noun:

• nail hider; nailhead cover; decorative object which conceals the head of a nail - Architecture term

noun:

• gifted young person who shows much promise; unrecognized genius; great person whose talent is hidden under a bushel - four character idiom

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to boil; to be boiling hot; to be on a rolling boil

expression / ichidan verb:

• to determine whether something is right or wrong; to make something clear; to settle a matter - colloquialism

noun:

• great sensation; taking something by storm; making a splash - four character idiom

expression:

• leave no room for scandal; don't do anything that can be misinterpreted; don't straighten your cap under a plum tree (because when you raise your hands it might look as if you're trying to steal the plums) [literal] - proverb

noun:

• family trouble (quarrel); domestic squabble; internal squabble (over headship rights) in a daimyo family in the Edo period

noun:

• times and situations; the course of events of the times; a turn of Fortune's wheel - four character idiom

adjective:

• nonchalant; unconcerned; in a casual manner

adverb / expression:

• before or since; neither before nor after; no other time in one's life; stressing a particular moment or event as being unique or most extreme

noun:

• portrait photo; mug shot; face shot; photograph of a person's face

noun:

• stack of rice straw; rick; cock

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to trample underfoot; to tread on; to crush with a foot

noun:

• former convict; old offender; ex-convict; person with a criminal record

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to feel under pressure; to feel impatient; to be in a hurry

expression / ichidan verb:

• to make off; to abscond; to get away; to pull a vanishing act

expression / ichidan verb:

• to find an excuse; to rationalize; to find a pretext

noun:

• media scrum; impromptu press conference; news gathering by a crowd of reporters

noun:

• coin toss; coin flipping; toss of a coin

expression / adjective:

• not be concerned about at all; not mind about at all; not care a bit ➜ 気になる

expression:

• like father, like son; the apple doesn't fall far from the tree; the child of a frog is a frog [literal] - proverb

expression / adverb:

• before one could; in no time at all; without a gap - usu. after plain verb

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• having piercing eyes; eagle-eyed; having a penetrating insight (into) - four character idiom

noun:

• manager; steward; factotum; person next in rank to the chief retainers and in charge of general management and accounting in a samurai family (Edo period) ➜ 御用人
• useful person

noun:

• manager; steward; person next in rank to the chief retainer and in charge of general management and accounting in a samurai family (Edo period) - honorific language ➜ 用人