noun:

• how many pieces

expression:

• how; in what way

expression:

• how (can); by what means ➜ どうやって

expression:

• how can (one) do something

noun:

• what age?; how old? - archaism ➜ 何歳

noun:

• how many? (large animals)

expression:

• a man is still a man even if his hair is tied with straw; a man is still a man even if he's poor

noun / ~の noun:

• old person; elderly person; senior citizen

noun:

• trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay - Sumo term
• senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate)
• important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)

expression:

• inscrutable are the ways of heaven; fortune is unpredictable and changeable - proverb

noun:

• mythical ball inside the anus that is sought after by kappa

expression:

• one's true purpose lying elsewhere; the enemy is at Honnoji [literal] ➜ 本能寺の変

noun:

• woman who is obsessed with the education of her children

suffix / expression:

• adds vagueness and indirectness to the word or phrase it is used with ➜ それと無く・何となく・幾度となく

expression:

• person who is ignorant of the real world; frog in a well [literal]

noun:

• place where the sacred palanquin is lodged during a festival ➜ 旅所

noun:

• obi that is not tied but merely wrapped around the body

particle:

• used to create a form of question indicating that the speaker actually believes the opposite is true; emphasizes a determination not to do something, e.g. "Like hell I will!" - male language

noun:

• plan which is shown on the left; left-most plan; map on the left (chart, graph) ➜ 右図

expression:

• don't judge a book by its cover; a mountain is not to be honoured just because it is high [literal] - proverb

expression:

• there is no need to; it is fine if you don't; unnecessary - after a verb
• does not match; out of reach of - after a noun

noun:

• flower charcoal (whereby a flower, seed, branch, or other item of flora is carbonized as is, retaining its form)

particle:

• is it?; isn't it? - marks wh-question (what, where, who) - familiar language
• be; is - strengthens one's judgment or conclusion - children's language

expression:

• yes it is!; it surely is; certainly - often as resp. to まさか... ➜ 真逆【まさか】

noun:

• area of the field one is supposed to (or able to) defend - Sports term
• (one's) field; (one's) scope; area of expertise; range of topics one can converse about; breadth of one's interests and knowledge
• one's type; kind of person one is attracted to

noun:

• weather wheel; pillar found near graveyards and temples with a wheel attached to it that can be used to communicate with the dead, as well as for divination
• sun pillar ➜ 太陽柱