expression:

• ill omened (as in "Don't say such an ill omened thing!"); unlucky

expression:

• be that the case, do so; do as you please; in any case

noun:

• a gentle spirit is more important than looks; handsome is as handsome does

noun:

• C4 plant (any plant, such as corn, that uses C4 carbon fixation)

noun:

• C3 plant (any plant, such as rice, that uses C3 carbon fixation)

expression / noun / ~する noun:

• some nerve (as in 'you must have some nerve to ...')

ichidan ~ずる verb (alt. form of じる verbs) / transitive:

• to summon; to invite; to call; to have as one's guest

expression / adverb:

• hoping against hope; desperately hoping; as a last hope

noun:

• time of departure; (on the) point of departure; just as one is leaving

expression / noun:

• voice acting; appearing in a movie, TV show, etc. as a voice actor ➜ 出演

noun:

• cause; factor
• hetu (direct cause, esp. as opposed to indirect conditions) - Buddhism term ➜ 縁【えん】
• the basis of one's argument (in hetuvidya) ➜ 因明

noun / adjectival noun:

• selfishness; egotism; egoism; (being) self-centered; without consulting; (doing) as one pleases; one's own free will - four character idiom

noun:

• skull (esp. weatherbeaten, used as symbol of death); death's head; cranium

noun:

• rainfall of a strange, dark color (colour); whirlwinds accompanied by rain which also drops strange objects such as fish

noun:

• redundant keigo (i.e. improper use of the -rareru honorific form together with an honorific verb such as ossharu)

expression:

• woman who has lost a man's affection or interest (as does a fan when summer turns to autumn)

noun:

• Mobile Suica; train ticketing system (mobile phone fitted with special chip used as swipe card) - also モバイルSuica ➜ スイカ

noun:

• light spot (e.g. blip on radar); always-on pixel (as a defect in LCD screens, etc.); calescence point

noun / ~する noun:

• walking while holding on to something (such as a wall or table); cruising (i.e. children learning to walk)

~と adverb:

• up and down; lightly; nimbly; moving in small leaps as a frog or rabbit - onomatopoeia
• casually; (strolling about) without a care - onomatopoeia ➜ ひょいひょい

noun / adjectival noun:

• bad-mouthing someone so as to be deliberately overheard; intentionally letting someone hear insults or sarcasm regarding them

interjection:

• all right; so far so good; said quietly (or thought) to oneself when glad that things have gone as hoped - derived from 占める ➜ 占めた【しめた】

noun:

• always conducting oneself as though one were on a battlefield; being combat ready at all times (of a person) - four character idiom

noun:

• stepping out of the ring while carrying the opponent over the edge, not considered as a loss - Sumo term

expression:

• The world is a scene of constant changes (as a mulberry field changing into a blue sea). - Chinese legend - four character idiom