noun:

• there being no use in arguing (about it); being stone-deaf to someone's appeals - four character idiom

noun:

• devil's walking stick (tree) (Aralia elata); Japanese angelica tree

noun:

• the recovery of lost territory; recovering (regaining) lost ground (one's former position); fence-mending - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• staying out overnight without giving notice; spending night(s) away from home without permission (leave) - four character idiom

expression / adjective:

• too much for one to handle; beyond one's capacity; unmanageable; uncontrollable; incorrigible; obstreperous

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to pick something out (nose, hole, etc.)
• to pry (into people's private affairs)

noun:

• Ksitigarbha (jizo) who listens to people's complaints (statue at the Keihou Temple at Nagoya)

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• ashamed deep down in one's heart; blushing with shame when one remembers something - four character idiom

noun:

• Coalition of the Willing (nations who supported America's preemptive strike in Iraq in 2003)

noun:

• Coalition of the Willing (nations who supported America's preemptive strike in Iraq in 2003) ➜ 有志連合

expression / ichidan verb:

• to give up as hopeless; to wash one's hands (of someone or something)

noun:

• brother complex; unnatural attachment to one's brother (esp. by his sister) - abbreviation ➜ ブラザーコンプレックス・シスコン
• black contemporary (music) - abbreviation ➜ ブラックコンテンポラリー

noun:

• hairstyle with hair cut short to typical men's hair length - From English "very short"

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to open one's eyes wide (as in fear or anger) ➜ 白目【しろめ】
• to faint

noun:

• Achilles argument (i.e. Achilles and the tortoise; one of Zeno's paradoxes) ➜ ゼノンの逆説

noun:

• assassination of U.S. President John F. Kennedy (Nov. 22, 1963); JFK assassination

expression:

• it can't be helped; there's nothing to do about it - From Chinese "méi fǎzi" ➜ しかたがない

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to open one's eyes wide (in anger, surprise, etc.); to goggle at

noun:

• persuasion by tears; using tears to get one's way; sob story ➜ 泣き落とす

noun:

• shelf with offerings for welcoming the spirits of one's ancestors during the Bon Festival

noun:

• purple vestment (traditionally awarded by the imperial household); high-ranking priest's purple robe

noun:

• eating only one's favourite food; having an unvarying diet; eating poorly

expression / noun:

• things to do; must-do items; one's duty; what is required

noun:

• the western part of Japan (esp. Kyushu, but ranging as far east as Kinki) - abbreviation
• western nations (esp. India or Europe)
• 33 temples in the Kinki area containing a statue of Avalokitesvara ➜ 西国三十三所
• a pilgrimage of these temples ➜ 西国巡礼

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be the first to speak; to break the silence - idiom
• to open something for the first time; to broach (e.g. a cask); to break a seal; to break open