noun / ~する noun:

• forming a kong by adding a tile drawn from the wall to a declared pung - Mahjong term - From Chinese ➜ 槓

noun / ~する noun:

• entering a track (of a train); arrival of a train (at a platform)
• passing the post (horseracing); crossing the finish line

expression:

• it is no crime to steal flowers; phrase used to justify picking flowers from others' gardens, parks, etc. - proverb

noun:

• deja vu; something already seen or experienced; feeling of having seen or experienced something at least once before - From French

expression:

• a wise retainer chooses a great lord to serve; a wise bird chooses a good tree in which to roost [literal] - proverb

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to set somebody to work in an arrogant fashion; to push somebody around; to indicate someone by pointing one's chin [literal] ➜ あごで使う

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to work out; to think out; to devise; to invent

noun:

• service at the head office; work at the home office ➜ 詰め【つめ】

expression / adverb:

• at present; currently; so far; for now; for the time being

expression:

• after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years

adverb:

• at all times; at any time; in rain or shine; reliably

noun:

• after five; one's private time; after-hours

noun:

• the first time in the year that one wears an awase kimono ➜ 袷

noun:

• appropriate time to do (something); occasion when (something) must be done

noun:

• dried small sardines, etc. used to make fish stock ➜ 煮干し
• person in bank transfer scam whose role it is to withdraw the cash - slang

expression:

• The world is a scene of constant changes (as a mulberry field changing into a blue sea). - Chinese legend - four character idiom

expression:

• The world is a scene of constant changes (as a mulberry field changing into a blue sea). - Chinese legend - four character idiom

noun:

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

noun:

• staff (esp. one used by a monk, e.g. as a walking stick during a pilgrimage)

noun:

• nasal plug
• wedge (in tusk mortise-and-tenon joint); wooden pin driven through tenon to hold it in place - Architecture term

noun:

• doing something together; co-owning something and using it together - archaism
• being on par with one another - archaism

noun:

• Dear (so and so); Dear Sir; Dear Madam; To Whom It May Concern - letters beginning with this typically end with 敬具

adjective:

• irritating (e.g. tone of voice); fretful; boring (e.g. work); tedious (chore, person); depressing; dark (e.g. story) - Kansai dialect

noun:

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

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to feign ignorance; to pretend to be ignorant of; to play innocent; to brazen it out