noun:

• not watching where one is driving; not keeping one's eyes on the road

expression:

• the whole year's plans should be made on New Year's Day

noun:

• batten door; battened door; ledged door; strong door with crosspieces placed on the reverse side

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• one's prosperity being on the rise; one's fortune reaching its culmination - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• obtaining items such as books, CDs and DVDs before the date they officially go on sale - From English "flying get"

noun:

• thick illustrated publication on a single topic printed to look like a magazine - from "magazine" and "book" - From English "mook"

noun / ~する noun:

• accretion of snow (on power lines, tree branches, etc.); snow sticking to surfaces

noun:

• right of residence (i.e. right to go on leasing a house, etc.)

noun:

• school route; street for students going to and from school (esp. on foot)

expression:

• nothing comes of nothing; don't expect things to happen on their own - proverb

noun:

• bald spot (e.g. on a pet due to injury, stress, etc.); bald patch - colloquialism - obscure term

adverb:

• sound of heavy breathing - onomatopoeia

noun / ~する noun:

• blowing on something (e.g. to cool it down)

noun:

• threefold truth (all things are void; all things are temporary; all things are in the middle state between these two) (in Tendai) - Buddhism term

noun:

• new breed of humans (used to refer to the younger generation, who have different ideals and sensibilities)

~の noun / noun:

• existing (at the present moment) ➜ 在る【ある】

adjectival noun / noun:

• alright; acceptable; passable - colloquialism

~る verb (irregular) / intransitive verb:

• to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have ➜ 在る【ある】・在る【ある】

noun / ~の noun:

• the two views (of an object) referring to the same thing; being inseparable like the two sides of an object; two sides of the same coin - four character idiom

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to form a circle; to move in a circle
• to draw a circle [literal]

noun / adverbial noun:

• close to the wall; alongside the wall

adverb:

• noisily; clamorously; boisterously - onomatopoeia
• incessantly (complaining, pestering, etc.); going on and on; making a fuss (of something); playing up - onomatopoeia
• loudly (crying); wailing; bawling; howling - onomatopoeia

noun / ~する noun:

• looking straight ahead; looking in the face
• looking squarely at (e.g. a problem); facing (e.g. the truth); confronting

noun:

• normal vision; emmetropia

noun:

• imperial portrait; photograph of the incumbent Emperor and Empress distributed to schools between 1890 and the end of the Second World War
• portrait or photo of a person of high rank - honorific language

noun / ~する noun:

• failing to win an electoral seat in a single-member constituency, but winning a seat in a proportionally represented constituency

noun:

• small tatami room
• extension of the main room of a home (in traditional palatial-style architecture) ➜ 放ち出
• room smaller than four and a half tatami (in tea ceremony)

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to pass through; to pass by; to go beyond
• to pass (i.e. of time); to elapse
• to have expired; to have ended; to be over
• to exceed; to surpass; to be above
• to be no more than ... - as 〜に過ぎない, etc.

ichidan verb / intransitive verb / suffix:

• to be excessive; to be too much; to be too ... - often used after adjective stems or the -masu stems of verbs - usually written using kana alone

noun:

• the end; the extremity; the limit; the limits; the result