noun / ~の noun:

• near point (closest point at which an object can be brought into focus by the eye) ➜ 遠点【えんてん】
• periapsis - Astronomy term ➜ 遠点【えんてん】

noun:

• far point (farthest point at which an object can be brought into focus by the eye) ➜ 近点【きんてん】
• apoapsis - Astronomy term ➜ 近点【きんてん】

expression:

• temptation one can't resist; setting a wolf to mind the sheep; trusting a cat with milk - idiom

noun:

• moon-viewing on either the night of the 15th day of the 8th month of the lunisolar calendar or on the night of the 13th day of the 9th month of the lunisolar calendar, but not both nights

expression:

• without even asking; without even listening; without careful inquiry (enquiry)

noun:

• drawing a katana and attacking in the same stroke
• doing something suddenly, without warning

noun / ~する noun:

• mistake; blunder; bungle; goof
• mistakenly announcing a win without having all the requisite tiles - original meaning - Mahjong term

expression:

• cannot live even a minute without someone or something; meaning the world to one

noun:

• immobiliser (electronic device that prevents an automobile engine from running without the key); immobilizer

noun:

• can-can - From English "French can-can"

noun:

• aluminium can; aluminum can

noun:

• spray can; aerosol can

expression:

• each and every one of them; every last one of them; all a bunch of

noun:

• land-tax system during the Edo period under which the government took 40% of the year's crop and the farmers kept 60% - archaism - four character idiom

noun:

• west wind in the early spring (traditionally on the night of the 20th day of the second month of the lunar calendar); wind that blows seashells ashore [literal]

noun:

• action before words; work before talk - four character idiom

noun:

• dumplings offered to the moon (on the 15th day of the 8th month and the 13th day of the 9th month)

noun:

• outdoor clothing fashion style for young women; young woman who dresses in outdoor clothing; young woman who enjoys mountain climbing

noun / ~する noun:

• the situation reverses itself; the table is turned; the shoe is on the other foot - four character idiom

noun:

• distance from the seam in the back of a kimono to the end of the sleeve

expression:

• one of the 72 climates (from the 16th to the 20th of the first lunar month) ➜ 七十二候

expression:

• condemn the offense, but not the offender; detest the sin, but weep for the sinner - proverb ➜ 罪を憎んで人を憎まず【つみをにくんでひとをにくまず】

pronoun / pre-noun adjectival:

• this (indicating an item near the speaker, the action of the speaker, or the current topic) ➜ 此れ・此の

noun / adjectival noun / ~の noun:

• being the strongest; being powerful (mighty) without equal - four character idiom

expression:

• you can do anything if you set your mind to; even an ant's thoughts reach the heavens [literal] - proverb