noun:

• evening moon; moon that can only be seen in the early hours of the night (esp. from the 2nd to the 7th of the eight month) ➜ 夕月

noun:

• quite absurd thing; something ridiculous that makes one laugh
• extremely irritating thing

expression / noun:

• why-why analysis; method of questioning that leads to the identification of the root cause(s) of a problem

interjection:

• oops; that's enough (when pouring up alcohol, etc.)

noun:

• hypermarket; large store that contains many different products

noun:

• student's handbook; small notebook that also acts as a student ID

expression:

• deleted; marks a bulletin board post that was deleted because it contained inappropriate content - slang

~する noun:

• to delete; to break; to disappear - slang

noun:

• good luck charm; something that encourages or invites good luck

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to speak as though something were actually the case; to smooth over; to give the impression that; to make it sound that

expression:

• if so; in that case

expression:

• isn't it obvious?; that's common sense - abbrev. of 常識的に考えて - slang

expression:

• it's tactless to state the obvious; that's best left unsaid

expression:

• c'est la vie; that's life - From French

noun:

• mountain in early spring; mountain that has the appearance of spring

expression:

• the beauties of nature as the key poetic theme; the central theme in composing poetry (haiku) must be the beauties of nature and the harmony that exist between nature and man. (The slogan of the Hototogisu School of modern Japanese haiku) - four character idiom ➜ 花鳥風月

noun:

• triplet; three nucleotide pairs that form a codon ➜ コドン
• triplet - Music term ➜ 三連符【さんれんぷ】

noun:

• fukubachi; inverted bowl that sits above the base of a pagoda finial

conjunction:

• though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless

expression / noun:

• tempting thing; (too much of a) temptation; something that shouldn't be seen; the last thing one needs to see

noun:

• product past its prime; TV show, video game, etc. that has jumped the shark - abbr. of 終わったコンテンツ - abbreviation - slang

noun:

• safe tile; tile that may be discarded without risking benefiting an opponent - abbreviation - Mahjong term ➜ 安全牌
• no-risk choice; easily handled person - abbreviation - idiom ➜ 安全牌

noun:

• fish-breeding forest; riverside or coastal forest that encourages fish breeding

noun:

• mountain worship; religion that worships mountains as sacred

noun:

• water ball; large inflatable sphere that allows a person inside it to walk across the surface of a body of water

suffix:

• our gracious (e.g. Queen); honorific that attaches to name of a person or thing that has bestowed grace or favour upon you