noun:

• expectant right (as opposed to a vested right); contingent right

noun:

• a few hours; several hours; about two to six hours ➜ 数時間

noun / ~する noun:

• sit down; sit up - children's language
• Sit! (to a dog)

adjectival noun:

• honest to a fault; foolishly honest; naively honest

adjectival noun / noun:

• overly polite; excessively polite; polite to a fault

conjunction:

• if one were to speak of ..., then certainly; if it were the case that ..., then certainly; if it were a ..., then certainly; phrase used to indicate the inevitability of what follows it (based on what precedes it) ➜ 言う・言う
• so that means (when used in sentence-initial position)

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to place an obnoxious person in an out-of-the-way post to be rid of him or her

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to say the same thing over and over again; to talk until one is blue in the face

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to be lost in lust for riches; to throw all caution and conscience away in pursuit of riches ➜ 目が眩む

expression / adjective:

• having one's back to the wall; having nowhere to go; having no way out; not having another chance - idiom

suffix:

• ending; quitting; closing - after a noun ➜ 店じまい
• ending before one had time to do something one wanted or intended to - after the 〜ず negative form of a verb; indicates disappointment

noun:

• falsely-provoked arrest for obstruction; police pretending to be knocked down so as to have grounds for an arrest ➜ 公妨

noun / ~する noun:

• not writing or contacting for a while; neglecting (failing) to write (call, visit, etc.); long silence ➜ 無沙汰

noun:

• saucer
• person (group, institution, etc.) to take over a position or matter; receptacle (e.g. of funds); receiver

noun / ~する noun:

• concentration; diligence; devotion
• asceticism; zeal in one's quest for enlightenment ➜ 六波羅蜜
• adherence to a vegetarian diet

noun:

• starting afresh; going back to square one; abandoning (e.g. a plan); calling off
• clearing an abacus - orig. meaning

noun:

• fertile shoot of field horsetail ➜ 杉菜
• wooden stick with a burned tip (used to create underdrawings) ［どひつ］ ➜ 焼き筆

noun:

• useless book learning; knowing the theory but being able to put it into practice; practising swimming in a field [literal] - idiom - humorous term

noun:

• type of bed linen resembling a large beach towel and used to cover oneself in hot weather - From English "towel blanket"

noun:

• ceremony to consecrate a newly made Buddhist statue or image by inserting the eyes (thereby investing it with soul) - four character idiom

noun:

• ring; link
• open spirals of heavy metal wire twisted into a kettle and used to lift it (tea ceremony)

noun / ~する noun:

• criticizing; lambasting; pointing out faults; finding fault
• calling for a retake; ordering (somebody) to redo something

noun:

• Piltdown hoax (1912 discovery of a fossilized ape-human missing-link skull, later revealed to be fraudulent) - obscure term ➜ ピルトダウン人

noun:

• creating a noun by affixing "ku" to the end of an inflectable word (e.g. "omowaku", "osoraku")

noun:

• national holiday that has been moved to a Monday (e.g. Coming-of-Age Day) - From English "happy Monday" ➜ 成人の日