noun:

• small pillars supporting the main pillars of a torii or a temple gate

expression:

• in a word; to put it briefly; to make a long story short ➜ 早く言えば

expression:

• in a word; to put it briefly; to make a long story short ➜ 手っ取り早く言えば

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to bring a complaint to a person (who is responsible for the problem)

expression:

• the autumn sun sets as quickly as a bucket dropping into a well - proverb

expression:

• like water off a duck's back; urine on a frog's face [literal] - colloquialism ➜ 蛙の面に水

noun:

• development of a text ➜ 起承転結
• the second line in a four-line Chinese poem

expression / godan ~ぐ verb:

• to wheedle a person into doing something
• to carry a portable shrine

noun:

• coarse silk from the outside of a cocoon (a type of waste thread)

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to take a position (e.g. on an issue); to adopt a stance

adverb / ~する noun:

• tensely; tightly; tautly - onomatopoeia
• erectly - onomatopoeia
• intuitively; instinctively; immediately - onomatopoeia
• with a burst; with a crack - onomatopoeia

prefix noun:

• some (at the start of a number in place of a digit)

expression / godan ~ぐ verb:

• to pick up the thread of a story; to resume a conversation

noun:

• sticking chopsticks upright into a bowl of rice (a breach of etiquette) ➜ 一本箸

expression / noun:

• voice acting; appearing in a movie, TV show, etc. as a voice actor ➜ 出演

noun:

• (in a) rough Tokyo dialect; (having a) crude mouth; vulgar language; crude speaking ➜ べらんめえ口調【べらんめえくちょう】

noun:

• (in a) rough Tokyo dialect; (having a) crude mouth; vulgar language; crude speaking ➜ べらんめえ調

noun:

• dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris)
• snoop (i.e. a detective, a spy, etc.)
• loser; asshole - derogatory term

prefix noun:

• counterfeit; inferior; useless; wasteful

noun:

• advocate (of a theory or principle); ideologist; ideologue

suffix noun:

• -ist (i.e. adherent to a belief system)

noun:

• socialist; communist; anarchist - archaism

noun / ~する noun:

• listening (to a lecture, hearing, parliament session, etc.); attending (without participating); sitting in (e.g. on a meeting); observing

expression:

• a burnt child dreads the fire; once bitten twice shy; to become over cautious from a bad experience - proverb

noun:

• ball-toss game, in which balls are thrown into a basket on a high pole (played at sports festivals)

expression:

• woman who has lost a man's affection or interest (as does a fan when summer turns to autumn)

noun:

• umbellate inflorescence; umbel (i.e. flower with a large number of flowers growing radially from a common center)

~と adverb:

• up and down; lightly; nimbly; moving in small leaps as a frog or rabbit - onomatopoeia
• casually; (strolling about) without a care - onomatopoeia ➜ ひょいひょい