noun:

• the various countries of Europe and America

expression:

• even a homely girl looks beautiful at the peak of her youth; even coarse tea tastes good when freshly-brewed [literal] - abbreviation ➜ 鬼も十八番茶も出花

expression / ichidan verb:

• to do in unison; to do en masse

noun:

• miso soup with natto

expression / ichidan verb:

• to employ the right person; to choose somebody with the right qualities

noun / ~する noun:

• food boiled in sugar syrup

noun:

• the first time in the year that one wears an awase kimono ➜ 袷

expression / godan ~ぐ verb:

• to take part in

noun:

• twelfth of the sexagenary cycle ➜ 干支

noun / ~する noun:

• being entrusted with; being delegated with

noun:

• the (one's) best pupil; the (one's) top disciple

noun:

• Scripture of the Lotus Blossom of the Fine Dharma; Lotus Sutra - Buddhism term ➜ 法華経

noun:

• scholar who knows but little of the ways of the world - four character idiom

noun / adjectival noun / ~の noun:

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

expression:

• well-known only to those in the know; be well-known but to the few; highly regarded by a select few

noun / ~する noun:

• exercising self-restraint and conforming to the rules of etiquette and formality - four character idiom

noun:

• direct OEM - IT term

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to see through to the finish; to be seen to the end

noun:

• rookie-of-the-year

noun:

• miso mixed with minced great burdock, ginger, etc. and sweetened with sugar ➜ 味噌

expression:

• nowhere in sight; seems to be no prospect; up in the air - usu. as ～のめどが立たない, etc. ➜ めどが立つ【めどがたつ】

noun:

• the whole body

noun:

• low entrance (usually, but not always, to a teahouse) with a tiled archway overhead

noun:

• stand-in

adverb:

• from the start
• not at all - with negative verb