expression:

• little by little; slowly but surely - variant of 薄紙を剥ぐように

noun:

• place by the lamp; area under the lamp

noun / ~する noun:

• performance by two or more musicians playing similar instruments

noun:

• combination of colors created by layering of garments (colours) ➜ 襲・襲

noun:

• things prohibited by chopstick etiquette ➜ 嫌い箸

noun:

• sports competition sponsored by a business enterprise

noun:

• mythical island inhabited only by women; isle of women - abbreviation ➜ 女護の島【にょうごのしま】
• women-only location

adverb / ~と adverb:

• drop-by-drop; dripping; dribbling; in a trickle - onomatopoeia ➜ たらたら
• loosely (hanging); limply - onomatopoeia ➜ だらり

noun:

• tree blown down by the wind

noun / ~する noun:

• becoming employed by a government office, agency, board, etc.

noun / ~する noun:

• military expedition led in person by the emperor

noun:

• multi-tiered food boxes that can be carried by hand ➜ 重箱

expression:

• a meeting by chance is preordained - proverb

expression:

• case-by-case

noun:

• unpaid overtime by part-timers - from サービス残業 and アルバイト - colloquialism

noun:

• suicide by drowning ➜ 入水【じゅすい】

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• take the world by storm; to hold sway over the minds of the people

noun:

• "use by" date (food); expiry date

noun:

• torture by fire

noun:

• words used by young people; slang ➜ 若者語

ichidan verb:

• to be affected by (e.g. heat); to suffer from
• to be embarrassed; to be annoyed

noun:

• liquidation by compromise

noun:

• fashion style characterized by brown hair and deep-tanned skin, expensive brand-name clothes and accessories - abbreviation ➜ お姉系ギャル

noun:

• by the window

noun:

• praying by proxy; applying by proxy