noun:

• 15th day of the 8th lunar month - usu. 中秋
• eighth month of the lunar calendar ［なかあき］ - obsolete term ➜ 葉月

noun:

• burning of New Year's gate decorations (usu. on the 15th day of the New Year)

expression:

• as of the end of (today, this month, etc.); to make (today, etc.) the last (day) ➜ 声を限りに

noun:

• lending rights (for copyrighted works under Japan's copyright law)

noun:

• saffron cod (Eleginus gracilis)
• fish caught under ice ［こまい］ - poetical term

noun:

• headroom; maximum height; (vertical) clearance; (distance) under beam (girder) [literal]

adjectival noun / ~の noun:

• smallish; on the small side; somewhat small; undersized; small size ➜ 大振り

noun / ~する noun:

• short swing of a bat, racquet, etc.

noun:

• deposit (e.g. on the purchase of a house); earnest money; guarantee money
• margin (payment); warrant money; cover

expression / adjective:

• feeling out of place; feeling that one doesn't belong; feeling at a loss in the situation ➜ 身の置き所がない【みのおきどころがない】

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be (practically) deserted; to have no visitors; to set a sparrow net in front of the gate [literal] - idiom ➜ 門前雀羅【もんぜんじゃくら】

noun:

• first departure (of the day: train, bus, etc.); first train; first bus ➜ 終発
• departing one's home station (of a train, bus, etc.)

noun:

• strength; power; proficiency; ability

suffix noun:

• the strength of ... people; the strength of ... men - after a number of people

noun:

• error (in the operation of a machine, vehicle, etc.); operation mistake; operational error

~と adverb:

• with a clink; with a flop - onomatopoeia
• suddenly; all of a sudden - onomatopoeia ➜ ぱったり

noun / adverbial noun:

• (with) a flash of a drawn sword; brandishing a sword - four character idiom

noun:

• the instability of a political situation; political instability - four character idiom

noun:

• kanji used as a phonetic symbol, instead of for the meaning; phonetic-equivalent character; substitute character
• kanji used for their meaning, irrespective of reading

expression:

• thinking the sun shines out of someone's eyes; being the apple of one's eye; loving someone dearly - idiom

expression:

• Word of God; God's Word; sword of the Spirit
• Logos (i.e. the Trinity incarnate in Jesus Christ) ➜ ロゴス

noun:

• bodily injury caused by negligence in the conduct of business; accidental infliction of injury in the conduct of business - Law term

noun:

• online handle (esp. on an online forum like 2ch where the majority of users post anonymously); screen name; user name - colloquialism
• user who uses a online handle (instead of posting anonymously) - colloquialism

auxiliary verb:

• (those) who are; (that) which is; often used in relation to qualifications and requirements for a position; in the capacity of - after a noun, usu. as 〜たる者, etc. ➜ たり・たるや

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• relief; reassurance

noun / ~する noun:

• recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.) ➜ 本領安堵
• living safely surrounded by walls - orig. meaning - archaism

expression / noun:

• tempting thing; (too much of a) temptation; something that shouldn't be seen; the last thing one needs to see

expression:

• (of a choice) one being as excellent as the other; both so beautiful it is hard to choose between - idiom