expression:

• in a word; to put it briefly; to make a long story short ➜ 早く言えば

expression:

• in a word; to put it briefly; to make a long story short ➜ 手っ取り早く言えば

noun:

• soba water; water left in the pot after one has boiled soba

noun:

• murder case in which the victim is chopped into pieces; mutilation murder case

expression:

• be that the case, do so; do as you please; in any case

adjectival noun:

• beyond one's means or position; inappropriate to one's lot in life ➜ 身分相応・分不相応

ichidan ~ずる verb (alt. form of じる verbs):

• to grow in intensity; to be aggravated; to get worse; to develop - obscure term ➜ 高じる

noun:

• bang bang chicken (Szechuan dish of chicken in a spicy sauce) - From Chinese "bang bang ji"

expression / noun / ~する noun:

• some nerve (as in 'you must have some nerve to ...')

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to admire greatly; to salute (in admiration); to take one's hat off to - idiom

adjective:

• fast working - idiom ➜ 手が早い
• fast in forming relationships with women - idiom
• quick to resort to violence - idiom

noun:

• custom plug-in - IT term

noun:

• development of a text ➜ 起承転結
• the second line in a four-line Chinese poem

noun:

• chamber (in equipment, e.g. expansion chamber, combustion chamber, etc.) - often チャンバー
• chamber; room - often チェンバー

noun:

• output level (e.g. in manufacturing); consumption rate (e.g. fuel, power); intensity

noun:

• Borneo shark (Carcharhinus borneensis, species of requiem shark found in Borneo and China)

noun:

• sewing elastic; flat bands of elastic for sewing in cuffs, etc.

noun:

• consecration ritual for the conferral of the status of Acharya (in esoteric Buddhism) - Buddhism term ➜ 阿闍梨

noun:

• right-angled loop (used in plumbing); right-angled expansion pipe; torii-shaped piping

noun / ~の noun:

• being one or more laps behind (in a race)
• being behind the times

godan ~す verb:

• to factor out (e.g. in algebra); to pull out common elements

noun:

• maintenance fee (in an apartment building); maintenance charge; reserve fund for building repairs

adjective:

• having the smell of having been dried in the sun
• provincial; rural; unrefined

noun:

• work of art the creator has confidence in; work one is proud of

expression / ichidan verb:

• to avoid meeting someone's gaze; to not look someone in the eyes