expression:

• trying to straighten the horns of a bull, and killing it in the process; trying to correct a small defect and ruining the whole thing; The cure is worse than the disease - four character idiom

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to offer something to a deity or somebody's spirit
• to pay a tribute to a person who is about to depart

expression:

• paper lanterns and temple bells (esp. as an example of two things looking similar on the outside, but of a completely different nature); (like) chalk and cheese; you can't judge a book by its cover - obscure term ➜ 月と鼈【つきとすっぽん】

noun:

• shooting star; falling star; meteor - Astronomy term ➜ 流星【りゅうせい】
• star (white patch on the forehead of a horse) ➜ 星月【ほしづき】

noun / ~する noun:

• entering a track (of a train); arrival of a train (at a platform)
• passing the post (horseracing); crossing the finish line

noun:

• parenthood; parent or someone with children on the way (esp. an expecting mother)
• (of a fish) containing roe (eggs)

conjunction:

• even so; however; still; whereupon; even though; nevertheless; on the contrary; as a matter of fact; despite

noun:

• troubles brought on by what one has written; incident occasioned by a serious slip of the pen - four character idiom

noun:

• on-the-sea ballot (votes cast in a federal election by ships' crewmen and sent by fax)

noun:

• stile; doorjamb; doorpost; vertical frame element on the left or right of a door or window

noun:

• newspaper article where the journalist gives their own opinions, etc. on a particular topic; op-ed article

noun / ~の noun:

• bottom-up approach to management; on-the-spot decision-making; hands-on approach (policy, etc.)

expression / adjective:

• of no avail; useless ➜ 役に立つ

noun:

• summer fires and winter fans; useless things - four character idiom

noun:

• something useless; picture of rice cakes [literal] ➜ 画餅に帰す【がべいにきす】

adjectival noun / noun / ~の noun:

• disused; unused ➜ 不要
• useless; wasteful; of no use

expression:

• useless; no good; hopeless - Kansai dialect

noun:

• starting; engaging
• expenses; costs - esp. 掛かり, 掛り
• attack (esp. a corner approach in the game of go) - esp. 掛かり, 掛り; often as カカリ ➜ カカリ
• barb
• charge; duty; person in charge; official; clerk ［掛かり・掛り］ - esp. for government offices, railways, etc. ➜ 係【かかり】

noun:

• day of the boar in the tenth month ➜ 亥の子
• mochi eaten on the day of the boar (esp. at the time of the boar)

expression:

• putting the cart before the horse; putting the diapers on before (the baby) is born [literal] - idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• monopoly; monopolization
• hogging; keeping to oneself

noun:

• babysitting; babysitter
• protecting; keeping; keeper

noun / ~する noun:

• containing; keeping; comprehending; entertaining (an idea)

noun:

• attending (upon); keeping another company

expression / adjective:

• keeping silent; saying nothing at all