expression / noun:

• coming to nothing ➜ 水泡
• bubble on the surface of water
• something that is short-lived

noun:

• rematch (e.g. in sumo when the match is too close to decide)

noun:

• chart used to keep track of a wrestler's records during the tournament - Sumo term

noun:

• a good chance coming along; the time has come (for, to, when...); opportunity knocking - four character idiom

expression:

• cannot live even a minute without someone or something; meaning the world to one

expression:

• phrase used to express the uncertainty or lack of intent in what precedes it

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to be extremely thorough, focusing on even the finest of details

noun:

• creeper (plant that grows along the ground, etc. similar to a vine)

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to have one's feet reach the bottom (e.g. when standing in water)

noun:

• Declaration of Humanity (wherein Hirohito renounced the imperial claim to divinity; Jan. 1, 1946)

noun:

• ekayana (doctrine that only one teaching, usu. the Lotus Sutra, can lead to enlightenment) - Buddhism term

noun:

• University Entrance Qualification Examination (establishes the equivalent of high-school graduation prior to 2005) - abbreviation ➜ 大学入学資格検定

noun:

• University Entrance Qualification Examination (establishes the equivalent of high-school graduation prior to 2005) ➜ 高校卒業程度認定試験

noun:

• increase in digit (e.g. if we add 2 to the number 9)

noun:

• small western mirror with mercury added to the glass (Edo period) ➜ 和鏡

noun:

• low door used in bathhouses to prevent the hot water from cooling (Edo period)

noun:

• Forgive me for dispensing with the preliminaries, but I hasten to inform you that... - opening formula of a brief letter

noun:

• Acanthopanax sciadophylloides (species of flowering plant related to the aralias)

noun:

• 17C male hairstyle (shaved forehead, chignon, sideburns thinned to the size of a thread)

noun:

• group dating; gathering for young people to socialize with the opposite sex ➜ コンパ

noun:

• woven mat tied around a plant to prevent damage from the weight of snow

expression:

• things cannot be larger than the things that contain them; there are no boars larger than the mountain [literal] - proverb

noun:

• chrysanthemum sake; rice wine infused with chrysanthemum, served on the Chrysanthemum Festival (September 9th, 9/9) - Food term ➜ 重陽
• strong mirin, typical of Kaga and Higo provinces - Food term ➜ 味醂【みりん】

noun:

• 15th day of the 8th lunar month - usu. 中秋
• eighth month of the lunar calendar ［なかあき］ - obsolete term ➜ 葉月

noun:

• familiarity with the land
• locality or terrain (usually associated with knowing or feeling the locality)