expression / noun:

• empty eyes; thousand-yard stare; blank glaze; expressionless look; eyes of a dead fish [literal] - idiom

expression:

• state of uncertainty; limbo; leaving unfinished with the intention of inflicting suffering; dragging out tortuously; half-killing a snake [literal]

noun:

• dismissal; firing; retirement; being relieved from one's post; being relieved of a burden

adverb:

• meekly; obediently; submissively; quietly; like a lamb ➜ 大人しい

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to have something on someone; to catch someone out; to trip someone up; to have evidence; to get a lead - idiom
• to grab by the tail [literal]

noun:

• harbour; harbor; haven; anchorage; a moorage

expression:

• all men are alike; all lives are alike; all men live and die; we all bleed the same; a pike conger has one life, a shrimp does too [literal] - proverb

noun / ~する noun:

• gazing at; staring at fixedly; eyeballing; glaring; giving a hard look - slang

interjection:

• all together now!; one, two, go!; ready, set, go!; heave, ho!; oops-a-daisy

noun:

• suspicious bird; strange bird; eerie bird; ominous bird; apparition transformed into a bird ➜ 鵺

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• awe-inspiring; majestic; commanding; stately; with an imposing air; in a stately (dignified) manner - archaism - four character idiom

adverb:

• seriously; in earnest; for real; all out; really; with a will

noun:

• shuttle bus; pickup bus; courtesy bus; hotel bus; bus service connecting a station, airport, etc. to a hotel or tourist attraction

adverb / ~する noun:

• vexed; irritated; fretful; in ill humour; in ill humor; in a temper - onomatopoeia
• shaggy; bushy; ragged; rugged - onomatopoeia

noun:

• mediation; intermediation; procuration; go-between; facilitating a rendezvous between lovers
• entertainment; treatment; reception ➜ もてなし

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to curry favour; to butter up; to fawn over; to humour someone (humor); to put in a good mood (e.g. a baby)

noun:

• locked up feeling; cooped up feeling; feeling of entrapment; feeling of hopelessness; being in a bind

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to fabricate; to invent; to make up (a story); to hoax; to pull a hoax
• to cobble up; to put together in a hurry

noun / adjectival noun:

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

noun:

• coping; top rail; cap piece; head board; what covers the top of a wall, torii or gate, not necessarily made of wood - Architecture term

noun:

• inner sanctuary; inner shrine; sanctum sanctorum; holy of holies; place behind main hall of a temple enshrining temple founder, miraculous Buddhas, hidden statues, etc. - Buddhism term

adjectival noun:

• transient; passing; fleeting; ephemeral; like a bubble on liquid

noun / adjectival noun / ~の noun:

• somewhat reserved (diffident); shyly; timidly; retiringly; in a retiring (reserved) manner - four character idiom

pre-noun adjectival:

• impulsive; unexpected; accidental; casual; inadvertent; on a whim

noun / ~する noun:

• announcement; presentation; demonstration; displaying; showing; introducing; exhibiting; unveiling; revealing; showcasing; performing; giving a rendition