noun:

• circumstantial retribution; circumstances (e.g. geographical, societal) one is born into because of karma in previous lives - Buddhism term ➜ 正報

expression:

• we are innocent until proven guilty; suspicion alone is not grounds for punishment; in dubio pro reo - proverb

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to manage; to control; to maneuver; to steer
• to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument)
• to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
• to manipulate (a person, public opinion, etc.); to pull the strings; to control from the shadows; to mastermind

noun:

• cheap wines and unpalatable dishes (a modest (self-deprecating) way of offering a meal to a guest) - four character idiom

noun:

• shut-in; stay-at-home; hikikomori; people who withdraw from society
• social withdrawal; shunning other people

expression:

• what will happen to everyone else if I am not the one who goes? (expression of confidence from someone going out into the world)

noun:

• with no one upon whom to depend; utter loneliness; the lonely and the helpless; people who have no kith or kin - four character idiom

noun:

• simultaneously running for a seat in a single-member constituency and a seat in a proportionally representated constituency

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• on and after; as from; hereafter; thereafter; since

expression:

• in; at; on; as for; regarding; with regards to

suffix:

• day (as in holiday)

noun or verb acting prenominally:

• daytime ➜ デーゲーム

noun:

• fittings such as sliding doors, fusuma, shoji, etc.; fixtures

noun:

• yaksha (Buddhist guardian deities sometimes depicted as demonic warriors) - From Sanskrit "yaksa"

expression / conjunction:

• ... being the case; (precisely) because ...; as might be expected from ...

expression / adverb:

• like; similar to
• as with; in the same way

noun:

• class library (as in C++) - IT term

noun:

• black sake (presented as an offering to the gods) - archaism ➜ 白酒【しろき】

noun / ~する noun:

• agency; charge; management; act as an owner's agent

noun:

• number of large objects such as cars, computers, etc.

noun:

• outsider's perspective; as seen by an observer - often はた目に

noun:

• mameitagin; Edo-period lump of silver used as currency

adjectival noun / noun:

• multiplicity of troubles; so many as to be troublesome

expression:

• so slight as to be all but non-existent

noun:

• leavening agent (such as sourdough, yeast, baking powder)

noun:

• public opinion (sentiment) as reflected in the print media - four character idiom