everywhere in the capital (e.g. Tokyo); everyone in the capital
Rip van Winkle effect (for a woman); feeling that everything has changed once one comes back to Japan (for a woman)
poetic justice; retributive justice
Pictor (constellation); the Easel
Hydrus (constellation); the Water Snake
Vela (constellation); the Sails
enraged outcry; loud protest; being bitterly criticized by others; being loudly denounced by others
Japanese ko-so-a-do demonstratives (e.g. pronouns: kore, sore, are, dore)
Buddha; Shakyamuni; the historical Buddha (5th c. BCE?)
freeze frame; stop motion
hard to penetrate event or situation
only a hero can understand a hero; (lit.) swallows and sparrows can't understand the aspirations of phoenixes and swans
selection condition; selection conditions
brick and mortar bookstore
there is a suitable spouse for everyone; every Jack has his Jill; (lit.) a mended lid for a cracked pot
negligent; careless; (arch.) easygoing; (arch.) relaxed
place where one can remove one's shoes before entering a house
nervous breakdown; neurosis; sickness from anxiety
looking up a word or kanji by its reading (rather than by its radical or stroke count); katakana-hiragana prolonged sound mark
Chamaeleon (constellation); the Chameleon
Mahāraurava; The Hell of Great Wailing; The Great Screaming Hell; the fifth of eight hot hells in Buddhism
an idle brain is the devil's shop
bon voyage; have a nice trip
earth science; geoscience
user identification; user id
Hydra (constellation); the Sea Serpent
Serpens (constellation); the Snake
ice cream with milk-solids content of 3% or greater
the whole page; the entire column
to go to the bottom of an affair; to inquire into the origin
winning (in a lottery, raffle, etc.)
being driven into a corner; having no way out; being caught between a rock and a hard place