expression:

• only a hero can understand a hero; swallows and sparrows can't understand the aspirations of phoenixes and swans [literal] - proverb - four character idiom

noun:

• Japanese andromeda (Pieris japonica); lily-of-the-valley

adverb / noun:

• occasionally; at times; the season; from time to time

noun / ~する noun:

• drawing away from someone because of their speech or actions; having the mood ruined
• zooming out or backing the camera away to get a wider image (film, TV)

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to highlight something; to bring something to the forefront

noun / ~の noun:

• left justification; aligning to the left

noun / ~する noun:

• being reduced to poverty; living in poverty; coming down in the world; straitened (reduced) circumstances

expression:

• I don't care what follows; the future will take care of itself - proverb

noun:

• himedaka; gold-colored breed of the Japanese rice fish (Oryzias latipes) ➜ メダカ

noun:

• Amitabha triad; image of Amitabha Buddha flanked by the Bodhisattvas Avalokiteshvara and Mahasthamaprapta - Buddhism term

noun:

• remote place; backcountry; the sticks; hinterland ➜ 辺地

noun:

• Zanclidae; family of perciform fish whose sole member is the moorish idol

noun:

• "Helping Hands" comedy performance; performance in which one person wears a haori on their shoulders, while another person behind them puts their arms through the sleeves of the haori and feeds the person in front ➜ 羽織

noun:

• Otocyon; genus containing the bat-eared fox

noun:

• Bhaishajyaguru triad; image of Bhaishajyaguru Buddha flanked by the Bodhisattvas Suryaprabha and Candraprabha - Buddhism term

expression:

• like looking out on an abyss; like standing on the edge of an abyss

noun:

• Menshevik; member of the non-Leninist wing of the Russian Social Democratic Workers' Party - From Russian "Men'sheviki" ➜ ボルシェビキ

noun:

• well up in both literary and military (martial) arts; well skilled in wielding both the sword and the pen - four character idiom

expression / adjective:

• quite unlike; not bearing the slightest resemblance

noun:

• Circinus (constellation); the Compass - Astronomy term

conjunction:

• without; in the event that it did not (or does not) exist ➜ 無くしては

noun:

• starburst galaxy; galaxy in the process of an exceptionally high rate of star formation - Astronomy term ➜ スターバースト銀河【スターバーストぎんが】

noun:

• non-jōyō kanji; kanji outside the common-use kanji list ➜ 表外字

expression:

• poor speakers make long speeches; brevity is the soul of wit - proverb

noun:

• ball control; focus on the ball - Sports term