expression:

• there is no way that ... (expresses speaker's belief that something is impossible)
• easy; simple

noun:

• resuming work after the New Year's vacation; first time that one works in the year

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to draw (the winning ticket)
• to apply; to compare; to put (oneself in someone's position) ➜ 当てはめる

noun:

• corsage; small bouquet worn by a woman - From French
• bodice of a woman's dress - archaism

noun:

• daimyo's alternating Edo residence; official attendance service (by a daimyo in the Edo era)

noun / ~する noun:

• lapse of memory; forgetting for a moment something one knows well; (something) slipping one's mind ➜ ど忘れ

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be stunned; to be surprised; one's eyes turn into dots (like a cartoon character) [literal]

noun / expression:

• trick that may deceive a child; transparent ploy; mere child's play; kid stuff; puerile trick

noun / ~の noun:

• having a child (usu. from a former relationship); accompanied by one's child

noun / ~する noun:

• one's own account (of something); account one got (heard) from somebody at first hand

noun:

• ozeki wrestler's attempt to reach the rank of yokozuna; being eligible for promotion to yokozuna - Sumo term ➜ 横綱【よこづな】・大関【おおぜき】

godan ~す verb:

• to fly into a rage; to lose one's temper; to flare up; to break out

expression:

• being lavish with one's money; spending a huge sum of money at once on a treat - four character idiom

noun:

• grasping one's chopsticks the same way one might hold a walking stick (a breach of etiquette)

noun:

• high knee (exercise drill where one brings one's knees up high while walking or running)

noun:

• peak oil (date when the peak of the world's petroleum production rate is reached)

expression:

• in that case; (might not be what was expected or hoped for but) if that's the case

noun:

• any of a number of respectful terms written after the addressee's name in a formal letter

noun:

• leader of a nobleman's cavalcade - archaism
• animal messenger of the gods (i.e. a fox) ［みさき］

expression:

• the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence; the neighbour's flowers are redder [literal] - proverb

noun:

• Naude's rubble goby (Trimma naudei, an Indo-West Pacific fish species); rubble dwarfgoby; red pygmy-goby

noun:

• funny word or gesture
• funny part (in a puppet show, kabuki, etc.)
• a woman's temple hair - archaism ➜ 揉み上げ【もみあげ】

noun:

• getting a lump in one's throat; overflowing with feelings ➜ 胸がいっぱいになる

~の noun:

• chest full of; lungs full of

interjection:

• excuse me; pardon me; used when visiting someone else's house to ask to be shown inside - used by samurai - archaism

expression / adjective:

• spending a day's revenue within the day; not being attached to money (like a true Tokyoite)