noun:

• complete emptiness (i.e. as a denial of the inherent existence of all things); nirvana (where this emptiness is realized) - Buddhism term

adjectival noun / noun:

• quiet and lonely - archaism

noun:

• lower government office (ritsuryo system)
• servant of a higher ranking person (during the middle ages); retainer
• servant of an urban family
• serf ➜ 被官百姓

noun:

• chasing down; pushing down; deposing; ousting
• sacrificing to create a shortage of liberties, then capturing (in the game of go)

noun:

• indigo wax; cylindrical shape made from indigo dye froth, often by boiling the froth with caustic soda, used for coloring paintings, etc.

noun:

• ASMR video; genre of video that exploits autonomous sensory meridian response (ASMR) to induce tingling, comfort, or sleepiness in the listener

noun:

• badge (or keyring, etc.) used to inform others that the wearer is pregnant - From English "maternity mark"

expression:

• you will appreciate your parents' advice as you grow older, just as it takes time to feel the effects of unwarmed sake - proverb

noun / ~する noun:

• putting money aside; savings; deposit (e.g. in a bank)
• accumulated surplus of wins; wins in the bank - Baseball term

noun / ~する noun:

• taking advantage of (an opportunity); jumping on the bandwagon
• taking passage (in); getting a lift; getting a ride

noun / ~の noun:

• present world; present age; transient world; life - usu. げんせ - Buddhism term
• recent epoch (i.e. the Holocene epoch) ［げんせい］ ➜ 完新世

noun:

• shaking one's legs (usu. unconsciously); tapping one's foot; fidgeting (of the legs) ➜ 貧乏ゆすり
• very slight movement - as 貧乏揺るぎもしない - archaism ➜ 貧乏揺るぎもしない

noun:

• mole cricket (esp. the Oriental mole cricket, Gryllotalpa orientalis)
• being penniless; being broke ［おけら・オケラ］ - colloquialism

noun / ~する noun:

• sharing with others what has been given to you; sharing a portion of the profit with others

noun:

• sharing with others what has been given to you; sharing a portion of the profit with others ➜ 御裾分け

noun:

• iai; art of drawing one's sword, cutting down one's opponent and sheathing the sword afterwards

expression:

• Repeated reading (makes the meaning clear); Reading something again and again (will lead one to realize its meaning) - four character idiom

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• all nature being bleak and desolate; scene looking desolate and forlorn as far as the eye can see - four character idiom

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• all nature being bleak and desolate; scene looking desolate and forlorn as far as the eye can see - four character idiom

noun:

• twig tea; stem tea; kukicha; tea made from twigs pruned from the tea plant during its dormant season

noun:

• slip of the pen; mistake in writing ➜ 書き損じ
• something ruined by a mistake in writing (e.g. postcard) ➜ 書き損じ

expression / ~くる verb (spec.):

• it's my turn; the ball is in my court; it's up to me - idiom

noun:

• noble gas; inert gas

expression:

• I get the feeling that; I think that ［希ガス］ - slang - humorous term ➜ 気がする【きがする】

noun:

• groan; moan
• roar; growl
• buzz; hum (e.g. motor); whistling (e.g. wind, wires in the wind)

noun:

• shrill voice
• unaccompanied part of the Heike Monogatari chanting - usu. 素声 ➜ 平曲
• part of an unaccompanied poem (in noh)

noun:

• the three main Shinto gods: Amaterasu Omikami, Tsukuyomi no Mikoto and Susano-o no Mikoto; three precious children ➜ 三柱の神