目

monetary value

Sumo

former name for makushita division

moment of death

fork; junction; parting of the ways

turning point

Proverb

reason ends where love begins; in love, reason takes flight; love is a blind guide; love makes fools of us all; love is blind

overly serious; serious to a fault; humorless

to have a hard time of it

protruding eyes

number of pips visible after a throw of the dice

first period (e.g. first class in school day)

measure

square (e.g. of graph paper or Japanese manuscript paper)

box (e.g. on a form)

favorite phrase; favourite phrase; byword; something one always talks about

flounder (esp. the large-tooth flounders of family Paralichthyidae, but also lefteye flounders of family Bothidae)

bastard halibut; olive flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus)

person who sucks up to superiors; toady

eyes

openly; in public; without caring what others think

audience (with a lord, dignitary, etc.); interview

first (public) appearance; debut; coming out (on the market)

Historical term

trial service (of a servant); probation

Historical term

audience with a shogun (granted to a vassal; Edo period); right to have an audience with a shogun

handsome

connivance; overlooking

to save face; to keep face; to not lose face

Happy New Year

a little tight; a little snug

a little strong; a little harsh

nearsightedness; shortsightedness; myopia

main point; main object; chief purpose; core; gist; essence

eye of a typhoon

Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'; Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)

relatively cheap; relatively inexpensive; on the cheap side; lowish (price)

安目 only; Mahjong

wait tile which produces a winning hand with a lower score