noun:

• being somewhat (half) joking; half seriously; half in jest; in a jocular vein - four character idiom

noun:

• grasping the trend; firmly understanding how the situation is developing; getting a good sense of how things are changing - four character idiom

expression / ichidan verb:

• to put heads together; to gather (for discussion); to go into a huddle

expression / adjective:

• avoided by everybody; disliked by everybody; not even a dog will eat [literal]

godan ~る verb:

• to tattle; to tell on; to inform a superior of someone's actions - colloquialism

expression / adverb:

• actually; in fact; as a matter of fact ➜ 実際は【じっさいは】

expression:

• hopelessly inaccurate; not even remotely close; can't hit the side of a barn - colloquialism

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to do something stupid; to do something pointless; to hit a muddy rice field with a stick [literal] - obscure term - idiom

expression:

• very fond of; more fond of than eating; so fond of that someone would rather not eat than go without; more important than three meals a day ➜ 三度の飯より好き【さんどのめしよりすき】

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to give advice; to counsel; to take part in a consultation

noun:

• incubus; succubus; demon appearing in a dream ➜ 夢魔【むま】

noun:

• disguised contracting; fake subcontract; hiring a temporary employee and paying for the completion of the work rather than the work itself, thereby avoiding have to pay benefits

noun:

• tamago dofu; tamago-dofu; steamed egg custard with soup stock, cooked in a square mould

noun:

• tōsō-on; Tang-Song reading; on reading of a kanji based on Song dynasty and later Chinese ➜ 唐音【とうおん】

noun / expression:

• visual novel; sound novel; interactive game resembling a mixed-media novel and featuring mostly static graphics - From English "novel game" ➜ サウンドノベル

noun / ~する noun:

• put heads together and confer; convene and discuss; go into a huddle (over) - four character idiom

expression / adjective:

• feeling out of place; feeling that one doesn't belong; feeling at a loss in the situation ➜ 身の置き所がない【みのおきどころがない】

noun:

• being somewhat (half) joking; half seriously; half in jest; in a jocular vein - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• heavy eating and drinking; gorging and swilling; drinking like a cow and eating like a horse - four character idiom

noun / adjectival noun:

• obstinate; stubborn; hard-headed; being incapable of making sound judgments because of a narrow, inflexible and obstinate mentality - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• ending without incident; being successfully brought to completion; finishing something without a hitch - four character idiom

noun:

• heddle; heald; part of a loom, a wire or cord with an eye, through which the warp threads are threaded

noun:

• combover; comb-over; hair combed in stripes across a bald pate - From English "barcode hair"

noun / ~する noun:

• whirling; going round and round; rushing a person off his feet

noun:

• poem (esp. tanka); song; composition of a poem or song
• pilgrim's song; pilgrim's hymn - Buddhism term ➜ 御詠歌
• singing a poem or song in a loud voice