noun:

• place where the sacred palanquin is lodged during a festival ➜ 旅所

expression:

• if you look carefully, it's more ordinary than it appears; the ghost, when examined closely, was withered silver grass [literal]

noun:

• leaving something as it is (after taking it out or turning it on)

expression:

• blood is thicker than water - proverb

noun:

• ball which is hard to hit or catch - Baseball term

noun:

• opening through which dirt is swept

noun:

• doll onto which a child's misfortune is transferred - archaism

noun:

• in calligraphy, an abbreviated or mistaken form of a character, or a work written in more than one calligraphic style

expression:

• The world is a scene of constant changes (as a mulberry field changing into a blue sea). - Chinese legend - four character idiom

expression:

• a moment of time in a spring evening is worth a thousand pieces of gold - proverb ➜ 春宵一刻

adverb:

• now is the time

expression:

• the biggest fish is always the one that got away - proverb

expression:

• caution is the best policy - proverb

noun:

• a little more than usual; bribe money added to a regular fee; and then some - From English "plus alpha"

expression:

• no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after - after past tense verb ➜ かと思うと
• at the thought of; when I think about ➜ かと思うと

noun:

• conduct that is immoral and lacking in common sense - obscure term

noun / ~の noun:

• very small amount which looks like nothing

noun:

• marriage in which the bride is taken into the groom's family; virilocal marriage

noun:

• somebody who is bad at horse-riding
• a fidgety, restless person

expression:

• family members should fall into line with the head of the family even if his taste is a little odd, like wearing a red eboshi, which is ordinarily black - proverb ➜ 烏帽子

noun:

• harvesting rice while it is still green
• recruiting of university students before the agreed date ➜ 青田買い【あおたがい】

noun:

• better being rough and ready than slow and elaborate; better being brisk and sharp than slow and prudent - four character idiom

expression:

• all you have to do is; just; that's all

expression:

• you can do anything if you set your mind to; even an ant's thoughts reach the heavens [literal] - proverb

expression:

• knowledge is power