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

noun:

• self-inflicted accident; traffic accident where injury is caused by one's own negligence; one-car accident

expression:

• the world is a scene of constant changes; a mulberry field changes into a blue sea [literal] - proverb

expression:

• the student has become the master; blue dye comes from the indigo plant and is bluer than indigo [literal] - proverb

noun:

• days on which Ten'ichijin is in heaven (the 30th to the 45th days of the sexagenary cycle) ➜ 天一神・癸巳・戊申

godan ~る verb:

• to act like a know-it-all; to pretend you know everything; to fancy one is an authority ➜ 通がる

godan ~る verb:

• to act like a know-it-all; to pretend you know everything; to fancy one is an authority

expression:

• the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence; other people's flowers are redder [literal] - proverb

noun:

• stable period (with ref. to pregnancy, typically from 4th month when the placenta is fully formed, morning sickness usually goes away and risk of miscarriage decreases)

noun:

• Heian-period pastry made of duck or goose eggs mixed with vegetables boiled and wrapped in mochi which is then cut into squares

expression:

• one should not rush to make a profit; business is best run when sales flow like a cow's drool: long and thin - obscure term

noun:

• year in which an imperial memorial ceremony is held (the 3rd, 5th, 10th 20th, 50th & 100th years after death and every 100 years thereafter) ➜ 式年祭