[sofutotenisu] (n) (See 硬式テニス) soft tennis (using soft rubber balls instead of hard yellow balls) #16321
[sezuni] (adv) without (doing); instead of; (P)
[そのかわり, sonokawari] (conj) instead; but (on the other hand)
[nikawatte] (exp) (1) (See にかわり) instead of; replacing; (2) on behalf of
[nikawari] (exp) (1) instead of; replacing; (2) on behalf of
[funyafunya] (n, vs) (1) limpness; (adj-na, adj-no) (2) soft; limp; flabby; (3) (sometimes instead of むにゃむにゃ) mumbling; talking with food in one's mouth
[kuikkubureddo] (n) quick bread; bread made with baking powder instead of yeast
[battamon] (n) merchandise obtained by buying out the inventories of failed retailers instead of going through normal wholesale channels
[pointomeiku ; pointome-ku] (n) making up only parts of one's face instead of doing a full make-up job (wasei
[ミイラとりがミイラになる, miira toriga miira ninaru] (exp) intending to persuade someone and instead being persuaded oneself; going for wool and coming home shorn; the biter bit; the mummy hunter himself becomes a mummy
[よこぐるま, yokoguruma] (exp, n) (1) (See 横車を押す) perverseness; obstinacy; something unreasonable (like pushing a cart from the side (instead of from behind)); (n) (2) side wheel throw (judo)
[おにいた, oniita] (n) (See 鬼瓦・1) wooden board used on the ridge-ends of a roof instead of an onigawara tile (sometimes covered in copper sheeting)
[かえって, kaette] (adv) on the contrary; rather; all the more; instead; (P)
[げんえきごうかく, gen'ekigoukaku] (n) passing university entrance exams in the last year of high school (instead of failing then taking gap year(s))
[まぜがき, mazegaki] (n) (See 宝くじ, しょう油) writing some characters (esp. complex kanji) of a compound as kana instead of kanji
[てびねり, tebineri] (n) forming by hand (instead of using a potter's wheel, etc.); handwork
[しんすもう, shinsumou] (n) "new" sumo (for women) conducted on a mat, wearing leotards instead of a mawashi
[まわたでくびをしめる, mawatadekubiwoshimeru] (exp, v1) to drag things out; to creep up slowly on the point; to strangle (execute) slowly with a silk cord (instead of quickly with a rope)
[たいわろせん, taiwarosen] (n) policy of using dialogue instead of confrontation
[かわりに, kawarini] (adv) (See 代わり・かわり・1, 代わり・かわり・2, 代わり・かわり・3) instead of; for; as; in exchange for; in return (for); to make up for
[はねる, haneru] (v1, vi) (1) to jump; to leap; to prance; to spring up; to bound; to hop; (2) to break up; to close; to come to an end; (3) (instead of 撥ねる) to hit (e.g. to have a car hit something or someone); (P)
[つめにひをともす, tsumenihiwotomosu] (exp, v5s) to lead a stingy life; to scrimp and save; to pinch pennies; to light one's fingernail (instead of a candle)
[あてじ, ateji] (n) kanji used as a phonetic symbol, instead of for the meaning; phonetic-equivalent character; substitute character
[むしろ, mushiro] (adv) rather; better; instead; (P)
[りゅうれい, ryuurei] (n) tea ceremony performed with tables and chairs (instead of sitting on tatami)
[ちからずもう, chikarazumou] (n) sumo wrestling using strength instead of technique