Vocabulary

facing inward

(eating) noisily; (chewing) with an open mouth; while smacking

Tokyo Olympics

permitter; licensor

admittee; licensee

colour usage; color usage; use of colour

section of a room next to the alcove (where shelves are often placed)

feeling sad or downhearted; down in the dumps

the student has become the master; blue dye comes from the indigo plant and is bluer than indigo

woman who has lost a man's affection or interest (as does a fan when summer turns to autumn)

we meet only to part; meeting is the first step to parting

the autumn sun sets as quickly as a bucket dropping into a well

bad news travels fast

nurture beats nature; keep good men company, and you shall be of the number; a mugwort amongst hemp (will grow straight, like the hemp)

completely helpless; unable even to drive away the flies on one's own head

Gresham's Law ("when there is a legal tender currency, bad money drives good money out of circulation")

slow but steady wins the race; constant effort will result in success; constant dripping wears away a stone

showing no signs of ...; extremely unlikely to ...

(root) rationalization

technique user

your nephew

niece

central stalk of a dried rice plant

return value

grandnephew

grandniece

life-saving sword (a killing sword may be a sword of life depending on how it is used)

coloured curtains hanging from the eaves of a Buddhist temple

the law has holes large enough for the most wicked men to slip through; the long arm of the law doesn't reach everywhere; fishes big enough to eat boats aren't caught by the net

secret, unrequited love

secret, unrequited love

riding a horse so skillfully that it appears as if man and horse have become one

digital single-lens reflex camera; DSLR camera

on top of a saddle

there are exceptions to every rule; rocks will flow and leaves will sink

to refuse stubbornly to admit one is wrong; to rinse one's mouth with a rock and rest one's head in a river

perseverance prevails; three years on a (cold) stone (will make the stone warm)

being excessively cautious; knocking on a strong stone bridge before crossing it

failing to practice what one preaches

final emergency measure; final defence when one is cornered