noun:

• young woman who is proficient in a foreign language - From English "biling(ual) girl"

expression:

• love is blind ➜ 痘痕も靨

noun:

• the three most important cities (esp. in ref. to Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya)

expression:

• prevention is better than cure - proverb

particle:

• indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted ➜ やら

expression:

• it is no crime to steal flowers; phrase used to justify picking flowers from others' gardens, parks, etc. - proverb

auxiliary:

• it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ... - Kansai dialect

noun:

• second level (company, etc.)

noun:

• simple meal eaten before tea is served

expression:

• the die is cast; there is no going back; point of no return; alea iacta est; alea jacta est

expression / noun:

• entire family is affected (disease, etc.); whole family

noun:

• someone who is going ➜ 来手

noun:

• rapid growth of hair when one is relaxed - idiom ➜ 楽髪

noun:

• second battery - IT term

expression:

• truth is stranger than fiction

noun:

• person one respects second only to one's father - archaism

noun:

• something wider than it is high
• artwork with a horizontal aspect (e.g. scroll)

noun:

• second verse (in a linked series of poems)

noun:

• person who is made to do things or go get things for someone else; person who runs errands; gofer - abbreviation - colloquialism ➜ 使いっ走り

expression:

• he that has no child knows not what love is - proverb

expression:

• nothing costs as much as what is given to us; there's no such thing as a free lunch - proverb

expression:

• a friend is a good thing to have; a good friend is a great blessing

noun:

• quitting while one is ahead

expression / adjectival noun:

• most important; central; matters most; overriding; top

noun:

• most likely contender; prime candidate; top prospect; leading candidate