noun:

• place where a stationary fishing net is spread out ➜ 定置網

noun:

• conduct that is immoral and lacking in common sense - obscure term

noun:

• great benefactor; person to whom one is greatly indebted

noun:

• workaholic; person who is totally devoted to his work

expression:

• if a cat washes its face, rain is coming - traditional belief - proverb

expression:

• a meeting by chance is preordained - proverb ➜ 袖振り合うも他生の縁

noun / ~する noun:

• disconnecting from an online game because one is losing - slang

noun:

• young woman who is proficient in a foreign language - From English "biling(ual) girl"

noun:

• burglary (carried out while a house is temporarily vacated)

expression:

• seeing is enjoying - proverb
• looking doesn't cost a thing - proverb

noun:

• platform on which a structure is built; stylobate; foundation

expression / ichidan verb:

• to make a leap into the dark; to take the plunge; to jump in at the deep end; to jump off the stage of the Kiyomizu temple [literal] - idiom

pre-noun adjectival:

• that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the ➜ 何の【どの】・此の・其れ・彼の

interjection:

• um...; er...; uh...

noun / ~する noun:

• sinking; foundering; going down; submersion
• getting dead drunk - colloquialism
• having too much fun (esp. in a red-light district, etc.) and missing work or neglecting one's duties - colloquialism
• staying in one place for a long time - backpacker slang - slang

noun:

• rod; pole
• neck (of a shamisen, etc.); shamisen - esp. 棹
• beam (i.e. the crossbar of a balance)
• single line (esp. as a flying formation for geese)
• penis - slang

counter:

• counter for flags (on poles); counter for long, thin Japanese sweets (e.g. youkan)

noun:

• hired foreigner; foreign advisor hired by the Japanese government for their specialized knowledge to assist in the modernization of Japan at the end of the Bakufu and during the Meiji Era

noun:

• banishment (to a location far from the capital); the harshest of the three banishment punishments under the ritsuryo system

noun:

• stairs at the front of a noh stage, which go over the white gravel separating the audience from the stage ➜ 白洲

noun:

• immersion; dipping; in microscopy, immersing both the objective lens and the specimen in a liquid to increase the numerical aperture; in photolithography, filling the air gap between the final lens and the wafer surface with a liquid to increase the resolution

particle:

• at (place, time); in; on; during
• to (direction, state); toward; into
• for (purpose)
• because of (reason); for; with
• by; from
• as (i.e. in the role of) ➜ として
• per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month")
• and; in addition to
• if; although - archaism

noun:

• collecting herbs and pulling out young pine trees by the roots (annual event held on the first Day of the Rat in the New Year) ➜ 子の日の遊び

noun:

• locking the barn door after the horse has bolted; doing something too late; mending the pen after the sheep are lost [literal] - four character idiom

adverb:

• by all means (with sense of not taking "no" for an answer)

adjectival noun / noun:

• useless; futile
• unnecessary; needless
• not on business; unrelated; unauthorised; unauthorized
• prohibited; banned; forbidden

noun:

• parallel lines
• remaining far apart (e.g. in discussions); not reaching an agreement