noun:

• atmospheric vibration; infrasound (as produced by volcanic activity)

adjectival noun:

• appearing as if something doesn't exist; casual; offhand

expression / adjective:

• not doing as one is told; disobedient; unruly ➜ 言うことを聞く【いうことをきく】

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to die and be reborn as something else

~の noun:

• heart-breaking (esp. in physical activity such as running) - often 心臓破りの丘|坂

noun:

• dried and pressed boiled herring (used as fertilizer)

noun:

• baked donut (as opposed to deep-fried)

noun:

• kanji (esp. used as phonetic symbols); man's handwriting - archaism ➜ 万葉仮名・女仮名

expression:

• by any standard; (not) even as flattery

expression / adjectival noun:

• tasteless; dry as dust; insipid; flat; dull

noun:

• person doing the actual work (as opposed to management)

noun:

• wild grasses and flowers (esp. as objects of beauty)

noun:

• merit system (as opposed to seniority); meritocracy; ability-ism

expression:

• just as one was told; like she (he) said

expression / noun:

• a man among the geese when the gander is away; a one-eyed king in the land of the blind; a bat in a village without birds [literal] - idiom

noun:

• lintel of the alcove in a tea room or a window in a shoin-style reception room
• cloud-shaped carving on the bottom of a transom
• metallic bowl used to hold the charcoal in a wooden hibachi ➜ 火鉢

expression:

• better to be the beak of a rooster than the rump of a bull; better to be the leader of a small group than a subordinate in a large organization; better to be a big fish in a little pond than a little fish in a big pond - four character idiom

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to make up a shortfall; to cover a shortage; to compensate for a shortage; to fill a gap

expression:

• half a loaf is better than none; even a dead tree adds to the interest of a mountain [literal] - proverb

noun:

• pent roof built atop the stairs of a shrine or a building in a classic aristocratic villa ➜ 寝殿造り・向拝

noun:

• votive tablet depicting a math puzzle given in devotion to a shrine or temple by a wasan mathematician ➜ 和算【わさん】

expression:

• take a long walk off a short pier; go stick your head in a pig; bash your head against the corner of a block of tofu and die [literal]

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to play a trick; to put up a false show; to deceive someone
• to put on a play; to present a play; to give a play - original meaning

adjectival noun / noun / ~する noun:

• pop
• signage; display; billboard (as used to decorate arcade games)

expression:

• ... being the case; (precisely) because ...; as might be expected (from ...)