noun:

• optical axis; focal aim; axis of a lens

noun:

• useless book learning; knowing the theory but being unable to put it into practice; practising swimming on a tatami mat [literal] - idiom - humorous term

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to be unreasonable; to whine; to act like a baby

noun / ~する noun:

• hiving off; swarming; dividing a fief

noun:

• one-line fact; one-line information; information (explanation) provided in a few scanty words - four character idiom

interjection:

• hey!; excuse me!; wait a moment

noun:

• O-saifu Keitai (brand name); wallet cell phone; mobile wallet; mobile phone equipped with a contactless IC card for ATM use, payments, etc.

~と adverb:

• up and down; lightly; nimbly; moving in small leaps as a frog or rabbit - onomatopoeia
• casually; (strolling about) without a care - onomatopoeia ➜ ひょいひょい

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to lead; to take the lead; to be in a top position - idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• leaving temporarily; stepping out; going away for a while

noun:

• camera focusing error (on a space between two objects) ➜ 抜く【ぬく】

noun:

• card to pick up (in card games); card that is picked up by players instead of read (in karuta); card printed with the second half of a poem (in karuta) ➜ 読み札

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to surprise; to frighten; to create a stir ➜ 驚かす

noun:

• double-dealer; timeserver; moving back and forth between two sides in a conflict - four character idiom

noun:

• outerrise; outer rise; region seaward of a deep-sea trench ➜ アウターライズ地震【アウターライズじしん】

adverb:

• involuntarily; reluctantly; against one's inclination; against one's will; as a matter of unpleasant necessity; despite oneself

expression:

• you can't judge someone until you've spent time with them; you can't judge something until you've tried it; judge a man by living with him, and try a horse by riding him [literal] - proverb

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be (practically) deserted; to have no visitors; to set a sparrow net in front of the gate [literal] - idiom ➜ 門前雀羅【もんぜんじゃくら】

noun:

• go-on; Wu reading; on reading of a kanji based on 5th and 6th century Chinese ➜ 漢音【かんおん】・唐音【とうおん】・呉【ご】

expression:

• you wish!; that's not going to happen; not a chance - pun on そうは行かぬ - humorous term

noun:

• shiritori; word-chain game; word game in which players must give a word starting with the last syllable of the word given by the previous player

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to forget to mention; to leave unspoken; to let slip a secret

noun:

• stake all (on something); play for all or nothing; throwing all into a task - four character idiom

~の noun:

• signed; sealed; having a signature or seal - Law term

~の noun:

• largish; biggish; a little bit larger

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to try and reach above one's station and fail; to try and accomplish something beyond one's abilities and fail; a monkey tries to catch the moon (and drowns) [literal] - idiom ➜ 猿猴捉月