noun:

• cheap everyday food that most people enjoy (e.g. ramen, curry, etc.); eating cheap delicious food; person who seeks out cheap delicious food

expression:

• in evil, there is odds; there is more evil than good in this world; one good thing tends to cause many bad things to happen - four character idiom

expression / ichidan verb:

• to think something is delicious; to think something is scrumptious

noun:

• second daughter

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to complete most of something; to take a concrete shape; for the most important parts to be done; the nose and eyes are in place [literal] - idiom

expression:

• expression of humility said by the person who provided a meal after it is eaten - humble language ➜ お粗末

noun:

• adoration which is performed three times or repeatedly; act of worship which is performed three times or repeatedly

expression:

• taking pride in one's humility is a form of bragging; he that humbleth himself wishes to be exalted; too much humility is pride - proverb

noun:

• most moving part; compelling part (of story); climax

expression:

• When the enemy is defeated, the victorious soldiers can be killed off - from 狡兎死して良狗烹らる - four character idiom ➜ 狡兎死して走狗烹らる

expression:

• it is simply common courtesy to clean up after yourself; a bird does not foul the nest it is about to leave; on leaving a place one should see that all is in good order - proverb ➜ 跡を濁す【あとをにごす】・立つ鳥跡を濁さず

noun:

• (French) Second Empire

expression:

• a man's word is his bond; a man does not go back on what he's said - proverb ➜ 二言【にごん】

noun / ~する noun:

• second time

expression:

• the proof of the pudding is in the eating; the proof is in the pudding; don't knock it till you've tried it - proverb

noun:

• the four most important tournaments in a particular sport; grand slam tournaments; majors

noun:

• second division of the night (approx. 9 pm to 11 pm) - archaism

noun:

• second crop

noun:

• kabuki actor who is also a male prostitute ➜ かげま

noun:

• second floor front room

expression:

• there is a suitable spouse for everyone; every Jack has his Jill; a mended lid for a cracked pot [literal] - proverb

noun:

• pung (or kong) of south tiles when south is both the round wind and one's seat wind (yaku) - Mahjong term ➜ 連風牌

noun:

• pad placed below the sheet on which a seal is to be pressed - used to make the seal's imprint clearer

expression:

• a little learning is a dangerous thing - proverb

noun:

• second note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. D sharp) (in China) ➜ 十二律・断吟
• twelfth lunar month