on behalf of their child - abbreviation - From English "monster parent" ➜ モンスターペアレント

noun:

• whistling through one's fingers; whistle made by sticking one's fingers in one's mouth and blowing

noun:

• living body; flesh and blood ➜ 死に身
• fresh fish

noun:

• yellow mongoose (Cynictis penicillata); red meerkat

noun:

• Chelicerata; suborder comprising arachnids, sea spiders, and horseshoe crabs

noun:

• reefy coast; windswept and wave-beaten shore

noun:

• dual income; husband and wife both working

expression / ichidan verb:

• the skies open up; to rain cats and dogs

expression:

• If you dislike someone, you will end up hating everything he stands for; hate a priest, and you will hate his very vestments [literal] - proverb