expression:

• the autumn sun sets as quickly as a bucket dropping into a well - proverb

noun:

• soba water; water left in the pot after one has boiled soba

noun:

• murder case in which the victim is chopped into pieces; mutilation murder case

noun:

• blue-ringed octopus (esp. one species, the blue-lined octopus, Hapalochlaena fasciata)

expression:

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

noun:

• the real person; said person - archaism
• real thing; genuine article ［むざね］

noun:

• ancient Chinese pitch pipe (12 pipes corresponding to the ancient Chinese chromatic scale) ➜ 十二律

noun:

• one's child; a child one has brought into the world
• descendant - archaism

noun / ~の noun:

• being one or more laps behind (in a race)
• being behind the times

expression / ichidan verb:

• to avoid meeting someone's gaze; to not look someone in the eyes

noun:

• number (on its own, without considering its proportion to the whole); overall number

noun:

• green mandarin; mandarin variety that can be eaten while the skin is green

noun:

• Chongqing government; Kuomintang government based in Chongqing during the Second Sino-Japanese War

noun:

• man-on-the-street interview; vox populi; vox pop; curbside interview

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• big hit; big prize; bumper crop; striking it rich; right on the mark; bonanza; bull's eye; bullseye

noun:

• fight; scuffle
• walking about; walking around
• conducting oneself
• stroll (in noh, an action piece involving circling the stage)

noun:

• lucky day but not in the morning; day on which judgment and haste are avoided (judgement) ➜ 六曜

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to stir up trouble for oneself; to scare out a snake by poking at the brush [literal] ➜ やぶ蛇

noun:

• toad (esp. the Japanese toad, Bufo japonicus)

noun:

• mizuchi; mythical dragon-like beast, believed to ascend to the heavens through rain
• unfulfilled genius; dormant talent

noun:

• the beauty to be found in poverty and simplicity; subdued taste; quiet refinement; sober refinement; wabi

noun:

• appendix; postscript; back matter

noun / ~する noun:

• retrofit; post-installation; custom installation
• giving a reason afterwards; making an excuse after the event

adverbial noun / ~の noun:

• a cut above the rest; superior; respectable; full-fledged; something uncommon
• one field; one matter

adverb:

• suitably; reasonably

noun:

• mingling with the world by hiding one's true talent or knowledge; living a quiet life by effacing oneself - four character idiom

noun:

• human (in Ainu); one's fellow man; kin; comrade - From Ainu
• self-referential term used by the Ainu about their people ➜ アイヌ