expression / noun:

• collecting herbs and pulling out young pine trees by the roots (annual event held on the first Day of the Rat of the New Year)

noun / ~の noun:

• the best in the land; the best of its kind in the country; par excellence in the whole country - four character idiom

expression / ~よい adjective:

• inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever you do is OK; trivial

noun:

• perpetual change caused by karma; vicissitudes of life; that which is made - Buddhism term

noun:

• life-and-death matter; an emergency or crisis where survival is threatened - four character idiom

adjectival noun / noun:

• recklessness; rashness; foolhardiness; temerity; without watching where one is going [literal]

~の noun / ~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• divergent opinions abound; opinion is divided; there are many rumors afloat - four character idiom

noun:

• non-fruit-bearing flower
• something that is flashy with no content

noun:

• term of validity; period for which (a ticket) is available (valid)

expression:

• all things are in a state of flux; everything is constantly changing - four character idiom

noun:

• identity or background check (often to see if someone is a burakumin) - colloquialism

noun:

• railgun (gun in which a conductive projectile is propelled using electromagnetic force)

noun:

• coilgun (gun in which a magnetic projectile is propelled using electromagnetic coils)

noun / ~する noun:

• adding or removing rolling stock to a train that is in service

noun:

• section of road that is curved on purpose as a defensive measure

noun:

• sake made from rice or other cereal which is chewed before fermentation

expression / noun:

• withered trees and frozen rocks; "a person that is hard to approach" [figurative]

noun:

• silvering; silvered item
• person who is all style and no substance; poser

expression:

• "as is" sale (e.g. at an auction) - From English "no claim, no return"

expression:

• when dealing with urgent business, make use of whoever is handy - proverb

expression / adjective:

• inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever you do is OK; trivial

noun:

• furigana where kana is associated each character of a compound ➜ モノルビ

noun:

• furigana where kana is associated a whole compound - From English "group ruby" ➜ モノルビ

noun:

• splitting the bill so that the others end up paying the whole amount; wheedling the others into paying the whole bill - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• selling on the market (in the marketplace, in stores, etc.); making something commercially available

~の noun:

• commercial (e.g. software); over-the-counter; off-the-shelf; store-bought