expression:

• some prefer nettles; there's no accounting for taste; every man to his taste - proverb

noun:

• field in which one acts unchallenged; unrivaled sphere of activity (unrivalled); one's monopoly

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to be tear-stained; to have one's face covered with tears

noun:

• buying for immediate requirements; buying just enough to fulfil one's needs; spot purchasing - Business term

expression:

• nurture over nature; how one is brought up matters more than one's origins - proverb

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to fit well (e.g. clothes)
• to be good for one's health

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• of great renown; highly illustrious; at the zenith of one's fame - four character idiom

noun / ~の noun:

• according to (depending on) the mood of the moment; as one's fancy dictates - four character idiom

noun:

• according to (depending on) one's ability; if one is good (competent, talented) enough - four character idiom

noun:

• having consent (e.g. to do something); having (someone's) assent ➜ 納得

expression / ichidan verb:

• to do something with painful reluctance; to have one's hair pulled from behind [literal] - idiom

noun:

• game of (blindfolded) tag similar to the children's swimming pool game "Marco Polo"

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to sit on the edge of one's seat; to be in breathless suspense

noun:

• looking furious; looking like one's about to blow their top - slang ➜ キレる

expression:

• not knowing what to do with the time one has on one's hand

noun:

• inferior goods (i.e. goods for which demand decreases when consumer's income increases)

noun:

• girl; young (unmarried) woman - archaism
• (grown) woman; lady ［じょうし］
• (someone else's) wife ［じょうし］

noun:

• Wallace's line (hypothetical line separating the Oriental and Australian zoogeographical regions)

noun:

• bonze; monk
• monk's dwelling ［ぼう］
• boy; sonny - vocative
• I; me ［ぼう］ - used by male children

suffix:

• little ［ぼう］ - after name; familiar form of address - familiar language
• person who is ... ［ぼう］ - often preceded by ん

noun:

• mouse-over explanation; pop-up explanation; what's this tip - IT term - From English "pop hint"

noun:

• lantern fish (any fish of family Myctophidae, esp. Watase's lanternfish, Diaphus watasei)

noun:

• Mitchell's water monitor (Varanus mitchelli, species of carnivorous monitor lizard native to Australia)

suffix:

• first doing of ... (ever, in one's life, in the new year, etc.) - after the -masu stem of a verb

noun:

• communicativity; ability to convey one's opinion, message, etc.; power to make oneself understood

expression:

• not distinguishing between what's good and bad; miso and shit are the same [literal] - idiom ➜ 味噌