noun:

• narrow, long, and thin pieces of wood strung together that were used to write on in ancient times ➜ 竹簡

noun:

• crying over spilt milk; complaining about things that have already happened - archaism
• speaking ill behind somebody's back; malicious gossip - archaism

noun:

• bait pitch; sucker pitch; pitch that lures a batter to swing - Baseball term

noun:

• naturally growing tree; tree that does not grow in a tree plantation

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to hesitate; to have scruples; to be afraid of what others may think
• to lord it over; to have great influence

noun:

• barely keeping a business going (analogy that a bicycle falls over when its wheels cease rotating)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to keep one's distance from someone (due to fear or because that person is superior) - idiom

noun:

• (university) club that exists for the purpose of getting women drunk and taking advantage of them

noun:

• weaverbird; weaver (any of a number of birds in family Ploceidae that weave elaborate nests)

expression:

• sashimi garnish
• something of no significance; something that can easily be done without

noun:

• par save (in golf, number of shots above par for that hole)

noun / ~の noun:

• one's circumstances or condition, esp. compared to that of another ➜ ばつが悪い
• coherence (e.g. of a conversation)

~の noun / noun:

• unpromoted (piece) - Shōgi term

noun:

• limit orders that become market orders at the closing auction if not already executed

noun:

• dupion silk; silk that comes from a double cocoon formed jointly by two or more silkworms ➜ 玉繭

expression:

• evading blame for a transgression by pinning it on a subordinate and abandoning them; a skink lizard's shedding of its tail [literal] - idiom

adjectival noun / noun:

• liked; well-liked; favourite; favorite Antonym: 嫌い【きらい】
• in love (with); loved; romantically interested (in)

noun / adjectival noun:

• faddism; eccentricity
• the way one likes; (as) it suits one

noun:

• car painted with anime characters; painful car (because some people consider it painful to look at) [literal] - colloquialism - humorous term ➜ オタ車・ヲタ車
• Italian car; European car ［イタ車］ - original meaning - abbreviation

adverb:

• something or other; one thing or another; this or that

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to sweep the slate clean; to start again from the beginning; to do it all over again

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to speak distinctly; to speak clearly
• to put it bluntly; to get to the point; to be frank

noun / adjectival noun:

• being totally upset (by); being completely nonplused (by); being mortified (at); feeling aggrieved (at); finding (it) highly regrettable - four character idiom

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to declare; to assert; to state definitively
• to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to dispel; to clear away; to refresh (oneself)
• to accomplish a goal
• to make it sunny; to make clouds disappear - archaism

noun:

• life-saving sword (a killing sword may be a sword of life depending on how it is used)

expression:

• in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)