noun:

• carrying out mercenary deeds; having a mercenary attitude; calculating

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to be puffed up with pride; to throw out one's chest

noun:

• pages (in a book) out of order due to an error in binding

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to throw out one's chest; to be puffed up with pride

noun:

• confidence man; con man; company (or person) carrying out credit fraud

noun / ~する noun:

• thoroughness; completeness; consistency
• thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception

adjectival noun / ~の noun:

• exhausted; tired - onomatopoeia
• withered; worn out

noun:

• boiling until shapeless or mushy
• tediously; repetitively; wordily - esp. ぐだぐだ ➜ くどくど

interjection:

• eh?; what?; oh?
• yes; that's correct ➜ はい

particle:

• strengthens a question, assertion, etc. - at sentence end - archaism ➜ かえ・ぞえ・わえ
• used when calling out to someone - after a noun, etc. - archaism

noun / ~する noun:

• biding one's time building up strength till finally grasping an opportunity to launch out and flourish - four character idiom

expression / adjective:

• (so ashamed or embarrassed that) one does not know where to put oneself; feeling out of place ➜ 身の置き所がない

noun:

• demanding again what one has already obtained; coaxing out of someone for a second time - obscure term ➜ 強請り

expression:

• blue are the hills that are far away; the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence; far away smells of flowers; close up smells of dung [literal] - proverb

adverb:

• for the present; for the time being; at present; in the meantime ➜ 差し当たり

adjectival noun:

• concerning the result (as opposed to the means used to achieve this result or the original goal)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to digress; to stray from the subject
• to miss the target; to fly wide of the mark

noun:

• Chrysanthemum Festival (the 9th day of the 9th lunar month) (one of the five annual festivals) ➜ 五節句

noun:

• the clear top of a liquid; the clear layer in a fluid, atop the sediment

noun:

• 24 divisions of the solar year; 24 terms used to denote the changing of the seasons

noun:

• 24 divisions of the solar year; 24 terms used to denote the changing of the seasons

noun:

• the dots of i's and the crosses of t's; (not neglecting) the slightest details - four character idiom ➜ 一点一画もおろそかにしない

noun:

• sparkling waves; waves sparkling in the moonlight or with the light of the rising (setting) sun - four character idiom

noun:

• refusal to accept the present situation; denial of the existing situation; negation of the status quo - four character idiom

expression:

• until something reaches the very limit; until the very last minute; up to the breaking point

noun:

• Chrysanthemum Festival (the 9th day of the 9th lunar month) (one of the five annual festivals) ➜ 五節句・重陽【ちょうよう】

expression:

• meanwhile; in the meantime; by the same token; likewise; equally; at the same time - usu. その一方で
• in contrast