noun:

• threshold (esp. one with grooves for sliding doors); sill - Architecture term ➜ 鴨居

particle:

• topic marker particle - pronounced わ in modern Japanese
• indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
• adds emphasis

noun:

• O-back; skirt with peek-a-boo hole in rump

noun / ~する noun:

• limpness

adjectival noun / ~の noun:

• soft; limp; flabby
• mumbling; talking with food in one's mouth - sometimes instead of むにゃむにゃ

noun:

• unemployed person with a PhD - From English "over doctor"
• postdoctoral fellow; postdoc

expression / noun:

• glossy black (hair); color of a crow with wet feathers [literal]

expression / adjective:

• unable to stomach; sticking in one's throat; displeased with

noun:

• non-fruit-bearing flower
• something that is flashy with no content

noun:

• tiqin (2 or 4-stringed Chinese instrument played with a bow)
• violin ➜ バイオリン

noun:

• (gymnastics) pulling oneself upward with a forward, circling movement; back hip circle

noun:

• grasping (with one's bare hands); holding; grabbing; seizing; catching

noun:

• (in Chinese mythology) beast which descends from the sky with a thunderbolt

adverb:

• with all due respect ...; I venture to say ...; Excuse me, but ...

expression / adjective:

• overly concerned with domestic affairs; having an air of domesticity

noun:

• skewer; spit
• skewering
• impalement; running through (e.g. with spear); stabbing

noun:

• syrup-covered anko (bean jam) and fruit; mitsumame mixed with an(ko) - from 餡 and 蜜豆 - Food term

noun:

• outdoor fire with dense smoke to repel mosquitoes; mosquito-fumigation

expression / adjective:

• not at all inferior to; rival or surpass; compare favorably (with)

noun:

• overcoat with very simple lines and no shoulder pads, etc. (from: unconstructed) - abbreviation

noun:

• pattern made from chrysanthemums with disordered petals, esp. used on family crests

noun:

• someone with hair combed in stripes across their bald spot - from "barcode head"

noun:

• taste for the exotic; infatuation with a foreign way of life; exoticism - four character idiom

noun:

• different kanji with the same Japanese reading (and usu. a similar meaning) - four character idiom ➜ 暑い・熱い

noun / adjectival noun:

• being busy with many things; extreme busyness due to pressure of business - often used humorously - four character idiom

noun:

• rice gruel containing vegetables, fish, etc., and seasoned with miso or soy sauce ➜ 雑炊