expression:

• even the patience of a saint eventually runs out; (if you touch) the Buddha's face three times (he will get annoyed) [literal] - proverb

noun:

• tactics of fighting a technologically advanced adversary with primitive weapons; sole reliance on simple determination (naive spiritualism) in fighting an overwhelming foe - four character idiom

noun:

• skilled engineer (mechanic) who is clumsy in all other matters; person who gets a great kick out of tinkering with anything mechanical - four character idiom

noun:

• tea ceremony stand with an enclosed shelf (invented by Takeno Jouou)
• small cupboard or closed shelf on the side of a tokonoma ➜ 袋戸棚

expression:

• actio libera in causa; manufacturing the conditions of one's own defence (e.g. getting drunk in order to commit a crime)

noun:

• meat of a fish (e.g. tuna) that is dark red with blood, usu. coming from the parts close to the spine ➜ 血合い

noun / ~する noun:

• accepting a challenge; returning fire; fighting back; putting up a fight; responding to an attack

noun / ~する noun:

• criticism (by a teacher or coach, with commentary, especially at a poetry reading); review; critique

noun:

• scooter with a compartment under the seat to hold a helmet - From English "(hel)met in" ➜ メット

expression / ichidan verb:

• to put a damper on proceedings (e.g. at a meeting or party, etc.)

noun:

• in calligraphy, a stroke going from upper right to lower left with a pointed tail

noun:

• text message or symbol on a busy mobile phone indicating a call arrival (DoCoMo feature)

expression:

• owing a lot to somebody; being indebted; never forgetting someone who has done a favour

noun:

• picture painted with oil paint (esp. a landscape mural in a public bath)

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to dig down; to delve into; to get to the bottom of (a matter); to investigate further

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to make a mess; to perpetrate; to do; to finish up; to be guilty of

noun:

• Japanese odd-scaled snake (Achalinus spinalis); Peters' odd-scaled snake; grey burrowing snake

expression / adjective:

• taking no notice (of); thinking nothing of; disregarding; not aware of; completely ignoring; being out of consideration; effectively not existing as an option

noun / suffix noun:

• stand; rack; table; bench; podium; pedestal; platform; stage
• support; holder; rack

counter:

• counter for machines, incl. vehicles

noun:

• setting (e.g. in jewellery)

noun / suffix noun / counter:

• level (e.g. price level); range (e.g. after physical units); period (of time, e.g. a decade of one's life) ➜ 代【だい】・代【だい】

noun:

• elevated area
• viewing platform
• dish tray ➜ 台盤
• meal - archaism
• tall building; tower - archaism ➜ 高殿

noun:

• first flower of the season or year; first flowering on a plant
• first menstruation ［はつはな］
• woman who has just reached adulthood ［はつはな］

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to add kana to; to add Japanese reading to ➜ 振る【ふる】・振り仮名

noun:

• kana written after a kanji to complete the full (usually kun) reading of the word; declensional kana ending

interjection:

• play ball!

noun:

• starting a match (of baseball, tennis, etc.)

expression / noun:

• perverseness; obstinacy; something unreasonable (like pushing a cart from the side (instead of from behind)) ➜ 横車を押す

noun:

• side wheel throw (judo)

noun:

• dismissal; firing; retirement; being relieved from one's post; being relieved of a burden