expression:

• one never knows (what will happen); there's no telling (what the future holds)

noun:

• C ration; canned wet ration formerly used by the U.S. military - Military term

expression:

• not knowing what to do with the time one has on one's hand - unorthodox form ➜ 間が持てない

noun:

• crawling on all fours; getting on one's hands and knees; falling flat ➜ 四つん這い【よつんばい】

noun:

• fitness training; development of physical strength; building stamina; keeping up one's fitness

adverb / ~と adverb:

• pleasantly (warm) - onomatopoeia
• faintly; lightly - onomatopoeia
• suddenly; unexpectedly - onomatopoeia
• accidentally; carelessly - onomatopoeia
• gaping wide; opening one's mouth wide - onomatopoeia

noun:

• J-Alert system; Japan's satellite-based disaster warning system ➜ 全国瞬時警報システム【ぜんこくしゅんじけいほうシステム】

noun:

• who's who

expression:

• what's what

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to touch; to feel
• to experience; to come in contact with; to perceive
• to touch on (a subject); to allude to; to refer to; to mention
• to be in conflict with; to violate (law, copyright, etc.); to infringe

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to proclaim; to make known; to spread (e.g. a rumour)

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations) ［応える・報える］
• to affect; to take a toll; to strike home; to have an effect on; to be hard on someone (e.g. heat, cold, work, illness, etc.); to be a strain - sometimes 堪える ➜ 堪える

noun / ~する noun:

• guidance; leading (the way); showing around
• information; notice; notification
• announcement (of one's arrival)
• invitation
• acquaintance; knowledge

noun:

• skin; hide; pelt; fur ➜ 革
• rind; peel; husk; bark
• shell; sheath; wrapping
• mask (hiding one's true nature); seeming ➜ 化けの皮【ばけのかわ】・欲の皮が突っ張る【よくのかわがつっぱる】

noun:

• hut; cabin; shed; (animal) pen
• small theatre (theater); temporary playhouse; circus tent; booth ［こや］
• one's own house - esp. しょうおく - humble language - colloquialism

noun / ~の noun:

• another place; somewhere else; strange parts ➜ 他所【たしょ】

noun:

• outside (one's family or group); those people Antonym: 内【うち】
• unrelated matter - often as 〜をよそに, 〜をよそにして, etc. ➜ よそにする

adjectival noun / noun:

• thoughtless; indiscreet; lacking in common sense; rashness; betraying one's lack of judgment (judgement); absurd; undignified; compromising; disgraceful

noun / ~する noun:

• going through thick and thin to attain one's objective; enduring unspeakable hardships for the sake of vengeance - four character idiom

noun:

• loincloth; breechcloth; breechclout; traditional Japanese male underwear
• kimono underskirt ［ふんどし・ふどし］ ➜ 腰巻
• wrestler's ornamental apron ［ふんどし・ふどし］ - Sumo term

expression:

• even the prosperous inevitably decay; sic transit gloria mundi; all that's fair must fade - from the Humane King Sutra - four character idiom - Buddhism term

noun:

• teacher; master; one's mentor

noun / suffix:

• religious leader

suffix:

• specialist

noun:

• five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou-dynasty Chinese army) - archaism

noun:

• form of magic or divination (e.g. animating objects to act as the sorcerer's agent)

noun:

• not being obsessed with something very long (just as clouds and haze pass swiftly before one's eyes) - four character idiom

noun:

• inactive bank account (no withdrawals or deposits made, and to which the owner's rights have been terminated)

noun:

• Japan's three antinuclear principles (against producing, possessing and allowing the entry of nuclear weapons into Japanese territory)

noun / ~する noun:

• discarding; abandoning - archaism - Buddhism term
• variety of street performance from the Middle Ages ［ほうか］
• casting off one's attachments (in Zen) ［ほうげ］