expression:

• even the hunter will refrain from killing the bird that has flown to him for shelter - proverb

noun:

• any turtle of the genus Mauremys (esp. the Japanese pond turtle, Mauremys japonica)

noun:

• fortieth of the sexagenary cycle ➜ 干支

noun / ~する noun:

• playing the victim; playing the victim card

expression:

• in accordance with; according to

noun:

• oysters cooked in the shell

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to cut the Gordian knot

expression / adjective:

• hard to deal with; hard to handle; difficult; trying; intractable; incorrigible; refractory

expression:

• Be careful not to invite the least suspicion; Leave no room for scandal - four character idiom

noun:

• area of a soccer pitch between the penalty area and the centre ring (of tactical importance) - Sports term - From English "vital area"

noun:

• fundamental tone in the traditional Japanese 12-tone scale (approx. D) - Music term ➜ 黄鐘【こうしょう】・十二律

noun:

• side of the road; roadside ➜ 路傍・みちばた

noun:

• collecting herbs and pulling out young pine trees by the roots (annual event held on the first Day of the Rat of the New Year) - obscure term ➜ 子の日の遊び

adverb:

• in the same way

expression / ichidan verb:

• to change the schedule; to change one's plans

noun:

• children's haircut having hair in the rear that reaches the nape of the neck - archaism

expression / adverb:

• I pray in earnest that; I beg that; I yearn that

noun:

• type of baggy tobi trousers with the baggy part taking up seven-tenths of the full length of the trouser leg ➜ 川崎七分

noun / adjectival noun:

• in a hurry; hustle; person who's always in a rush - Kansai dialect

noun:

• arrow with feathers that curve to the left (the first of two arrows to be fired) ➜ 乙矢

noun:

• south of the capital
• southern part of Kyoto

noun:

• oval pad with two long strips tied underneath the obi to make it look fuller

noun:

• being wounded in mind and body - four character idiom

noun:

• diplomatic negotiations at the dinner table; diplomatic bargaining - four character idiom

noun:

• frog in a well; "someone with a narrow perspective" [figurative]