noun:

• iai; art of drawing one's sword, cutting down one's opponent and sheathing the sword afterwards

noun:

• in-law; relative by marriage

noun:

• day that something happens; day that one happens across something

expression / adverb:

• out of character; unlike one ➜ 柄にも無い【がらにもない】

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to affect someone's prestige; to be beneath one's dignity

noun:

• calendar era; year numbering system used by a calendar

noun / ~する noun:

• turn (stroke) of good fortune; one's fortune turning for the better - four character idiom

noun:

• Maria Kannon; statue of the Virgin Mary disguised as a Buddhist Kannon statue, used by hidden Christians during the Edo period ➜ マリア・観音

noun:

• tone mark; mark placed in one of the four corners of a hanzi to show the tone in Chinese ➜ 声点

expression:

• how (can); by what means ➜ どうやって

noun:

• separates; things forming units by themselves (esp. women's outer garments, e.g. skirt and jumper) ➜ コーディネート
• two-piece bathing suit

noun:

• being devoted; spending all one's time and energy on

expression:

• out of luck; (at the) end of one's rope

noun:

• poor work; humble reference to one's own work - humble language

noun:

• cytolysis; breakdown of cells by the destruction of their outer membrane

noun / ~する noun:

• assembling according to type; collection of items sorted by type ➜ 類聚【るいじゅ】

noun:

• every single word and phrase; word by word - four character idiom

expression:

• alternately; by turns

expression:

• as usual; as is one's habit

noun:

• body; one's fortune

expression:

• he who touches pitch shall be defiled therewith; one rotten apple spoils the barrel - proverb

expression / noun:

• my husband; one's family

noun:

• yearling; one-year-old colt

adverb:

• this and that; one thing or another ➜ 何やら彼やら

noun:

• donor; one who does something for you