noun:

• substitute for a scheduled live broadcast of a sporting event that was rained out - four character idiom

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• resourceful and quick-witted; showing a flash of brilliance; have a keen (sparkling) intellect - four character idiom

noun / adjectival noun:

• resourceful and quick-witted; showing a flash of brilliance; have a keen (sparkling) intellect - four character idiom

noun:

• campaign to prevent a public construction work by acquiring a minuscule tract of land - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• resultative (refers to a conjunction where what follows is a result of the preceding)

noun:

• large sake cup

noun / ~する noun:

• gulping down a drink; taking a swig at something

noun:

• low entrance (usually, but not always, to a teahouse) with a tiled archway overhead

suffix:

• suffix indicating room size (following a number of tatami mats and a counter)

noun / ~する noun:

• forced relocation of a daimyo to a different domain by the Edo shogunate

noun:

• fabless; without fabrication facilities (esp. a semiconductor company that does not own a factory) - From English "fabless"

expression:

• cream rises to the top; a drill in a bag (will always poke through) [literal] - proverb

noun:

• stylishness (esp. of a woman working at a nightclub, etc.); sophistication; refinement; class; style

expression / adjective:

• unable to move; held up; swamped; stuck between a rock and a hard place - idiom

noun:

• fact; (a) truth
• realistic portrayal of an ordinary event (by a wise man) ［じつごと］ - in kabuki

noun:

• checking of a text (usu. translation) by a native speaker - From English "native check"

noun / ~する noun:

• staying for two or more nights in a row (e.g. at a hotel)

noun:

• challenging members of a dojo to a fight and demanding money upon winning

noun / ~する noun:

• helping a long-term employee to establish a branch of the same shop

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• on and after; as from; hereafter; thereafter; since

noun:

• Soka Gakkai (lay organization, based on Nichiren Buddhism) (organisation)

~の noun / noun:

• immediate; right there on the spot; impromptu; instant; instantaneous

expression / noun or verb acting prenominally / godan ~る verb:

• depending on the circumstances ➜ に依る

expression / godan ~る verb:

• due to (with modifying verb)

expression:

• in; at; on; as for; regarding; with regards to

noun:

• base on balls; walk; pass - Baseball term - From English "four balls"

noun / ~する noun:

• basis; based on; conformance; conformity; authority (of); standard; reference