~ねばならぬ is an archaic way of saying ~なければならない/~なければいけない/~ないといけない/~なくちゃ/~なきゃ. It expresses an obligation (“must” or “have to”).
~てならない
~てならない is used when you cannot help doing something because you have such a strong feeling or the situation is so compelling.
払
Today’s #kanji is 払, which is listed under its semantic element of #てへん(扌). 払’s original form is 拂 and 弗 is 払’s phonetic element.
~ている場合じゃない
~ている場合じゃない is used when you want to urge somebody else (or yourself) to stop doing ~ (and to start doing something else). “It’s not the time to be doing ~.”
~っけ?
っけ? is a very casual way of asking a question to confirm something you vaguely remember. It is rare to use it in a written passage.
閉
Today’s #kanji is 閉, which is listed under the radical of #もんがまえ(門). 閉 is apparently a pictograph depicting a gate being locked.
~だらけ
~だらけ is usually used in a negative concept meaning “full of something unwanted” or “covered with something undesirable.” Check the usage here.
~てたまらない
たまらない is used to describe something that is unbearable or irresistible. It is very often used with the てform of an adjective.
関
Today’s #kanji is 関, which is listed under its semantic element of #もんがまえ(門). 関 used to be written as 關 and what is written inside is the phonetic element.
Question words + も
Adding か after a question word makes it an indefinite pronoun like “some…”. Adding も makes it “any…” but you need to be careful combining with a particle.
Question words + か
If you add か after question words, いつ、どこ、だれ、なに、なぜ、どう, いつか、どこか、だれか、なにか、なぜか、どうか become an indefinite pronoun, sometime, somewhere, someone, etc.
積
Today’s #kanji is 積, which is listed under its semantic element of #のぎへん(禾). Its phonetic element is 責. There are 2 x 2 ways of reading it.
~てすむ/~ですむ
すむ(済む) has a few meanings but if it is used after a てform verb/adjective or a noun + で, ~て/で すむ means “to be settled with/by ~” or “~ is enough to…”
~-aれる/~られる (passive)
~-aれる/~られる is the passive form of a verb which is like “I was laughed at.” Japanese passive is quite different of that in English. Read the explanation here.
種
Today’s #kanji is 種, which is listed under its semantic element of #のぎへん(禾), Its phonetic element is 重 although 種 and 重 don’t exactly share a sound.
~ため(に)(cause/reason)
We have learned ~ため(に) to express a purpose before but today’s ~ため(に) is for describing a reason or cause. Check out examples here.
~たまえ
~たまえ is a rather old fashioned expression used for a request. I hear ~たまえ used in prayers often but I don’t hear it in everyday conversations very often.
浮
Today’s #kanji is 浮, which is listed under its semantic element of #さんずいへん(氵). Its phonetic element is 孚. 孚 is not listed in the everyday use kanji.
~たはず
~たはず describes an action which should have taken place but actually didn’t and ~たはず often implies the speakers surprise or regret.
~たところ
~たところ is an expression used to specify a time/occasion in the past when the speaker discovered something unexpected or contradictory to their anticipation.