noun:

• mist over a body of water; spray
• suien; four decorative metal plates joined at right angles forming part of a pagoda finial ［すいえん］

expression:

• bursts of exertion will fail to bear fruit if interrupted by long periods of idleness - four character idiom
• strenuous efforts, unless sustained, are to no avail (Mencius)

noun:

• which one
• one of; any of

suffix:

• far from; anything but; not at all
• let alone; to say nothing of; not to speak of; much less

noun:

• ground beetle; carabid (esp. of superfamily Caraboidea, but excluding subfamily Carabinae)
• Anisodactylus signatus (species of ground beetle)

noun / ~の noun:

• barefoot

suffix noun:

• superior to (a professional, etc. in ability or achievement) ［はだし］

noun:

• parallel lines
• remaining far apart (e.g. in discussions); not reaching an agreement

noun:

• portable shrine (carried in festivals) - polite language ➜ 御輿
• buttocks; lower back; waist; hips - usually written using kana alone ➜ 腰【こし】

noun / ~の noun:

• round-robin; using all combinations; brute force (e.g. in code-breaking)

noun:

• column (e.g. in newspaper); stand-alone feature article framed by a box

noun:

• scrum; scrummage
• scram (nuclear reactor)
• huddle (e.g. locking arms in a demonstration)

noun:

• back screen (esp. hitter's background in center field) - Baseball term

noun / ~する noun:

• running about; making every effort; being busily engaged (in something); good offices

noun / ~する noun:

• entering Nirvana; becoming a Buddha
• going to heaven; resting in peace; dying (peacefully)

noun / ~する noun:

• going around in circles
• circling a temple
• roll-call vote

noun:

• topcoat; light overcoat for use in spring and autumn - From English "spring coat"

noun:

• it is hard to keep one's worldly desires and passions in check - four character idiom - Buddhism term

noun:

• loach or eel dipped and broiled in soy-based sauce

noun:

• relationship; connection; involvement; entanglement; implication (e.g. in a crime)

noun:

• marks to aid in reading Chinese classics

noun:

• excellent-good-poor; first-second-third (class)
• (in) three volumes (a literary work)

noun:

• night-soil vault; clay pot used to collect feces in an outhouse ➜ 汲み取り便所・壷【つぼ】・便槽

noun:

• (historic) a temple in which women seeking release from marriage could take refuge

adverb:

• bound hand and foot; hedged in (e.g. by restrictions); immobile

noun:

• stool (stood on to reach high objects)
• stock (in grafting)