expression:

• a day in life is better than a thousand days in the afterlife; better one day in this world than a thousand in the next - proverb

noun / ~する noun:

• the situation reverses itself; the table is turned; the shoe is on the other foot - four character idiom

noun:

• purpose for which money is spent; the way money is spent; how goods are used

noun:

• taste (of a liquid, esp. alcoholic beverages) - usu. のみくち
• someone who enjoys alcohol
• place one's lips touch on the rim of a cup
• shape of one's mouth when drinking
• tap; faucet; spigot - usu. のみぐち

noun / ~する noun:

• transcription; copying

noun:

• handwriting (as a school subject); penmanship

noun:

• inflorescence of shiso (used as a sashimi garnish) ➜ 紫蘇

noun / ~する noun:

• water gone underground (to emerge as a spring)

noun / ~する noun:

• falling as flowers do; dying a glorious death

noun:

• alcohol which must be drunk as a penalty

~の noun / ~する noun:

• suspended; suspension (as characteristic of a liquid) - Chemistry term

noun:

• sidebar (as on a web page)

noun:

• the continuative form when used as a conjunction

noun:

• stretched dried abalone (used as a betrothal gift)

noun:

• slightly good luck (as a fortune telling result)

noun:

• Japanese language (as a school subject in Japan)

noun:

• monkey brain (eaten as a delicacy, medicine, etc.) - obscure term

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• tall (as a mountain, etc.)
• exceedingly dangerous

noun:

• professional dengaku performer (usu. appearing as a monk) ➜ 田楽

expression:

• as a nation; with the whole country

noun:

• average (e.g. as a mark for homework); weak ➜ 三角

noun:

• smoking (esp. as a means of preserving food)

noun:

• location awareness (as in a system or device)

noun:

• flag raised as a sign for an izakaya

noun:

• dried Swertia japonica (used as a traditional medicine) ➜ 千振

noun:

• steamed rice as an offering to a god - honorific language - obscure term - Shintō term