expression / ichidan verb:

• to try to have it both ways; to try to sit on two stools ➜ 両天秤に掛ける

expression / ichidan verb:

• to try to have it both ways; to try to sit on two stools ➜ 両天秤を掛ける

expression:

• Don't worry about it; There is nothing to fear; There is no need for anxiety; Everything is under control - four character idiom

conjunction:

• as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)

conjunction:

• as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.) ➜ に連れて

noun:

• existence (as we perceive it) is as mutable and incorporeal as is the morning dew or a flash of lightning - obscure term - four character idiom - Buddhism term

noun:

• word created by retaining the first syllable (or two) of a word and suffixing it with the word "moji" ➜ 女房詞

expression / ichidan verb:

• to want something desperately; to want something (so badly one can taste it)

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to take care doing something; to be prudent; to take no chances; to play it safe

noun:

• (finger) ring ➜ 指輪
• metal thimble ➜ 指貫【ゆびぬき】
• ring used to constrict a finger to make it small and beautiful - archaism

particle / conjunction:

• although (it is a certain time or something is in a certain condition)

adverbial noun / noun:

• in these times; in times like these; the season being what it is

noun:

• in these times; in times likes these; the season being what it is ➜ 時節柄

noun:

• cooking (something) to a golden brown; something cooked until it's golden brown - obscure term

noun:

• national holiday (by law, any weekday that falls between two other national holidays)

noun:

• dakuten; diacritic kana mark that turns an unvoiced consonant into a voiced consonant

noun:

• dishonor that persists after death ➜ 生き恥
• shame at the moment of one's death

noun:

• quite absurd thing; something ridiculous that makes one laugh
• extremely irritating thing

noun:

• link to (a site, as used in page ranking that site)

expression:

• something that one would not expect to exist; something exceedingly rare; jellyfish bones [literal] - obscure term

noun:

• on par (in golf, meeting par for that hole) - From English "par on"

noun:

• the three tones of Chinese that exclude the high-level, or first, tone

noun:

• sliding or moving along a smooth surface with continuous contact on that surface

noun:

• fabric dyed, embroided or impressed so that the original fabric is completely covered

noun:

• eisa (Okinawan folk dance that marks the end of the Bon festival)