noun:

• slip of the tongue; verbal mistake; using the wrong words; misstatement; gaffe ➜ 言い損なう

expression:

• blessed are the peacemakers; one should appreciate and follow the advice of a mediator - proverb ➜ 時の氏神【ときのうじがみ】・挨拶

noun:

• death with dignity; natural death (as opposed to extending one's life unnaturally with life support)

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to be valuable as scrap; to be able to do other work; to have marketable skills

noun:

• clasping your chopsticks between your hands as in a gesture of prayer (a breach of etiquette)

noun:

• child born to one's legal wife (as opposed to one's concubine, etc.) - archaism

noun:

• extension of a straight line; (conclusion) following as an extension of (an argument) - four character idiom

expression / ichidan verb:

• to put the scalpel to; to perform an operation on
• to take drastic measures to get to the bottom of something; to make a searching inquiry; to put something under the microscope - idiom

noun:

• private secretary
• flunky; someone who is always following around someone of high rank - derogatory term
• someone who carries a bag for someone; luggage carrier; carrying a bag

noun:

• bystander's vantage point; outsider's better grasp of the situation - four character idiom

expression:

• onlookers see more of the game than the players do; people watching a game of go see 8 moves further ahead [literal]

expression:

• waiting for one hundred years for the waters of the Yellow River to clear; waiting in vain for an unlikely event; waiting for pigs to fly; When the sky falls, we shall catch larks - four character idiom

noun:

• taking delight in elegant pursuits; being absorbed in such elegant cultural pursuits as poetry, painting and calligraphy - four character idiom

noun:

• no food or drink (e.g. as a sign in a library, etc.); no eating or drinking

noun:

• countries all over the world; all the countries of the world

~の noun:

• guaranteed (to be genuine, valuable, etc.); certified (as genuine, valuable, etc.) ➜ 極め付きの品

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to let things end up as they will; to let nature take its course
• to make do with what one has

noun:

• stipend given to a designated person, such as a noble, and which was paid by a designated household (ritsuryo system) ➜ 封戸

noun:

• Imperial New Year's Lectures (ceremony in which the emperor and members of the imperial family Their Majesties listen to expert lectures in the fields of human, social and natural sciences)

noun:

• Bellows Festival; festival for blacksmiths and foundries on the eighth day of the eleventh month of the lunar calendar, on which they would clean their bellows and pray

noun:

• streamers (made of linen, paper, etc.) attached to a long pole (used as a wand in grand purification ceremonies) - archaism
• being in great demand

suffix:

• -ness (nominalizing suffix, esp. of sensory or subjective adjectives) - also written with the ateji 味 ➜ 甘み
• nominalizing suffix indicating location ➜ 深み
• (as ...mi ...mi) alternating between ... and ... ➜ 降りみ降らずみ

adverb:

• involuntarily; reluctantly; against one's inclination; against one's will; as a matter of unpleasant necessity; despite oneself

noun:

• tag team (wrestling) - Sports term
• working together as a team

pre-noun adjectival:

• such (about the actions of the listener, or about ideas expressed or understood by the listener); like that; that sort of ➜ あんな・こんな・どんな

pre-noun adjectival:

• such (about the actions of the listener, or about ideas expressed or understood by the listener); like that; that sort of - Hiroshima dialect ➜ そんな