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.

~の noun:

• gentlemanly; gentlemanlike; in the manner of a gentleman

noun / ~する noun:

• unification; centralization; integration; drawing things together; working out a common policy; consolidation

expression:

• easy; simple; even if you're an idiot or a simpleton [literal] - チョン is often a racist term for Koreans - sensitive ➜ チョン

noun / adjectival noun / ~の noun / ~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• tender sentiments; being overcome with emotions; having a tender feeling (for a person) - archaism - four character idiom

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to popularize; to popularise; to give currency to; to set a trend ➜ 流行らせる

expression:

• seeing is believing; one eye-witness is better than many hearsays; a picture is worth a thousand words - proverb

noun:

• shed; shelter; terminal (e.g. cargo, airport, etc.); temporary covering of a building being built

expression:

• I owe you; I owe you one; I owe you a favor

~と adverb / ~する noun:

• dimly; faintly; with a faint light
• warmly; friendly; in a heartwarming manner - esp. とした