expression:

• suffix used to negate a verb in the non-past tense - polite language - Kansai dialect ➜ ません

noun:

• stone knife (Jomon-period tool, shaped like a rice spoon) - obscure term ➜ 石匙

noun:

• sihu (4-stringed Chinese musical instrument played with a bow)

noun:

• sihu (4-stringed Chinese musical instrument played with a bow) - obscure term ➜ 四胡

noun:

• off topic (e.g. in a web forum) ➜ スレッド

expression:

• flying; leaping ➜ 飛ぶ
• (when reading a number aloud) naught; zero; oh

noun:

• office (government department beneath a bureau under the ritsuryo system) - archaism ➜ 律令制

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to start (an argument, a battle, etc.)

particle:

• only; just ➜ 切り【きり】
• since; after - usu. in a negative sentence
• remaining (in a particular state)

noun:

• space between two nodes (on bamboo, etc.) - archaism
• a short time

expression:

• not sleeping a wink; wide awake all night
• without moving - colloquialism

noun:

• seeking a venue (usu. for litigation) - From English "forum shopping"

noun:

• formal objection; opposition (e.g. to a patent) - Law term

noun:

• physical reaction caused by a phobia about going to work

~の noun:

• best; most (valuable player); top (quality); grade A; ace; finest

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• crisp (like a pickle); crunchy - onomatopoeia
• firm (musculature) - onomatopoeia
• stiff (shoulders, neck, etc.) - onomatopoeia

expression / ~と adverb:

• without making waves; softly; (like) a willow in the wind [literal] - idiom

noun:

• the thirty guardian deities (a different one for each day)

noun:

• words read by the priest in a Shinto purification rite

noun:

• drawstring; release cord
• lead (e.g. for a dog)

noun:

• period during which monks may go into a summer retreat - Buddhism term ➜ 夏安居

noun / ~する noun:

• flowing down (e.g. water in a river); downward flow

noun / ~する noun:

• exchanging parts or equipment to effect a change in performance

noun:

• alias for fox (from a statue in the Inarimae shrine)

noun:

• seafood cooked in a way that preserves its original shape