noun / ~の noun:

• maternal line; mother's side of the family ➜ 父系

noun:

• man-on-the-street interview; vox populi; vox pop; curbside interview

noun:

• Siegfried Line (German defensive line built before World War II)

adverb / ~する noun:

• going on and on (about inconsequential things); talking nonsense - onomatopoeia
• idling away the time; dawdling - onomatopoeia

noun:

• being dependent on what the weather is like - four character idiom

noun:

• punch-line (of story or joke) ➜ 落ち【おち】

noun:

• International Date Line

expression / godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to become keen on; to get passionate about

noun:

• central black dot on a go board
• Tengen era (978.11.29-983.4.15)

noun:

• tōsō-on; Tang-Song reading; on reading of a kanji based on Song dynasty and later Chinese ➜ 唐音【とうおん】

noun:

• return-on-investment ratio

noun:

• reducing dependence on nuclear energy ➜ 減原発

noun:

• family crest based on a japonica flower - archaism
• style of jōruri narrative used for kabuki dances - archaism ➜ 常磐津【ときわず】

expression:

• Who on earth?

noun:

• young people who are constantly typing on their phones with their thumbs
• people obsessed with pachinko

noun:

• front line of (trenches for) deployed soldiers

noun:

• beginning of line; BOL - IT term

ichidan verb:

• to miss getting on (e.g. a plane) ➜ 乗り損なう

noun:

• line drawing

noun:

• man on horseback (species of mushroom, Tricholoma equestre); yellow knight

expression:

• on the least pretext; at the drop of a hat ➜ 何かと言うと

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to make a pun on a word

noun:

• playing on equal terms; having no handicap for either player - Shōgi term ➜ 平手
• being evenly matched - Shōgi term

noun:

• leased line; private circuit; private line - IT term

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to tread on thin ice; to go out on a limb; to walk a tightrope; to take risks; to cross a dangerous bridge [literal]