noun / ~する noun:

• sudden emergence; sudden formation; coming out of nowhere; bursting onto the scene - slang

noun:

• existence (as we perceive it) is as mutable and incorporeal as is the morning dew or a flash of lightning - obscure term - four character idiom - Buddhism term

noun:

• word created by retaining the first syllable (or two) of a word and suffixing it with the word "moji" ➜ 女房詞

expression / adverb:

• by the end of this month; before the month is out; in the course of this month

expression:

• what is it (that); the meaning of something; what something is about

expression:

• the nail that sticks out gets hammered down; people that stick out too much get punished - proverb ➜ 出る杭は打たれる
• tall trees catch much wind; people that excel at something become disliked - proverb ➜ 出る杭は打たれる

expression:

• the nail that sticks out gets hammered down; people that stick out too much get punished - proverb ➜ 出る釘は打たれる
• tall trees catch much wind; people that excel at something become disliked - proverb ➜ 出る釘は打たれる

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• being in a hazy state; being only half conscious; feeling dopey - four character idiom

expression / ichidan verb:

• to have a hard time of it; to have a bitter experience

adjective:

• old; aged; ancient; antiquated; antique; timeworn - of things, not people
• long; since long ago; time-honored
• of the distant past; long-ago
• stale; threadbare; hackneyed; corny
• old-fashioned; outmoded; out-of-date

noun:

• alarm clock - abbreviation ➜ 目覚まし時計【めざましどけい】
• waking up; keeping oneself awake
• type of candy given to a child after it wakes up from a nap ➜ お目覚

expression:

• you will appreciate your parents' advice as you grow older, just as it takes time to feel the effects of unwarmed sake - proverb

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be out of focus ➜ ずれる
• to be off the point (e.g. of a plan); to have not got the point

noun / ~する noun:

• reorganize an enterprise and weed out redundant workers; reorganize an industry and weed out redudant enterprises - four character idiom

adjective:

• light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily) Antonym: 重い
• light (i.e. of foot); effortless; nimble; agile
• non-serious; minor; unimportant; trivial
• slight; small; gentle; soft; easy; lighthearted (e.g. joke)
• easy; simple
• indiscriminate ➜ 口が軽い

noun / ~の noun:

• full house; no vacancy; sold out; standing room only; full (of people); crowded

noun / ~する noun:

• emission; emanation; radiation; diffusion; dispersion
• letting out (feelings); venting
• divergence (of light) Antonym: 集束
• divergence - Mathematics term Antonym: 収束

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• fussy; making a big deal out of nothing; fidgety; restless - onomatopoeia
• being cramped; being claustrophobic - onomatopoeia

expression / noun:

• place where fire is likely to break out; possible cause of a fire

adverbial noun / noun:

• in 8 or 9 cases out of ten; in all probability - four character idiom

noun:

• pages (in a book) out of order due to an error in binding

expression:

• one thing after another; out of the frying pan and into the fire - idiom

noun:

• street with tramline; railroad track
• railroading the opponent straight out of the ring - Sumo term ➜ 電車道相撲

noun:

• couvade (custom in which a male acts out the physical process of his own child being born) - obscure term

noun:

• couvade (custom in which a male acts out the physical process of his own child being born) - obscure term - From French ➜ 擬娩