noun:

• focus of one's attention; what one is looking for ➜ 目の付け所

expression:

• there is little to choose between the two; they're both about the same - idiom

noun:

• person whose presence is unwelcome, unnecessary or a nuisance; fifth wheel; third wheel; interloper

expression:

• nurture over nature; how one is brought up matters more than one's origins - proverb

noun:

• according to (depending on) one's ability; if one is good (competent, talented) enough - four character idiom

noun:

• comedian who plays a lover's part; man who is both handsome and fun - halfway between 二枚目 and 三枚目 - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• resultative (refers to a conjunction where what follows is a result of the preceding)

noun:

• bonze; monk
• monk's dwelling ［ぼう］
• boy; sonny - vocative
• I; me ［ぼう］ - used by male children

suffix:

• little ［ぼう］ - after name; familiar form of address - familiar language
• person who is ... ［ぼう］ - often preceded by ん

expression:

• slow and steady wins the race; there is luck in the last helping - proverb

expression:

• genius shows from childhood; the Japanese bead tree is fragrant from when a sprout [literal] - proverb

noun:

• torture in which the victim is bound and placed in a tub of snakes

noun:

• one shoulder exposed (e.g. because one sleeve of the kimono is undone) - obscure term

expression:

• a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course

noun:

• insoluble azo dye that is cooled with ice during dyeing; ice color ➜ 氷染染料・ナフトール染料【ナフトールせんりょう】

noun:

• new type depression; depression where one is depressed only when at work

noun:

• new type depression; depression where one is depressed only when at work

noun / ~の noun:

• acting cool; pretending to be a better person that one is; pretentious (person) - colloquialism - Kansai dialect

noun:

• marriage in which a man is adopted into the bride's family; matrilocal marriage ➜ 婿入り婚

noun:

• pseudo-foreign company; company based abroad but whose main country of business is Japan - Law term ➜ 外国会社

noun:

• food desert; area where it is difficult to buy food

expression:

• it is better to do things shoddily yet sincerely rather than to cleverly deceive - proverb

expression:

• one's word is worth 1,000 pieces of gold; a promise should be kept at all cost - four character idiom

expression:

• there is a great difference between being told about something and actually seeing it with your own eyes - proverb

noun:

• buffer (full) error (i.e. space cannot be reserved as it is full)

noun:

• winning wrestler who remains ringside in case his involvement is needed in pre-bout rituals - Sumo term