expression:

• figuratively speaking; metaphorically speaking; so to speak; to use a figure of speech

noun:

• charcoal made from thin branches
• charcoal sold in bulk (instead of in straw bags) ➜ 散【ばら】

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to remain in memory (of sounds and words); to linger in one's ears

noun:

• vinyl-sheathed vinyl-insulated flat cable (type of solid-core copper cable)

noun / ~の noun:

• koma shape; five-sided shape in the form of a koma (shogi game piece) ➜ 駒【こま】

noun:

• the "wa" column of the Japanese syllabary table (wa, wi, we, wo)

~の noun / noun:

• ordinary; common; usual
• free of charge - only 只
• unaffected; as is; safe - usu. as ただでは...

adverb:

• only; merely; just; simply

conjunction:

• but; however; nevertheless - esp. 但

noun:

• (outward) appearance
• (proper) format (e.g. of an essay); form; style
• appearances; decency; show; display
• lip-service; insincere words; glib talk

noun:

• worldly desires; evil passions; appetites of the flesh
• klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering) - Buddhism term

noun:

• shaking; shake; jolt; jolting; vibration; tremor; flickering
• unsettledness; instability; vacillating; wavering
• existence of multiple spellings, pronunciations, usages, etc. for a single word - Linguistics term

noun:

• getting frightened even by a slight noise; hearing the enemy in every leaf that rustles; being afraid of one's own shadow - four character idiom

noun:

• oden; dish of various ingredients, e.g. egg, daikon, potato, chikuwa, konnyaku, etc. stewed in soy-flavored dashi - かんとだき is ksb and かんとに is Nagoya-ben ➜ 御田

noun:

• Chinese "Extended Net" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) - archaism - Astronomy term ➜ 二十八宿・朱雀【すざく】

suffix / counter:

• counter for objects with stretched strings (i.e. bows, kotos), curtains, papers, etc.

noun:

• Okinawan dish of grated carrot stir-fried with egg and sometimes meat or fish - Ryūkyū dialect - Food term

noun / ~する noun:

• disturbance of mind; losing one's head; being upset; being astonished; being frightened ➜ 気が動転する
• transition; changing; moving

adjectival noun / ~の noun:

• smallish; on the small side; somewhat small; undersized; small size ➜ 大振り

noun / ~する noun:

• short swing of a bat, racquet, etc.

noun:

• Shangdi; supreme deity in ancient Chinese religion
• God (in Christianity)
• Shakra; Indra; king of heaven in Hindu mythology - Buddhism term ➜ 帝釈天【たいしゃくてん】

noun / ~する noun:

• corruption (of text, e.g. in email, due to improper encoding); garbling; illegal character; corrupted text; garbled text - IT term

noun:

• deposit (e.g. on the purchase of a house); earnest money; guarantee money
• margin (payment); warrant money; cover

noun:

• incantation to rid a child of insects traditionally believed to cause disease; charm to cure colic, tantrums, etc.

noun:

• false bottom; fake bottom; raised bottom; platform (shoes); kick (of a bottle)
• exaggeration; overstatement

noun:

• bronze wind bells hanging from eaves of temple towers or halls (esp. four corners) - archaism
• wind bell; wind chimes - archaism

expression:

• man proposes, God disposes; man does what man can do then awaits the verdict of heaven (or fate) [literal] - proverb

expression:

• half a loaf is better than none; even a dead tree adds to the interest of a mountain [literal] - proverb

expression:

• victory depends on the luck of the day (i.e. it isn't always the strongest who wins)