noun:

• over-demanding parent; parent who makes selfish and unreasonable demands on behalf of their child - From English "monster parent" ➜ モンペ

expression / noun:

• perseverance prevails; three years on a (cold) stone (will make the stone warm) [literal] - proverb

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to feign friendliness; to play the hypocrite - idiom ➜ 猫被り

adverb:

• after a long time; for the first time in a while

noun:

• four divine beasts; guardian deities of the four cardinal points

expression / adjective:

• unpopular (with); in the bad books

noun:

• inventory; goods on hand

noun:

• water offered to God; water drunk before an altar to symbolize the making of a vow
• miracle-working water
• water which gathers in the nodes of bamboo after falling as rain at noon on the 5th day of the 5th month (lunar calendar), thought to be effective when used in medicines

expression:

• zeal is a bad servant; the person who chases a deer does not see the mountain [literal] - proverb

noun:

• boundary; bounds of the earth

noun:

• chrysanthemum taboo; taboo about criticizing or parodying the Japanese royal family

~の noun / ~する noun:

• fully armed; armed to the teeth

noun:

• mass; setting of the ordinary of the mass (Kyrie, Credo, etc.) - Music term

noun:

• heaven of enjoying emanations; one of the six heavens of the desire realm - Buddhism term

noun:

• shiku-kaisei city planning; city renewal that occurred in the Taisho and Meiji eras

noun:

• heaven of enjoying emanations; one of the six heavens of the desire realm - Buddhism term ➜ 六欲天

noun:

• Indus (constellation); the Indian

noun:

• half-assed gyaru; young woman who partially adheres to the gyaru fashion trend - from 中途半端 and ギャル - abbreviation - slang ➜ ギャル

noun:

• stretched tire (tyre); narrow tire mounted on a wide rim to achieve a low-profile look

adverb / conjunction:

• incidentally; at the same time

noun:

• skirt steak; meat cut from the diaphragm
• belly meat (e.g. salmon); peritoneal meat (e.g. chicken)

expression / ~の noun:

• (living) from hand to mouth; living on the fringe of subsistance

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to change way one holds something; to transfer something from one hand to the other

expression / ichidan verb:

• to put all one's skill (into doing something); to do something to the best of one's ability

godan ~す verb:

• to drink someone down; to drink someone under the table