~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• enjoying great popularity; receiving widespread high praise; being a great success with the public - four character idiom

expression:

• waking or sleeping; constantly; at all times; twenty-four hours a day

noun / ~する noun:

• experience; being accustomed (to something); poise in a critical situation

expression / adjective:

• of no concern; nothing; trivial; not even a fart [literal] - idiom

adverb:

• punctually; on time; as regularly as a clock

noun:

• probe into the truth (of the matter); dig into the real facts of the case; get at the root of a matter - four character idiom

noun:

• conjunctive form; continuative form; -masu stem of a Japanese verb - Linguistics term

noun:

• way of murdering; killing method; way of using a sword

noun:

• immaculate conception; virgin birth; tradition that Jesus was born to Mary although she was a virgin ➜ 処女受胎【しょじょじゅたい】

noun / ~する noun:

• pinky swear; pinky promise; linking little fingers to confirm a promise ➜ 指切拳万、嘘ついたら針千本呑ます【ゆびきりげんまんうそついたらはりせんぼんのます】・指切り

noun:

• useless book learning; knowing the theory but being able to put it into practice; practising swimming in a field [literal] - idiom - humorous term

noun:

• friendly shower; welcome rain; rain that comes after a drought ➜ 慈雨

expression:

• intrusive person; being intrusive; a tinker's shoulder pole [literal] - obscure term

noun / ~する noun:

• return to the battle line; come back to the game (on to the field); a comeback - four character idiom

noun:

• welcome rain; merciful rain; blessed rain; rain after a long dry period

expression / adverb:

• openly; squarely; directly; to a person's face

noun:

• gambler; yakuza; person without a legitimate job

expression:

• having one's good intentions backfire dangerously; causing harm when trying to prevent it; trying to put out a fire while carrying kindling [literal] - idiom

expression:

• you can't judge someone until you've spent time with them; you can't judge something until you've tried it; try a horse by riding him, and judge a man by living with him [literal] - proverb ➜ 人には添うてみよ馬には乗ってみよ【ひとにはそうてみようまにはのってみよ】

noun / ~する noun:

• joint party (e.g. by students from several colleges); combined party; mixer; two or more groups, esp. female and male students, combining for a party - abbreviation ➜ 合同コンパ

noun:

• laborious work; lucubration; lucubrations; painstakingly polishing a piece of literary work - four character idiom

noun:

• year-before period; corresponding period of previous year; same period a year ago

noun:

• final paragraph; final paragraphs; the end of a story of block of text

expression:

• fuck you!; don't fuck with me!; don't fuck around!; don't be a screw off! - vulgar ➜ ふざけんなよ

expression:

• very improbable; vanishingly unlikely; only with a miracle