noun:

• a glib tongue (with fair words); fluent talk designed to deceive; talk something away - four character idiom

noun:

• Inula japonica ［おぐるま］ - archaism
• small cart; small carriage - archaism ➜ 牛車
• wheeled palanquin (with a castle-shaped box) ［こぐるま］ ➜ 輦車

noun:

• stroll garden with a central pond; large garden best enjoyed by walking around it ➜ 座観式庭園・池泉回遊式

noun:

• deep bathtub with a water-heating tank; bathtub heated from below ➜ すいふろ

noun:

• ancient Japanese poetry form with three verses in a 5-7-7 moraic pattern

noun:

• croque-madame; croque-monsieur with a fried or poached egg - From French ➜ クロックムッシュ

noun:

• difficult, dirty, and dangerous (work) - from きつい・汚い・危険
• apartment with three bedrooms and a kitchen

expression:

• anything is better than nothing; kail spares bread; a bellyful is a bellyful, whether it be meat or drink; tea in the belly (will fill it) for a time [literal] - proverb

expression:

• after a short time; in a short while; a short time later

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to play a role; to serve a function; to play a part

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to miss; to overlook; to fail to notice
• to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to turn a blind eye to
• to pass up (e.g. an opportunity)
• to let (a good ball) go by - Baseball term

expression:

• based on; on the basis of

noun:

• padding, armour, etc. covering the testicles
• mantle or hood on a urinal, squat-toilet, etc.

noun:

• aiming for a lucky break (e.g. in horse racing, betting on an unlikely horse)

noun:

• collecting bones and remains (e.g. on a battlefield)
• putting cremated remains in an urn

noun:

• full signal strength (on a cellphone); good cellphone reception; three bars [literal] - from バリバリ三本 - colloquialism

noun / suffix noun:

• superclass ［じょうこう］ - Biology term

noun:

• top-ranking priest in the Office of Monastic Affairs - archaism - Buddhism term ➜ 僧綱

noun:

• draining blood from a live fish (from above the gills and at the base of the tail) to keep it fresh ［いきじめ］ ➜ 活け締め【いけじめ】
• fasting fish for several days to preserve flavour and quality (and reduce mortality during transport) - esp. いきしめ ➜ 活け締め【いけじめ】
• killing fish in a fishtank (immediately before cooking); fish killed in a fishtank - esp. いきしめ ➜ 活け締め【いけじめ】

noun:

• bamboo growing along a river bank
• Japanese timber bamboo (Phyllostachys bambsoides); giant timber bamboo; madake
• Simon bamboo (Pleioblastus simonii)
• prostitute; the life of a prostitute - archaism

expression:

• one cannot understand even a holy man's teachings without study; one cannot know the abilities of a great man without putting him to use; one cannot know the delicious taste of fine food without eating it [literal] - proverb

expression / ichidan verb:

• to feel relieved; to feel happy after having been relieved of a responsibility; to be relieved from a duty

noun / ~する noun:

• disposal; throwing away; selling off
• dealing with (a problem); measure
• punishment; penalty
• putting down (e.g. diseased animal)

noun:

• traditional square chair with armrests and a torii-shaped back (used by the emperor, etc. during ceremonies)

expression:

• there is a great difference between being told about something and actually seeing it with your own eyes - proverb

noun:

• Roche limit; Roche's limit (closest that a natural satellite can come to the center of a planet without disintegrating due to tidal forces)