noun:

• duo (ancient Chinese bell with a clapper and a long handle) ➜ 鈴
• large wind bell ［たく］ ➜ 風鈴

noun:

• arrow with feathers that curve to the left (the first of two arrows to be fired) ➜ 乙矢

noun:

• foxtail wedged tenon joint; blind tenon joint with wedges inserted into slots on its end - Architecture term

~の noun / adjectival noun:

• on the cheap side; comparatively cheap ➜ 高め【たかめ】

noun:

• wait tile which produces a winning hand with a lower score - Mahjong term

noun:

• soft drink with minute amounts of flavouring, etc. - From English "near water"

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to shine on; to illuminate
• to compare (with); to refer to

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be harmful to; to hinder; to interfere with; to irritate

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to talk; to tell; to recite; to pledge; to conspire with

adjectival noun / noun:

• clever; intelligent; wise; bright; sharp; sensible; smart; shrewd
• well-behaved (of kids, animals, etc); obedient; good - usu. as お利口 ➜ お利口
• good (with words) - archaism

noun:

• swallow (bird of the Hirundinidae family); martin
• barn swallow (Hirundo rustica)
• younger man involved with an older woman ➜ 若い燕

noun:

• grasping; gripping; grasp; grip; clutch
• handful; fistful
• handle; grip; knob
• rice ball - abbreviation ➜ 握り飯・お握り【おにぎり】
• nigirizushi; hand-formed sushi with a topping of seafood, etc. - abbreviation

noun / ~する noun:

• buying up plots of land by force to resell at a large profit; land sharking
• raising the ground level (with fill)

noun:

• principle of nationality (according to which an offender should be tried in accordance with the law of his or her own country) ➜ 属地主義

noun:

• tactics of fighting a technologically advanced adversary with primitive weapons; sole reliance on simple determination (naive spiritualism) in fighting an overwhelming foe - four character idiom

noun:

• skilled engineer (mechanic) who is clumsy in all other matters; person who gets a great kick out of tinkering with anything mechanical - four character idiom

noun:

• dish of fish (meat, etc.), tofu, vegetables boiled together and served with ponzu dipping sauce; pot used to cook such a dish

noun:

• tea ceremony stand with an enclosed shelf (invented by Takeno Jouou)
• small cupboard or closed shelf on the side of a tokonoma ➜ 袋戸棚

noun:

• driving away moles by hitting the ground with straw bundles prepared by children (esp. as an annual event on January 15th)

noun:

• meat of a fish (e.g. tuna) that is dark red with blood, usu. coming from the parts close to the spine ➜ 血合い

noun / ~する noun:

• moving (location, with the times, etc.); change; transition
• metastasis; spread - Medicine term
• transition (e.g phase transition) - Physics term ➜ 相転移
• transfer (of learning)
• transference (in psychoanalysis)

expression:

• from right to left; in one ear and out the other
• nice and quick; with speed and address; without further ado

noun:

• ornamental variety of double weeping rosebud cherry ［かばざくら］ ➜ 江戸彼岸
• any cherry tree with birch-like bark
• Japanese bird cherry (Prunus grayana) - archaism ➜ 上溝桜

expression:

• you cannot excuse a bad deed with a petty act of benevolence; steal a pig and give the feet for alms [literal] - proverb

noun:

• shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup); Italian ice; Sno-cone; snow cone

noun:

• oshitaoshi; (frontal) push-down; (win by) knocking down opponent by pushing him with hand(s) rested on his body