expression:

• the former and the latter; A and B

noun / ~する noun:

• ridicule and sneering; (casting) ridicule and scorn (upon) - four character idiom

noun:

• false arrest and imprisonment; illegal arrest and confinement

noun:

• false arrest and imprisonment; illegal arrest and confinement ➜ 逮捕監禁罪

adverb:

• tall and thin; long and thin; lanky; spindly; gangly - onomatopoeia

noun:

• civil engineering and construction; public works and construction - abbreviation ➜ 土木建築

noun:

• writing brush and paper; pen and paper
• handwriting

noun:

• blue dragon ➜ 青竜
• Azure Dragon (god said to rule over the eastern heavens) ➜ 青竜
• seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the eastern heavens - Astronomy term ➜ 二十八宿
• large horse with a bluish-leaden coat
• shape of an old pine tree

noun:

• imperial palace; shrine - honorific language
• Grand Empress Dowager; Empress Dowager
• woman of imperial lineage who has borne a child
• elderly woman of imperial lineage

noun:

• Later Han Dynasty (of China; 25-220 CE) - esp. ごかん
• Later Han Dynasty (of China; 947-950 CE) - esp. こうかん

noun:

• scent of a flower floating about in the air; lingering scent of a flower in the darkness

expression:

• curiously; curiously enough; oddly enough; to the point of being mysterious; to the extent of being strange

noun / ~の noun:

• number one; first; first place

adverb:

• best; most

noun:

• game; round; bout

adverb:

• as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively ➜ 試しに

noun:

• song (e.g. in noh); piece

adverb:

• snugly (into hole, container, etc.); tightly (fitting, covering); firmly - onomatopoeia
• (with a) pop (i.e. sound of a cork, etc. being pulled out of a hole in one movement); with a plop; (fall) straight - onomatopoeia

noun:

• putting on a knowing air when one only knows the title of the book (play, etc.); pretending to understand the nature of something when one only knows its name - four character idiom

noun:

• small chrysanthemum
• small low grade piece of japanese paper used as a kettle rest or as a tissue - obscure term
• paper handed as a means of congratulations in a red light district - obscure term

noun:

• palm (of one's hand)
• skill
• scope of one's power
• one's intentions; one's plan
• one's hand (mahjong, card games, etc.)

noun / ~する noun:

• raid; military attack by a mobile unit; hit-and-run attack; search-and-kill mission; search-and-destroy mission; military action without a predetermined target; attacking the enemy or assisting allies as the opportunity arises

noun:

• shortstop; short - abbreviation - Baseball term ➜ 遊撃手

adjectival noun / adverb / noun:

• mostly; ordinarily; usually; generally
• probably

~の noun / noun:

• most; almost all
• ordinary - before a neg. form

adjectival noun:

• proper; appropriate; moderate - usu. as 〜にする

adverb / adjectival noun:

• intently; single‐mindedly; devotedly; solely; earnestly; with all one's heart ➜ 一向【ひたぶる】

interjection:

• you are welcome; don't mention it; not at all; my pleasure

noun / ~の noun:

• round-robin; using all combinations; brute force (e.g. in code-breaking)

expression:

• nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may ➜ 其れでも【それでも】

adverb / ~と adverb:

• sticking; clinging - onomatopoeia
• with a smack (e.g. sitting down); hard - onomatopoeia
• all over; thickly - onomatopoeia

expression:

• far beyond one's power; not at all equal; no match for ➜ 及びもつかない