adverb / ~と adverb:

• in a crowd; in droves; in a stream; in succession - onomatopoeia
• crawling (of insects); swarming - onomatopoeia
• dragging (e.g. along the ground); trailing; stretching out - onomatopoeia

noun:

• clicking the shutter of a camera without taking a picture (because no film is loaded, or in order to advance the film)

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• not letting oneself puffed up by one's success; maintaining a serene state of mind when one has achieved a great success - archaism - four character idiom

noun:

• calling many harlots and entertainers and have a big party
• starting an important maneuver at the end of a game of go

expression / ichidan verb:

• to greet in a friendly manner; to treat someone as if they were a guest in one's own home

expression:

• one should be satisfied without desiring more wealth and rank than necessary; waking, half a tatami mat; sleeping, a single tatami mat [literal]

~の noun / ~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• gasping for breath; at one's last gasp; breathing feebly; on the brink of death; more dead than alive - four character idiom

expression:

• being fast asleep (and totally unaware of what is going on around one) - four character idiom
• know-it-all manner

noun:

• tao-tie (mythological Chinese creature engraved on bronzeware during the Shang & Zhou dynasties) - archaism
• brutal person - idiom
• coveting of wealth (property, etc.)

noun:

• Nivkh (ethnic minority group of Russia, living near the Amur river and on Sakhalin)

noun:

• Yatagarasu (mythical raven who aided Emperor Jimmu on his eastern expedition) - obscure term ➜ 八咫烏
• three-legged crow inhabiting the sun in Chinese mythology ➜ 八咫烏

noun:

• variety show (e.g. on TV)

noun:

• ladies' day; promotional scheme where women are offered discounts on certain days (e.g. at cinemas) - From English

noun:

• conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation

noun:

• awareness of things around one; ability to understand what is going on around oneself; judgment; judgement; discretion

noun:

• underhand grip; backhand grip (e.g. in tennis) ➜ 順手
• unexpected twist; turning the tables (on an opponent)

noun / ~の noun:

• putting one's life on the line; giving everything one has got; acting out of desperation

noun:

• dealing in rice speculating on the year's harvest while the paddies are still covered with snow - four character idiom

noun:

• furikake put on rice to make it blue, which is said to act as an appetite suppressant - colloquialism ➜ ふりかけ

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to not try to fix an error but rather make it look good on the surface only

noun:

• summer purification rites (held at shrines on the last day of the 6th lunar month) ➜ 茅の輪

noun:

• Festival of the Ages (held at Heian Jingu Shrine in Kyoto on Oct. 22); Jidai Festival

noun:

• row of syllables on the Japanese syllabary table that ends with the vowel sound "i" - Linguistics term ➜ 五十音

noun:

• row of syllables on the Japanese syllabary table that ends with the vowel sound "u" - Linguistics term ➜ 五十音

noun:

• row of syllables on the Japanese syllabary table that ends with the vowel sound "e" - Linguistics term ➜ 五十音