expression / adverb:

• by hook or by crook; by all possible means - idiom

expression:

• no change; no difference ➜ 変わりなく
• accidents or incidents; no unusual events ➜ お変わりありませんか

noun:

• ticket dispensing slot (on ticket machines or ticket barriers)

noun:

• samurai
• person of extensive learning; person of great culture; person of superior social standing

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to expose to the wind; to dry (something) in the wind

noun:

• record; minutes; document
• record (e.g. in sports); results; score

~する noun:

• to record; to document
• to set a record (e.g. in sports); to show a result; to reach a value

noun:

• mere slip by someone who is usually very careful; simple mistake by a wise person; point overlooked by a cautious person - four character idiom

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to drown
• to cause to be indulged or addicted

ichidan verb:

• to cloud; to make dim or dull; to frown ➜ 曇らす

noun:

• dinner party; ceremonial dinner
• dinner meeting (or lunch, breakfast)

noun / suffix noun:

• rate; ratio; proportion; percentage
• profit
• assignment
• 10%; unit of ten percent
• match; schedule of matches - Sumo term

suffix noun:

• diluted with (of drinks); mixed with ➜ 水割り

noun:

• distinguished person - four character idiom
• thirteen orphans; winning hand containing one of each terminal and honor tile plus one extra copy of any of them - Mahjong term

noun:

• hold in which both wrestlers obtain an underarm grip with the right hand and an overarm grip with the left - Sumo term

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to do over; to answer or fire back; to retort

noun:

• folding book

suffix / counter:

• counter for units of paper and nori (48 pages of Mino paper; 20 pages of hanshi; 10 sheets of nori)
• counter for folding books, folding screens, shields, etc.
• counter for pairs of curtains
• counter for tatami mats ➜ 畳【じょう】

noun:

• standard measurement for the distance between pillars in the Kansai area (approx. 197 cm) ➜ 田舎間
• Kyoto-size tatami mat (approx. 190 cm by 95 cm) ➜ 田舎間

noun:

• the four major pollution-caused illnesses (Minamata disease, Niigata Minamata disease, Yokkaichi asthma, Itai-itai disease); four big pollution diseases of Japan ➜ 水俣病・第二水俣病・四日市ぜんそく・イタイイタイ病

noun:

• cold wind descending from the mountains
• cold Pacific wind (in the Tōhoku region in summer)

adverb:

• at the long end (e.g. hold); on the long side (e.g. cut) ➜ 長め

expression / noun:

• something that looks difficult but actually isn't; swimming in a cold lake during mid-winter seems difficult, but it's nothing to a kappa - idiom

noun:

• hold in which both wrestlers obtain an underarm grip with the left hand and an over-arm grip with the right - Sumo term

suffix:

• -endian (i.e. big-endian or little-endian) - IT term

noun:

• cherry (tree; esp. sweet cherry or Nanking cherry) ➜ 西洋実桜・梅桃

noun:

• (stare or glare with) scornful eyes; reproachful eyes; disgusted eyes - manga slang

noun:

• 18 certificate; R-18; restricted to those 18 years or older