noun:

• side street (often parallel to a main street); back street; alley

noun:

• cold political relations but hot economical relations (often said about China-Japan relations)

expression:

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

adjectival noun / noun:

• firm (market); bullish Antonym: 軟調【なんちょう】
• strong (sales, economy, etc.); steady; sound

noun:

• talkie (motion picture with sound)
• prerecorded announcement

adverb:

• bugling sound; honking; oinking - onomatopoeia
• grumbling; complaining - onomatopoeia

noun:

• car; automobile - children's language

adverb / ~と adverb:

• croak; ribbit; sound of frogs - onomatopoeia

~と adverb:

• sound of a button or switch being pressed - onomatopoeia

adverb:

• sound of something making firm contact with a flat surface - onomatopoeia ➜ ぺたぺた

adverb:

• splash; sploosh - onomatopoeia ➜ ぱしゃぱしゃ
• click; sound of camera shutter ［パシャッと・ぱしゃっと］ - onomatopoeia ➜ バシャバシャ

noun:

• period when one's voice changes; (age of) puberty

noun:

• base unit; main telephone (esp. when there are extensions) ➜ 子機

adjective:

• regretful; irresolute
• stubborn (not knowing when to give up)

noun / ~する noun:

• detour (around a waterfall, etc. when gorge-climbing)

expression:

• be guided by your children when you are old - proverb

noun:

• rusty color produced when black or purple clothes fade

noun:

• up-bow (technique used when playing a string instrument)

noun:

• down-bow (technique used when playing a string instrument)

expression / noun:

• urge to defecate when stepping into a bookstore

expression:

• don't hasten into action when you have doubts - proverb ➜ 善は急げ

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• special order (goods); custom (made); bespoke ➜ 特別注文【とくべつちゅうもん】

noun:

• quality product; carefully produced; reverently made

noun / ~する noun:

• formal complaint made by a victim

noun:

• fence made from disused ship planks

adjectival noun / noun:

• thinly made; slight build or stature