adverb:

• before long; in a few days

noun:

• placing ropes or wires around trees to protect them from the snow; ropes stretched from the top of a tree to the lower branches to prevent their breaking under heavy snow ➜ 雪折れ

noun / ~する noun:

• change again and again; seesaw back and forth; being in a state of flux; backtracking repeatedly - four character idiom

noun:

• (unscrupulous) business practices based on an appeal to one's social conscience; (unscrupulous) sales methods used by someone falsely claiming to represent a charitable (social welfare) organization - four character idiom

conjunction:

• if one were to speak of ..., then certainly; if it were the case that ..., then certainly; if it were a ..., then certainly; phrase used to indicate the inevitability of what follows it (based on what precedes it) ➜ 言う・言う
• so that means (when used in sentence-initial position)

noun / ~する noun:

• nest-building; making a hive, web, den, etc.

noun:

• soaked to the skin; like a drowned rat

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to encamp; to take up a position

noun:

• way of cooking; a cook

noun:

• general policy speech; speech held by the Prime Minister of Japan at the start of a special or extraordinary Diet session

expression / noun:

• jealous complaint; the loud bark of a talentless dog [literal] - idiom

noun:

• feeble anger (that one cannot act on because one is powerless); the clenching teeth of a dried sardine [literal] - idiom

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to raise oneself up to one's full height; to strike a daunting pose

noun:

• claw crane; arcade game in which a crane is used to pick up stuffed toys, etc. - From English "crane game"

noun:

• type of vessel; design of a ship

noun / ~する noun:

• world record; establishing a world record (in)

noun:

• love that is motivated by job-hunting; using sex to get a job - From English "recruit love"

noun:

• searcher; person using a search engine - IT term

noun:

• clang of hoofs; sound of a koto

noun:

• pung; three-of-a-kind - Mahjong term - From Chinese

noun:

• shigandang; stone tablet placed at a three-way street intersection (or dead end) to ward off evil spirits

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• dripping ink marks; a work of calligraphy being written in bold and vivid strokes - four character idiom

ichidan verb:

• to do something different; to make a big thing of

noun:

• reverse rape; sexual assault by a female of a male

noun:

• (being a) fan of an entire music group (esp. idol group); not having a favorite member of a group - slang ➜ 推し【おし】・単推し