noun:

• hard candy; candy suckers molded on a griddle; tortoise-shell candy [literal] ➜ 鼈甲色

expression:

• I'm told; I'm passing on a message; he was informed - used to indicate that one has heard the preceding information from somebody

noun:

• temporary employment; a temporary job while looking for a better job; work just to kill time - four character idiom

godan ~る verb:

• to go viral; to make a buzz (on the Internet); to buzz - colloquialism

noun:

• minor collision; (have) a scrape (with another vehicle); fender bender

noun / ~の noun:

• high alert; a state of high alert; on alert

expression / ichidan verb:

• to become enthusiastic; to have a crush (on); to lose one's head (to)

noun:

• one field; a division; a branch (e.g. of study, etc.)

adverb / ~の noun:

• many; a lot; much - Kansai dialect ➜ 沢山

expression:

• throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ... ➜ 渡る・にわたって

expression:

• fight fire with fire; set a thief to catch a thief; fight one evil with another - idiom

adverb:

• suddenly; all of a sudden; abruptly

noun:

• (head priest of) temple formerly led by founder of sect; temple in which resided a member of nobility or imperial family; (head priest of) Honganji (temple in Kyoto)

noun:

• (waiting) impatiently; (spending) many a weary day; each moment seeming like an eternity - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• eating bones; gnawing on a bone; osteophagy

godan -いく／-ゆく verb (spec.) / intransitive verb:

• to live; to make a living; to get on with

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to crack down on (e.g. crime, corruption); to deal a crushing blow to; to bring down the hammer on ➜ 鉄槌【てっつい】

noun:

• taste for the exotic; infatuation with a foreign way of life; exoticism - four character idiom

interjection:

• what the hell; oh, great!; son of a gun; holy mackerel; oh no!; holy cow!; damn!

noun / ~する noun:

• depiction; including in a picture; delineation

adverb:

• abruptly; suddenly in a bad mood; in a huff - onomatopoeia

expression:

• nowhere in particular; just out for a bit; (euph. for) toilet break

expression:

• through the grapevine; from a little bird; from tidings on the wind [literal]

expression:

• but he has to be handsome; that said, only if he's a looker; phrase poking fun at people describing their ideal male partner, as a postscript - humorous term

noun:

• serious (vital) question; a grave issue; a matter of grave concern