noun:

• toad venom (used as an analgesic and cardiac stimulant in Chinese medicine)

noun:

• pavilion used as the emperor's habitual residence (in Heian Palace) ➜ 十七殿

noun:

• Golden Light Sutra (as translated into Chinese by the monk I Ching) ➜ 金光明経

expression / noun:

• misty mountain with blossoming buds and flowers as it appears in spring

expression:

• "as is" sale (e.g. at an auction) - From English "no claim, no return"

noun:

• blowfly or green bottle fly larva (oft. used as fishing bait)

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to trap (into a difficult situation); to put (in a fix); to throw (e.g. into turmoil); to trick (into doing); to lure (into a trap); to frame (for a crime) - usu. 陥れる
• to capture (a castle, fortress, etc.); to take; to reduce - usu. 陥れる
• to drop (something) into - orig. meaning; usu. 落とし入れる

adverb / ~と adverb:

• a tiny bit; just a smidgin; a wee bit; very slightly - onomatopoeia

adverb / ~する noun:

• refreshingly; with a feeling of relief; pleasantly; (a weight) off one's shoulder - onomatopoeia ➜ すっきり
• (wearing, etc. something) elegantly; smartly; stylishly; in a refined manner - onomatopoeia

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to have a flag set (indicates the setting of a variable that determines, for example, how a game will end) - slang - IT term

noun:

• game of chance similar to rock, paper scissors, where the different hand gestures symbolize a fox, a hunter and a village head

expression:

• any port will do in a storm; when you've lost your boat midstream, even a pot is worth a fortune [literal] - proverb

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to have a talented child despite being untalented oneself; a kite gives birth to a hawk [literal] - idiom

noun:

• top of a flight of stairs; exit involving a descent (e.g. from a bus)

noun / ~する noun:

• becoming a mere shell; becoming a dead letter; losing (one's) substance; being reduced to a formality

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to make a hit; to have a great success (e.g. in business, with a play, etc.)

noun:

• leading wave (of a tsunami, i.e. when a wave crest reaches land before a trough) ➜ 引き波

noun:

• briefing a patient about a disease; treating a patient by talking to them - From German "Mundtherapie"

expression:

• the world is a scene of constant changes; a mulberry field changes into a blue sea [literal] - proverb

noun:

• measuring container; measure
• box (seating at a theatre, etc.)
• square on a grid; cell of a grid - esp. マス
• square bearing block (at the top of a pillar) ［斗］

adverb / ~と adverb:

• lightly (floating); buoyantly - onomatopoeia
• puffing (on a pipe, cigarette, etc.) - onomatopoeia
• tooting (a trumpet, horn, etc.); blowing (a flute, whistle) - onomatopoeia

expression:

• many a little makes a mickle; every little helps; even dust becomes a mountain if piled together [literal] - proverb

noun:

• book cover; outer wrapper for a book (put on by a bookseller before being handed to a customer) ➜ ブックカバー

noun:

• all of creation following their original natures, living and enjoying themselves freely; the kites fly and the fish leap [literal] - four character idiom - obscure term
• Heaven's will that all of creation shall follow their original natures and live freely - four character idiom - obscure term
• as a ruler's benevolence spreads, the people will find their places in the land based on their abilities - four character idiom - obscure term

noun:

• (a) branch (of flowers); (a) cluster; (a) mass (of clouds)