noun:

• life-taking sword; sword used to kill Antonym: 活人剣

noun / ~の noun:

• chemical resistance; resistant to chemicals; chemical proof

noun:

• public sector (as opposed to private sector)

expression / noun:

• poor medical consultation leading to poor treatment - four character idiom

noun:

• noumenal Buddha (in comparison to phenomenal Buddha) - Buddhism term ➜ 権化

noun / ~する noun:

• succession to a fief; inheriting a domain

noun:

• (criminal) conspiracy; conspiracy to commit a crime - Law term ➜ 共謀【きょうぼう】

expression / adjective:

• quick-witted; quick to understand

expression / adjective:

• slow to understand; slow-witted

noun / ~する noun:

• putting money aside; savings; deposit (e.g. in a bank)
• accumulated surplus of wins; wins in the bank - Baseball term

noun / ~する noun:

• taking advantage of (an opportunity); jumping on the bandwagon
• taking passage (in); getting a lift; getting a ride

noun / ~の noun:

• present world; present age; transient world; life - usu. げんせ - Buddhism term
• recent epoch (i.e. the Holocene epoch) ［げんせい］ ➜ 完新世

noun:

• shaking one's legs (usu. unconsciously); tapping one's foot; fidgeting (of the legs) ➜ 貧乏ゆすり
• very slight movement - as 貧乏揺るぎもしない - archaism ➜ 貧乏揺るぎもしない

noun:

• mole cricket (esp. the Oriental mole cricket, Gryllotalpa orientalis)
• being penniless; being broke ［おけら・オケラ］ - colloquialism

noun:

• iai; art of drawing one's sword, cutting down one's opponent and sheathing the sword afterwards

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• all nature being bleak and desolate; scene looking desolate and forlorn as far as the eye can see - four character idiom

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• all nature being bleak and desolate; scene looking desolate and forlorn as far as the eye can see - four character idiom

noun:

• twig tea; stem tea; kukicha; tea made from twigs pruned from the tea plant during its dormant season

noun:

• slip of the pen; mistake in writing ➜ 書き損じ
• something ruined by a mistake in writing (e.g. postcard) ➜ 書き損じ

noun:

• noble gas; inert gas

expression:

• I get the feeling that; I think that ［希ガス］ - slang - humorous term ➜ 気がする【きがする】

noun:

• groan; moan
• roar; growl
• buzz; hum (e.g. motor); whistling (e.g. wind, wires in the wind)

noun:

• shrill voice
• unaccompanied part of the Heike Monogatari chanting - usu. 素声 ➜ 平曲
• part of an unaccompanied poem (in noh)

noun:

• the three main Shinto gods: Amaterasu Omikami, Tsukuyomi no Mikoto and Susano-o no Mikoto; three precious children ➜ 三柱の神

noun:

• hakama without gussets (worn by female students and later male students in the Meiji period); hakama without gores - archaism

noun:

• vessel for replenishing inkstone water ➜ 水滴【すいてき】
• container of fresh water for replenishing the kettle and rinsing bowls (tea ceremony)