noun:

• second
• secant
• sec; dry wine taste - From French

noun:

• person who is knowledgeable about Japan; Japanologist

expression:

• empty vessels make the most noise; the silent firefly burns with more passion than the crying cicada [literal] - proverb

noun:

• second crop

noun / ~の noun:

• not aware of what one is doing ➜ 知らず識らず

noun:

• one's second wife ➜ 後添い【のちぞい】

expression:

• you learn, without realising it, from what is around you; a shop-boy near the temple gate (will recite sutras untaught) [literal] - proverb - abbreviation ➜ 門前の小僧習わぬ経を読む【もんぜんのこぞうならわぬきょうをよむ】

noun:

• Second Advent

noun:

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

expression:

• habit is a second nature - proverb

noun:

• province of the second highest rank (ritsuryo system)
• provinces close to the capital

noun:

• days on which Ten'ichijin is in heaven (the 30th to the 45th days of the sexagenary cycle) ➜ 天一神・癸巳・戊申

expression / noun:

• place where fire is likely to break out; possible cause of a fire

noun:

• second door from here

expression:

• is it not so? ➜ 無かる【なかる】

noun:

• part of the fabric that is wrapped farthest from the skin when wearing a garment that is wrapped in front of one (such as a kimono) ➜ 下前
• percentage; commission ➜ 上米【うわまい】

noun:

• second foreign language

noun / ~の noun:

• second generation; second; junior

expression:

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

noun:

• Japanese calendar's six labels, indicating how auspicious each day is ➜ 先勝【せんしょう】・友引【ともびき】・先負【せんぶ】・仏滅【ぶつめつ】・大安【たいあん】・赤口【しゃっこう】

noun:

• hostess club where certain sexual conduct is allowed - abbreviation - From English "sex cabaret"

expression:

• the child is father to the man; the soul of a child of three (is the same) at 100 [literal]

noun:

• mobile van where blood is collected from donors; bloodmobile

noun:

• emptiness is form; illusion of the reality of matter - four character idiom - Buddhism term ➜ 色即是空

noun:

• humble language in which an action or object is not directed toward the listener (or a third party); humble language used as a courtesy ➜ 謙譲語Ｉ