~の noun / adjectival noun / noun:

• at first glance poor, but on closer examination not too bad; crude but charming (of artwork, etc.); poorly made but captivating

godan ~う verb:

• to carry on (work)

noun:

• line of demarcation

noun:

• arrest on a separate charge

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to have an eye kept on one; to be watched ➜ 睨む

noun:

• player put on starting list to be replaced by another when the opponent's pitcher is known

noun:

• small festival on the eve of the main festival (esp. of the Gion festival) ➜ 宵宮

noun:

• person who is ready to comment on every subject; ready critic - four character idiom

noun:

• line rate - IT term

noun:

• first-base line - Baseball term

expression:

• tread on a worm and it will turn; even a tiny bug will defend itself; even the weakest and smallest beings have their own wills, so do not make light of them - proverb

noun:

• parking lot rented on a monthly basis ➜ 月極め

noun:

• sō-on; Song reading; on reading of a kanji based on Song dynasty and later Chinese (esp. in words related to Zen Buddhism) ➜ 唐音【とうおん】・宋【そう】

noun:

• line adapter

noun:

• Shinto shrine on Buddhist temple grounds dedicated to the tutelary deity of the area

noun:

• style of shrine architecture based on that of Ise Jingu

noun:

• reducing dependence on nuclear energy ➜ 脱原発

noun:

• short pillar set on a beam to support a ridgepole ➜ うだつが上がらない

noun:

• on-the-spot report

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to fix one's eyes on; to stare intently at; to study carefully (with the eyes)

adverb:

• later on; subsequently; by and by; after a while ➜ 後【のち】・末に【すえに】

expression:

• right on the heels of yesterday, then today ...; soon after something, and yet now ...

noun:

• extra-high-speed Tōhoku-line Shinkansen

noun:

• contemplation on concrete, tangible things - Buddhism term ➜ 無念

noun:

• hard line; hard-line; tough line; hawkish line - four character idiom