adverb:

• evenly; equably; in an uniform and orderly fashion

noun:

• worthless thing; garbage; roof tile and stone [literal]
• brick

noun:

• regional air-conditioning; community air-conditioning; district heating and cooling

expression / noun / ~する noun:

• being held in suspense; being on edge; scared stiff; one's testicles going up and down [literal] - idiom - male language ➜ 上がったり下がったり【あがったりさがったり】

~と adverb:

• fully; luxuriantly; fluffy; plump; soft and full; corpulent - onomatopoeia

noun:

• drip-dry; no-iron; wash-and-wear

noun:

• driving rain; rainstorm; wind and rain

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to complete most of something; to take a concrete shape; for the most important parts to be done; the nose and eyes are in place [literal] - idiom

expression:

• regardless of right or wrong; regardless of merit; both good and bad ➜ 良くも悪くも

noun / expression:

• another world; enchanted land; joy from drinking and forgetting about the workaday world

noun:

• rokurokubi; long-neck woman; monstrous person (often a woman) with a neck that can expand and contract (in Japanese folklore) ➜ 轆轤首

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to create a breeding ground for future problems; to turn a blind eye to future trouble; to allow for something to come back and bite one in the ass (in the future)

noun:

• between one's eyes; before one's eyes; space where one's left and right eyesight meet

conjunction:

• nevertheless; even then; however; be that as it may; even so; though that it be so ➜ 然れど【されど】

noun:

• Ishikari stew; salmon stew; salmon and vegetable stew with miso and butter

noun:

• karaori; Chinese weave; cloth decorated with birds and flowers in silk
• noh theater costume made with karaori weave

expression:

• sacrifice something small in order to save something great; lose a leg to save one's life; let a large bug live and kill a small one [literal] - proverb

noun:

• Zhejiang financial clique; Sekko Zaibatsu; clique from Zhejiang and Jiangsu, influential in Shanghai finance from late 1920s through 1930s ➜ 財閥

noun:

• sweetfish sushi; ayu sushi; belly of sweetfish salted, pickled and served on rice

conjunction / expression:

• otherwise; else; if not so

noun:

• kurultai; quriltai; political and military council in the Mongol Empire - From Mongolian "khuruldai"

noun / expression:

• visual novel; sound novel; interactive game resembling a mixed-media novel and featuring mostly static graphics

expression / adjective:

• being driven into a corner; having no way out; being caught between a rock and a hard place

noun:

• collected papers; collected works; collection of articles and essays

noun:

• charms of a uniquely beautiful woman; great beauty; (so beautiful that) the moon hides and flowers are abashed [literal] - four character idiom