expression:

• there is unexpected good in what others have left behind; last but not least; there is fortune in leftovers [literal] - proverb ➜ 残り物には福がある【のこりものにはふくがある】

expression:

• the trouble is that ...; the problem is that ...; unfortunately; annoyingly ➜ 困った事

expression:

• poverty is the greatest motivator; poverty is the mother of invention - proverb

noun:

• half asleep and half awake; trance
• dream and reality

noun:

• curtain; hanging; bunting
• place where a curtain is hung

expression:

• hindsight is 20-20 (even for a fool) - obscure term ➜ 下種の後知恵

noun:

• age of a young lady who is at the peak of her (sexual) attractiveness; marriable age (of a young lady); sweet sixteen

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing
• to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to be reduced to zero; to not occur any more
• to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)

expression:

• is something that; is that which

noun:

• romance (e.g. Arthurian romances) - From French "roman"
• novel
• romance; love affair
• adventurous spirit; impossible dream; great ambition

expression:

• you can get used to living anywhere; home is where you make it; wherever I lay my hat is home - proverb

conjunction / expression / adverb:

• unavoidable; this is it; this is the end; left with no choice; it's all over now

expression:

• small bag and young woman [literal]
• like a small bag seems to be able to contain few items yet can be stuffed with many, a young woman seems inexpensive to bring up yet can end up costing a lot
• a young woman and a small bag are both fragile and great care must be taken with both of them

expression:

• if you do a favor for somebody, you will get a return favor; if a fish is friendly toward water, water will be kind to the fish too [literal]; you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours - proverb ➜ 魚心あれば水心

noun:

• day in the near future when a major event is expected to occur - colloquialism - From English "X-day"

noun:

• transfer ceremony (wherein a shrine's sacred object is moved from one building to another) ➜ 式年遷宮祭

noun:

• tool which is attached to something (e.g. fire extinguisher on a boat); accessory; appliance

noun:

• dagger; dirk; knife
• threatening quality (in a voice, etc.)

prefix:

• muddy; turbid; murky; unclear

auxiliary:

• be; is ［どす］ - polite copula abbreviated from でおす - polite language - abbreviation - Kyōto dialect ➜ おす

noun:

• swimming pool that is open at night (esp. for a party) - From English "night pool"

expression / noun:

• perverseness; obstinacy; something unreasonable (like pushing a cart from the side (instead of from behind)) ➜ 横車を押す

noun:

• side wheel throw (judo)

expression:

• autumn weather is as fickle as a woman's heart - orig. 男心と秋の空 - proverb ➜ 男心と秋の空

expression:

• autumn weather is as fickle as a man's heart - proverb ➜ 女心と秋の空

expression:

• every day is a good day - proverb

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to hold a memorial service for the dead, praying for their happiness in the next life by chanting sutras - Buddhism term

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to err and not change one's ways, this is what it is to err (from Analects of Confucius)