noun:

• word of respect added to the addressee's name on a letter
• under the desk

noun:

• glossy silk thread (made from raw silk treated in a solution to dissolve the sericin)

expression:

• making something strong even stronger; solidifying something's chances; giving a metal rod to an ogre [literal] - idiom

noun:

• school centred on preparing students to get into university ➜ 進学
• high-level school a person has entered

noun / ~の noun:

• one's circumstances or condition, esp. compared to that of another ➜ ばつが悪い
• coherence (e.g. of a conversation)

noun:

• river in which worshippers wash their hands (and rinse their mouth) prior to entering a shrine

noun / ~する noun:

• being moved forcibly, e.g. being carted to a police station, transportation for forced labour, etc.

noun:

• Alan Smithee (pseudonym used by film directors who wish to disown a project); Allen Smithee

noun:

• favourable position (esp. in horse racing, e.g. in 3rd to 5th place during a race) - abbreviation ➜ 好位置

noun:

• sending off a customer (e.g. to the closest train station)
• sending customers (somebody's way)

noun:

• writing from top to bottom
• writing without a pause
• translation of classical Chinese into Japanese - abbreviation ➜ 書き下し文

expression:

• bursts of exertion will fail to bear fruit if interrupted by long periods of idleness - four character idiom
• strenuous efforts, unless sustained, are to no avail (Mencius)

noun:

• karayuki-san; young Japanese women who were sent to work (mainly as prostitutes) in foreign countries, esp. in Southeast Asia (Meiji to early Showa)

expression:

• spoiling someone's work; useless effort; laboring in vain; labouring in vain; if a peasant sows seeds, the crows will dig them up [literal]

expression / noun:

• true love; deep love; love for someone so deep that it can reach a crow perched on that person's roof

adverb / ~と adverb:

• fiercely (e.g. of a fire burning) - onomatopoeia
• bong-bong (of clock ringing) - onomatopoeia
• with repeated bangs (e.g. of fire cracker) - onomatopoeia

noun:

• striking clock - abbreviation - onomatopoeia ➜ ぼんぼん時計
• green young man from a well-to-do family - Kansai dialect

expression:

• to that extent; to that degree

~する verb (spec.):

• to heat; to heat up

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to become dim; to become blurred

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to meet face-to-face

noun / ~する noun:

• tending to be; wanting to be

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to be stingy; to be tightfisted

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to do so; to do thus

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to be flustered; to be confused ➜ とちる

expression:

• to do or not to do