expression:

• the eyes are the windows to the soul; the eye is the lamp of the body - proverb

expression:

• a moment of time in a spring evening (is worth a thousand pieces of gold) - four character idiom

expression:

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

noun:

• supermoon; full moon or new moon occurring while the Moon is closest to the Earth

noun:

• office; official - usu. 官,司,寮 - archaism
• chief; head - usu. 首,長
• (Yaeyama Islands in Okinawa) person (usually a woman) whose duty it is to officiate at religions ceremonies ［司］

expression:

• people will believe something false if many agree that it is true (an example of argumentum ad populum); there's a tiger in the market [literal] - proverb

noun:

• event in which someone is forced to eat a large quantity of rice (e.g. the April 2nd Shugendō ceremony at Nikko's Rinnōji temple)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to determine whether something is right or wrong; to make something clear; to settle a matter - colloquialism

noun:

• meat of a fish (e.g. tuna) that is dark red with blood, usu. coming from the parts close to the spine

expression / noun:

• traditional Koshogatsu ceremony where the newly-wed wife is hit with a sacred wooden pole on the rump to ensure her fertility - obscure term ➜ 小正月・祝い棒

noun:

• traditional Koshogatsu ceremony where the newly-wed wife is hit on the rump with a sacred wooden pole to ensure her fertility ➜ 小正月・祝い棒

noun:

• traditional Koshogatsu ceremony where the newly-wed wife is hit on the rump with a sacred wooden pole to ensure her fertility ➜ 小正月・祝い棒

expression:

• as far as ... is concerned; so far as ... can tell ➜ 関する

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention ➜ 相槌【あいづち】

expression:

• there is no use shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted; squeezing your buttocks after you have farted [literal] - proverb

noun:

• sea sand (sand collected from the ocean floor, as opposed to that which is used as an ingredient in concrete)

noun:

• word, phrase, or image that is perceived as showing or suggesting discrimination or prejudice against a person or group of people

noun:

• fire alarm ringing continuously to warn that a fire is extremely near ➜ 擦り半
• sound as produced by this alarm

noun:

• fire alarm ringing continuously to warn that a fire is extremely near ➜ 擦り半鐘
• sound as produced by this alarm

noun:

• Hypogaleus (genus whose sole member is the blacktip tope, Hypogaleus hyugaensis, a hound shark of the family Triakidae)

noun:

• someone (e.g. a woman) who is out of one's league; something beyond one's means

expression:

• the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence; the neighbour's salted rice bran paste (smells sweeter) [literal] - proverb

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to observe the reasons and types of faults a person makes is to come to know whether they are virtuous or not

expression:

• any port will do in a storm; when you've lost your boat midstream, even a pot is worth a fortune [literal] - proverb

noun:

• offering to a deity or somebody's spirit
• tribute to a person who is about to depart