expression:

• by any means (possible); somehow

noun:

• sketch (done by pencil)

noun:

• initial investigation (by police)

expression:

• we learn by teaching - proverb

noun / ~する noun:

• authentication by facial recognition

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be scooped by ➜ 先を越す

noun / ~する noun:

• completely destroying by fire - obscure term

noun / ~の noun:

• place by the sea ➜ 山手【やまて】

adverb:

• unexpectedly; accidentally; by chance

noun / ~する noun:

• buying by the box - colloquialism

~の noun:

• made by grinding stone ➜ 磨製石器

noun:

• suicide by drowning ➜ 入水【じゅすい】

expression / ichidan verb:

• to angrily reject; to snub; to give a person a good scolding; to give a person a rap on the knuckles

noun / ~する noun:

• hit it off with (a person); find a kindred spirit in (a person); sympathy; mutual understanding - four character idiom

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to gain a reliable foundation and be in a safe condition; to board a large ship [literal]

expression:

• something very unexpected; something said as a joke actually happening; a horse comes from a gourd [literal]

noun:

• coming out; emerging
• being born into (a certain family); being a native of (a particular place)

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to trap (into a difficult situation); to put (in a fix); to throw (e.g. into turmoil); to trick (into doing); to lure (into a trap); to frame (for a crime) - usu. 陥れる
• to capture (a castle, fortress, etc.); to take; to reduce - usu. 陥れる
• to drop (something) into - orig. meaning; usu. 落とし入れる

adverb / ~と adverb:

• a tiny bit; just a smidgin; a wee bit; very slightly - onomatopoeia

adverb / ~する noun:

• refreshingly; with a feeling of relief; pleasantly; (a weight) off one's shoulder - onomatopoeia ➜ すっきり
• (wearing, etc. something) elegantly; smartly; stylishly; in a refined manner - onomatopoeia

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to have a flag set (indicates the setting of a variable that determines, for example, how a game will end) - slang - IT term

noun:

• game of chance similar to rock, paper scissors, where the different hand gestures symbolize a fox, a hunter and a village head

expression:

• any port will do in a storm; when you've lost your boat midstream, even a pot is worth a fortune [literal] - proverb

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to have a talented child despite being untalented oneself; a kite gives birth to a hawk [literal] - idiom

noun:

• top of a flight of stairs; exit involving a descent (e.g. from a bus)