noun:

• hakama fashioned in the style of the pantaloons worn by the Portuguese - From Portuguese "calção" ➜ 袴

expression / noun / ~する noun:

• eating the food of the dead (which prevents return from the underworld) ➜ 黄泉国【よもつくに】

noun / ~の noun:

• half the face; one side; half; the other side; the reverse; the contrary

noun / ~する noun:

• replacing the old with the new; the old giving way to the new - four character idiom

~の noun / adjectival noun:

• identical; same; one and the same; equal
• fair; equal treatment; without discrimination

expression:

• coursework completed without degree; withdrawal from a course having completed the coursework

adverb:

• before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares - from いつか知らぬ ➜ いつの間にか

noun:

• copying calligraphy without sticking to the model (calligraphy); copying freely ➜ 臨書

noun:

• watering can; watering pot; sprinkling can - From Portuguese "jorro"

noun:

• can-can - From French "cancan"

expression:

• victory goes to the one who makes the first move; being quick to take action leads to victory; the early bird gets the worm - four character idiom

noun:

• number (on its own, without considering its proportion to the whole); overall number

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to make a slip of the tongue; to say something inadvertently; to blurt out without thinking

expression / ichidan verb:

• to make a slip of the tongue; to say something inadvertently; to blurt out without thinking

expression:

• something that comes too late and is useless; like a chrysanthemum prepared for the ninth day of the ninth month of the lunar calendar for the Chrysanthemum festival but that blooms only on the tenth ➜ 重陽

noun:

• representative director; managing director; president; someone chosen by the board of directors from among the directors to actually represent the company in its dealings with the outside world

noun / adjectival noun:

• precocity (esp. of a young girl); acting grown up ［おしゃま］

noun:

• precocious young girl

noun:

• the Avici hell, the eighth and most painful of the eight hells in Buddhism - four character idiom

noun:

• lower leg bone (esp. the tibia and the fibula, but sometimes also including the patella)

noun:

• the Big Dipper (asterism); the Plough; the Plow - Astronomy term ➜ 北斗七星
• Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter & Saturn - Astronomy term ➜ 七曜【しちよう】

noun / ~する noun:

• swallowing whole; swallowing without chewing
• taking something in without fully understanding it
• accepting without reservation; accepting something as-is

noun:

• lamplighter; town employee who lit oil or gas streetlights

noun:

• young star; young entertainer; heartthrob; TV personality; idol
• idol; image

noun or verb acting prenominally:

• idle ➜ アイドル状態

noun:

• phosphorescent lights seen at sea at night; lights that can be seen on the altar of gods, intended as an offering

~の noun / temporal noun:

• before one's birth; before one was born