noun:

• anime freak; person overly interested in female anime and video game characters - derogatory term - slang

noun:

• term used in translation; translation equivalent
• word borrowed and translated from another language

expression:

• know your enemy, know thyself, and you shall not fear a hundred battles - proverb ➜ 敵を知り己を知れば百戦危うからず

expression:

• see Nikko and die; don't say "wonderful" until you've seen Nikko [literal] - proverb ➜ 日光を見ずして結構と言うなかれ

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be in a mess; to have things scattered here and there

noun:

• fox-and-cubs (Pilosella aurantiaca); orange hawkweed; tawny hawkweed; devil's paintbrush

noun:

• ground soup; ground seafood, beans, nuts, etc. seasoned and mixed with broth - Food term

noun:

• loitering at night (between 11 pm and 4 am); late-night prowling

expression:

• to study and not think is a waste; learning without thinking is useless - from The Analects of Confucius - proverb

expression:

• drop dead; go to hell; fuck you; fuck off and die - 氏ね, 市ね are net slang ➜ 死ぬ

noun:

• surname; family name
• hereditary title (used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing) ［せい］ ➜ 姓【かばね】

noun / ~する noun:

• coming and going; traffic

noun:

• road; street

noun / ~する noun:

• association; socializing; socialising; fellowship; mutual visits
• recurring (e.g. thoughts)
• correspondence

noun:

• sliding door (esp. when removed from its frame and used for carrying things or people)
• large flounder - abbreviation ➜ 戸板平目

noun / ~する noun:

• rising and going to bed; daily life

adverb:

• all the time; constantly; whether awake or asleep

expression / adverb:

• after all is said and done; no matter what people say; in the end; definitely; undeniably

noun / ~する noun:

• biding one's time building up strength till finally grasping an opportunity to launch out and flourish - four character idiom

noun:

• school uniform for boys, often with stand-up collar, long jacket and loose trousers - colloquialism

noun:

• hakapik; iron hammer and hook mounted on a long wooden pole used for killing seals - From Norwegian

expression:

• cute, white, oval face (appearing as if someone glued eyes and a nose on an egg) - obscure term

noun:

• contradictio in adjecto; contradiction between an adjective and the noun it modifies (wooden iron, hot ice, etc.)

noun:

• stock exchange member who facilitates trading by matching buy and sell orders (similar to an NYSE specialist) - Ōsaka dialect ➜ 才取会員

noun:

• posed look (chic, sexy, sultry, etc.); facial expression and orientation presented when being photographed - colloquialism

noun:

• dirndl; traditional dress from Bavaria, Austria and South Tyrol

noun:

• thick malt syrup poured into boiling water and sprinkled with cinnamon (used as a refreshing summer drink) - Food term ➜ 水飴・冷やし飴

noun:

• long roofed passageway (originally having an earthen floor and used as a bridle path) - めんどう is also written with the ateji 面道 ➜ 寝殿造り