noun / ~する noun:

• stealing a march on; getting a head start; secretly acting before others

noun:

• reporter assigned to cover a particular person in order to get the most up-to-date information; beat reporter

noun:

• all the officials

noun:

• depreciation of the yen against the (American) dollar

noun:

• the wisdom of the ancients

noun:

• Koreans residing on Sakhalin island

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to stand on tiptoe; to rise in the world; to become arrogant

noun:

• parking on the streets; on-street parking ➜ 路駐

noun:

• irregular conjugation (inflection, declension) of the verb "kuru"

noun:

• arriving at the same moment

~と adverb / ~の noun:

• at the critical moment; when it counts - often used as ここぞというとき or ここぞとばかり

noun:

• over-the-phone loan; loan-by-phone - From English "telephone cashing"

noun:

• deity of the moon; moon god

noun:

• The Treaty of Amity and Commerce (July 29, 1858); Japan-US Friendship and Trade Treaty

noun:

• the three realms of existence - Buddhism term ➜ 欲界・色界・無色界
• the whole universe (of a billion worlds) that Buddha enlightened - abbreviation - Buddhism term ➜ 三千大千世界
• past, present and future existences - Buddhism term ➜ 三世【さんぜ】

suffix:

• far-off ...; distant ...

~の noun:

• outside the control or jurisdiction (of); extra-

noun:

• shaved part of the forehead - archaism

noun / ~する noun:

• visiting the palace

noun:

• extrication from dependence on oil

expression:

• experience is the best teacher; custom makes all things easy; you learn best by doing; practice makes perfect; it is better to grow accustomed than to be taught [literal]

expression:

• the early bird gets the worm - proverb

noun:

• picture painted on glass; stained glass

noun:

• the teacher's theory

noun:

• over-the-counter stock - Finance term

noun:

• woman purported to bring good luck to the man she is near - colloquialism