noun:

• buried earthen jar that makes sound when water drips into it (garden feature)

noun:

• showery sky; (it is) looking showery - four character idiom

conjunction:

• even though it is not; despite not ➜ まい

noun:

• ship of the dead which appears if you go fishing the night of the Bon festival ➜ お盆

expression:

• it's hard to discipline one's mind; defeating the bandits in the mountains is easy; defeating the bandit in one's heart is hard [literal] - proverb

noun:

• leaving something where it is; abandoning something

noun / ~する noun:

• loitering; hanging around; wandering around - onomatopoeia

adverb / ~と adverb / noun / ~する noun:

• moving from place to place; being passed around repeatedly
• rolling about

noun:

• flowers reflected on a mirror and the moon reflected on the water's surface; something that is visible but having no substance; the subtle and profound beauty of poems that cannot be described in words - four character idiom

particle:

• hey; you - at sentence-end; indicates certainty, emphasis, contempt, request, etc.
• hey - after a noun; used when calling out to someone
• hey; hold on - in mid-sentence; used to catch one's breath or get someone's attention

interjection:

• yo; hey

noun / ~する noun:

• heating a vessel without water in it; heating an empty pan, kettle, boiler, bathtub, etc.

noun:

• cynicism (of mankind); belief that human nature is fundamentally evil Antonym: 性善説

noun:

• internal clock that is always correct - From English "just clock"

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• vacant and unthinking
• something that should be there is not

noun:

• email that is returned as undeliverable - IT term - From English "return mail"

noun:

• perceiving reality as it is; true awareness of reality - four character idiom - Buddhism term

noun:

• Japanese reading of a kanji (sometimes esp. in ref. to readings that do not correspond to the orig. Chinese meaning of the kanji)

adverb:

• even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing; supposing that; -ever - often paired with ても, でも, and とも

noun:

• harvesting rice while it is still green
• recruiting of university students before the agreed date ➜ 青田買い【あおたがい】

expression / noun:

• clincher; pick-up line; honeyed phrase; telling phrase; phrase that brings someone around, esp. in personal relationships ➜ 口説き文句【くどきもんく】

expression:

• harsh words make the going rough; consider your words; people may be offended (or not) by the way you speak - proverb

noun / ~する noun:

• dashing around on a horse; running around; exerting oneself (for another)

adverb:

• turning around; spinning around; curling up - onomatopoeia ➜ くるり

adverb / ~する noun:

• round and charming (e.g. eyes) - onomatopoeia

noun / ~する noun:

• reading in a monotone
• reading a Chinese classical text without translating it into Japanese

expression:

• there is only the thickness of the boat's planking between one and perdition; on a boat, one is only an inch or two from a watery grave - proverb