expression:

• refraining from offering the (New Year's) greetings during the period of mourning - four character idiom

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to open one's mouth wide and eat heartily; to gulp down food ➜ ぱくぱく

noun:

• brass button; golden button
• boy's school uniform - colloquialism
• male student - colloquialism

expression / ichidan verb:

• to remain faithful to the memory of one's husband and never remarry

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be a point of honor; to affect someone's good name

expression / adjective:

• not worrying about one's reputation or appearance; not caring what others think

noun:

• drawing a dish towards oneself using one's chopsticks (a breach of etiquette)

noun:

• kid's meal; special meal prepared for children at a restaurant ➜ お子様ランチ

noun / ~する noun:

• going crazy; losing one's temper; snapping - slang - onomatopoeia

~と adverb / adverb:

• sound of a stretched string snapping - onomatopoeia ➜ ぷつん

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to fold one's arms; to stand and watch (without interfering)

noun:

• senior group member; leader among peers

expression:

• (like) one's older brother; big brother ➜ 分【ぶん】

noun:

• loaner vehicle (e.g. from a garage which is repairing one's vehicle)

noun:

• treating someone (to food or drink); entertaining someone (as one's guest) - archaism

noun:

• dragonet (any fish of family Callionymidae, esp. Richard's dragonet, Repomucenus richardsonii)

noun:

• eyestripe surgeonfish (Acanthurus dussumieri, species of Indo-Pacific tang); palani; Dussumier's surgeonfish

noun:

• Dumeril's monitor (Varanus dumerilii, species of carnivorous monitor lizard from Southeast Asia)

noun:

• foreign religion (from Japan's perspective, esp. Christianity) ［がいきょう］
• religion other than Buddhism - esp. げきょう - Buddhism term Antonym: 内教

expression / adverbial noun:

• looking hard at; staring at; drilling with one's gaze

noun:

• married couple's insurance (i.e. life-insurance policy covering husband and wife)

noun:

• medical treatment at one's own expense; treatment not covered by health insurance

expression:

• dripping with sweat; doing something by the sweat of one's brow

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to make something one's own; to appropriate for oneself

noun:

• Pousargues's mongoose (Dologale dybowskii); African tropical savannah mongoose

noun:

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

noun:

• (children's) play clothes; playsuit; rompers
• leisurewear; leisure clothes
• sports coat; sportswear