~の noun:

• of unknown affiliation

noun:

• slip of the pen; mistake in writing
• something ruined by a mistake in writing (e.g. postcard)

expression:

• man is the measure of all things - proverb

expression:

• out of the frying pan into the fire; out of the tiger's mouth into the dragon's den [literal] - proverb

noun:

• degree of intimacy

noun:

• discrimination of right and wrong; distinguishing between right and wrong - four character idiom

noun:

• classification of the sutras and their teachings - Buddhism term

noun:

• DVD containing a slideshow of still images (usually of women) - From English "image DVD"

noun:

• single chopstick stuck upright into the bowl of rice offered to the deceased at their funeral

noun:

• sound of the strings

noun:

• using mind, mouth and eyes to understand a book fully - four character idiom

noun:

• Chinese lacquerware technique resulting in a mottled finish

noun:

• Bay of Pigs Invasion (1961)

noun:

• railway enthusiast who enjoys taking pictures of trains ➜ 乗り鉄

expression:

• a meeting by chance is preordained - proverb ➜ 袖振り合うも他生の縁

noun:

• founder of medical science

adjectival noun / noun:

• we are of equal status in this regard

noun:

• small amount of silk (i.e. only one foot of cloth)
• unimportant painting; trivial work of art

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to make a circle (e.g. draw, paint, describe, walk, drive, etc.)

noun:

• foreword to a collection of poems; preface; explanatory notes; captions

noun:

• period of ten days

noun:

• check of someone's ability; test of someone's ability

noun:

• strips of daikon sliced the long way and dried

expression / ichidan verb:

• to trip a circuit breaker - Engineering term ➜ ブレーカー

noun:

• branch of a sacred tree (esp. sakaki) with paper or cotton strips attached (used as a Shinto offering) - poetic name - archaism ➜ 玉串