noun:

• judicial decision made with human kindness and warmth in a fair manner (from the decisions of Ōoka Tadasuke, a jurist in 17th century Japan)

expression:

• many a little makes a mickle; every little helps; even dust becomes a mountain if piled together [literal] - proverb

adverb:

• with a whiff; with a puff - onomatopoeia
• suddenly; abruptly; without warning ［ふっと］

expression:

• shade of a tree

noun / ~する noun:

• outside a castle

noun:

• a wealthy merchant

noun:

• touching a food with one's chopsticks, then removing them without taking it (a breach of etiquette)

noun:

• faint or blurry way of writing with a brush ➜ 渇筆【かっぴつ】

noun:

• party game in which a randomly selected king issues orders to other players

noun:

• miswriting a word; using the wrong kanji to write a word - four character idiom ➜ 魯魚の誤り【ろぎょのあやまり】

expression / ichidan verb:

• to get a rakeoff; to get a kickback; to take a kickback

noun:

• doll onto which a child's misfortune is transferred - archaism

adverb:

• with a great deal of effort; laboriously

noun:

• panels, planks or plating on the hull of a ship or aircraft

noun:

• stump of a pencil or brush ➜ 掠り筆

noun:

• in calligraphy, an abbreviated or mistaken form of a character, or a work written in more than one calligraphic style

adjective:

• widely viewed as a prominent prospect (for) ➜ 呼び声が高い

noun:

• winter wind whistling through a bamboo fence

noun:

• flagstaff decorated with ivory carried by the emperor or a general

noun / ~する noun:

• imitation of a professional singer, musician, dancer, etc. usu. by an amateur - slang - abbreviation ➜ 完全コピー

noun:

• acting alone in committing a crime

noun:

• personalised page within a web based client interaction system - From English "my page"

noun:

• being something of a politician; having something of the politician in one - four character idiom

expression:

• The world is a scene of constant changes (as a mulberry field changing into a blue sea). - Chinese legend - four character idiom

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to crack a joke; to tell a joke