expression:

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

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to bring into the open; to reveal; to uncover (e.g. evidence); to bring to light

noun:

• The Halifax Explosion (Dec. 6, 1917)

noun:

• egg slow-boiled so that the yolk is hard but the white is still soft (traditionally cooked in a hot spring)

noun:

• one group comprising the lowest rank of Japan's Edo-period caste system (people whose work usually involved handling human bodies or animal carcasses) - vulgar ➜ 被差別部落民

noun:

• taking a relaxed holiday in a rural area - From English "green tourism"

noun:

• the part of a province furthest from the capital - archaism ➜ 道の口・道の中

noun:

• car decorated with (female) anime characters

noun:

• climate of the Setouchi Region

expression:

• to not be getting with the times; to be unaware that things are changing - from a fable in Master Lü's Spring and Autumn Annals - idiom

~の noun / ~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• with a rosy future; offering promising prospects - four character idiom

noun:

• parting of the ways; the way to hades; one's way after the parting

noun:

• common sense

noun:

• seafood and vegetables cooked sukiyaki style and served with udon ➜ 魚すき

adverb:

• with the best of them; as the next fellow

noun:

• small fish bone stuck in one's throat - archaism

godan ~つ verb / transitive:

• to become the head; to rise to the top; to rank above; to stand above

noun:

• (lying on one's belly and) basking in the sun; sunbathing (e.g. on a beach)

noun:

• something wrapped in cloth

noun / ~する noun:

• leaving the platform

noun:

• the part of a province closest to the capital - archaism ➜ 道の後・道の中

noun:

• rain that stops in the morning - obscure term

noun:

• forgetting one's serious objectives by becoming engrossed in trivial pursuits; being distracted by trivial objects and losing sight of one's original goal - four character idiom

noun:

• drawing every character in a similar way; same face syndrome - manga slang

noun:

• living in rented quarters