expression:

• prevention is better than cure; an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure; look before you leap; forewarned is forearmed; a stitch in time saves nine; a walking stick before stumbling [literal] - proverb

noun:

• limited liability company; LLC; GK; company structure for small businesses, established in 2005

expression / noun:

• sic; sic erat scriptum; the quoted matter has been transcribed exactly as found in the source text ➜ 原文のまま【げんぶんのまま】

noun:

• gang of hoodlums (hooligans); bad company; companion in gang activities - four character idiom

noun:

• tamago dofu; tamago-dofu; steamed egg custard with soup stock, cooked in a square mould

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to do something ridiculous; to do something bizarre; to boil tea in one's navel [literal] - idiom

adjectival noun / ~の noun / ~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• full of confidence; brimming with (self-)confidence; having great faith in oneself - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• feigned innocence or naivete; beguiling innocence; wolf in sheep's clothing

expression / adjective:

• feeling out of place; feeling that one doesn't belong; feeling at a loss in the situation ➜ 身の置き所がない【みのおきどころがない】

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• composed and unhurried; easygoing and leisurely; in indolence - four character idiom

expression / adverbial noun:

• to a great extent; incredibly (tasty, much, etc.); (money) to burn; rolling in (cash)

adjectival noun:

• of inquiring mind; eager to study; enthusiastic in studying

~と adverb:

• gurgling down; being sucked into; caving in suddenly - onomatopoeia

noun:

• soy sauce ramen; soy ramen; ramen in clear brown broth flavored with soy sauce

expression:

• as (for); for; in the capacity of ➜ として・は

noun:

• combover; comb-over; hair combed in stripes across a bald pate - From English "barcode hair"

expression / adjective:

• frail; having a weak constitution; being in poor health

expression / conjunction:

• thus; such being the case; in these circumstances

expression:

• pretending not to see something; turning a blind eye to; burying one's head in the sand

expression / adjective:

• frail; having a weak constitution; being in poor health

noun:

• tally; check; piece of wood or paper split in half and given to each party as a form of proof (e.g. of a transaction)

noun:

• Old Imperial Family; former Imperial family; eleven former houses of the Imperial Family stripped of membership in 1947

noun:

• senti; sente; currency unit in Tanzania, Lesotho, etc. - From

noun:

• fixed game; bid-rigging; put-up job; contest in which the victor is practically known beforehand (e.g. due to unfair conditions or an obvious difference in strength) - from 出来合いのレース - abbreviation

expression:

• from A to Z; without exception; in every particular