noun / ~する noun:

• becoming a mere shell; becoming a dead letter; losing (one's) substance; being reduced to a formality

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to make a hit; to have a great success (e.g. in business, with a play, etc.)

noun:

• leading wave (of a tsunami, i.e. when a wave crest reaches land before a trough) ➜ 引き波

expression:

• the world is a scene of constant changes; a mulberry field changes into a blue sea [literal] - proverb

noun:

• measuring container; measure
• box (seating at a theatre, etc.)
• square on a grid; cell of a grid - esp. マス
• square bearing block (at the top of a pillar) ［斗］

noun:

• dropping; losing - abbreviation
• missing item; something one forgot to write down
• trap
• wooden protrusion from a Japanese door frame that fits a hole in the threshold, acting as a lock when closed
• conclusion (of a speech, etc.)
• metallic bowl used to hold the charcoal in a wooden hibachi ➜ 落とし掛け

adverb / ~と adverb:

• lightly (floating); buoyantly - onomatopoeia
• puffing (on a pipe, cigarette, etc.) - onomatopoeia
• tooting (a trumpet, horn, etc.); blowing (a flute, whistle) - onomatopoeia

expression:

• many a little makes a mickle; every little helps; even dust becomes a mountain if piled together [literal] - proverb

noun:

• (a) branch (of flowers); (a) cluster; (a) mass (of clouds)

~と adverb:

• with a clink; with a flop - onomatopoeia
• suddenly; all of a sudden - onomatopoeia ➜ ぱったり

noun / adverbial noun:

• (with) a flash of a drawn sword; brandishing a sword - four character idiom

noun:

• an ideal topography for the four Taoist gods, with a river in the east, a broad avenue in the west, a basin in the south, and a hill in the north - four character idiom

noun:

• kotatsu; table over an electric heater (orig. a charcoal brazier in a floor well) with a hanging quilt that retains heat

expression / adverb:

• perhaps; maybe; by some chance

adverb:

• by itself; automatically; naturally

noun / ~する noun:

• arrangement; preparations
• search (by police)

noun:

• already; now; by this time

noun:

• operated by the metropolitan government

noun / ~する noun:

• calling by name; designation; nomination

noun / ~の noun:

• seniority by length of service - four character idiom

suffix:

• outside of; not covered by Antonym: 内【ない】

noun / ~する noun:

• rolling; extending by applying pressure

noun:

• outside help; salvation by faith

adverb:

• by; not later than; before

noun:

• in-law; relative by marriage