noun:

• ghostleg lottery; ladder lottery; lottery in which participants trace a line across a lattice pattern to determine the winner

~と adverb:

• exactly; nicely; to a tee - onomatopoeia

~する noun:

• to be fitting

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be unreasonable; to whine; to throw a tantrum

noun:

• prefecture-by-prefecture map; atlas of Japan divided by prefecture; map of a single prefecture

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to knead; to mix; to complicate; to turn into a mess

noun:

• three-game match; three-bout contest; a rubber (in a card game) - four character idiom

expression:

• people don't know themselves as well as they know others; even if you know what will happen to others, you don't know what will happen to yourself; a fortune teller can't tell their own future [literal] - proverb

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to deem acceptable; to approve of; to value; to consider a good thing

expression / ichidan verb:

• to peak (at a given time or given group); to approach the peak; to come to a peak

expression:

• people don't know themselves as well as they know others; even if you know what will happen to others, you don't know what will happen to yourself; a fortune teller can't tell their own future [literal] - proverb

expression:

• so many men, so many ways; to each one's own; it takes all sorts to make a world - four character idiom

noun:

• century; hundred years; "a long time" [figurative]

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to start the debate; to get the ball rolling; to fire the first shot (fig. only); to start a conversation

noun:

• first-time customer (of an inn or a restaurant); chance customer; customer without an introduction from a regular customer ➜ 一見さん・一見客

expression:

• always listen to your parents; always value your parents' advice; not even one in a thousand of a parents' opinion or an eggplant flower are in vain [literal] - proverb

noun:

• today and tomorrow; today or tomorrow; in a day or two - four character idiom

noun:

• interstadial; interstade; period of higher temperatures during a glacial period

noun:

• client separation; block relay; facility to stop intercommunication between devices sharing a router - IT term - From English "privacy separator"

expression:

• having no choice but to carry on; having no choice but to go on; unable to change one's course of action; a man riding a tiger cannot disembark halfway through

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to cherish; to treasure; to prize; to set a high value on
• to take good care of; to look after

noun:

• welcome rain; beneficial rain; blessed rain; rain that comes after a drought ➜ 恵みの雨

noun / adjectival noun:

• good at socializing; sociability; being a good mixer

adverb:

• successively; continuously; in a row

noun:

• closing party (e.g. a theater show); cast party; party to celebrate successful completion of a project

noun:

• handshake event; handshake session; event where it is possible to shake hands with a celebrity, sportsperson, pop star, etc.