noun:

• Clarke number; abundance of a chemical element in the Earth's crust, as calculated by geochemist Frank Wigglesworth Clarke - Geology term

expression / ichidan verb:

• to hoist one's sail when the wind is fair; to get one's time to shine - idiom

noun:

• white powder (lead carbonate) used in the past as face pigment and used in paint more recently

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to pass by (time)

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to hit too much

ichidan verb:

• to think too much; to be over-concerned

suffix:

• enough; too many; too much - after a noun ➜ 沢山【たくさん】

noun:

• making great haste, having been caught off guard; scurrying unprepared
• rushing to an emergency with sword in hand, not having had time to affix it at the waist

adverb:

• like that (used for something or someone distant from both speaker and listener); so ➜ 斯う・然う・如何【どう】

adverb:

• besides; furthermore; on top of that
• and yet; nevertheless; even so

noun:

• mistaken identity; person so changed that it's hard to recognize him (recognise)

noun / ~する noun:

• joining elements so they mate or hook together (e.g. a clutch); engagement

noun / ~する noun:

• keeping an eye on people's belongings (so they don't get stolen)

expression:

• deep rivers move in silence; shallow brooks are noisy; those who know little talk much

noun / ~する noun:

• getting angry (with someone who is angry with oneself); snapping back (at someone); lashing out (despite being in the wrong) - slang ➜ キレる

noun:

• incarcerating a criminal in a temple as a form of punishment (popular during the latter Muromachi and Azuchi-Momoyama periods) - obscure term ➜ 寺入り

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to hit the bull's-eye
• to go as expected; to succeed (e.g. a plan)

noun:

• namahage; folklore demons of the Oga Peninsula (villagers dress up as them on New Year's Eve and frighten children)

noun:

• panel; scene-panel
• painted backdrop (panel at the back of a noh stage), on which a pine tree is painted - symbolically a reflection of tree at the front of the stage

noun:

• adoration which is performed three times or repeatedly; act of worship which is performed three times or repeatedly ➜ 三拝

noun:

• funori; glue plant; marine alga of the genus Gloiopeltis
• funori; glue used as sizing for textiles

expression:

• missing important things here and there; full of gaps; as if the teeth of a comb were missing [literal]

~の noun / noun:

• not covered (e.g. of a sports opponent); unobserved; under the radar - From English "no mark"
• unmarked (e.g. of a product); unlabelled

noun:

• kasaya; monk's stole - Buddhism term
• wearing an article of clothing in the same manner as a kasaya (i.e. draped over one shoulder) - abbreviation ➜ 袈裟懸け

noun:

• the Four Home Provinces (Yamato, Yamashiro, Settsu, and Kawachi); obsolete in 757 when Izumi was established as a separate province from Kawachi - archaism ➜ 五畿内

noun:

• driving away moles by hitting the ground with straw bundles prepared by children (esp. as an annual event on January 15th)