網羅性

mourasei
an encyclopedic or comprehensive nature

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I recognized the first character, which, when alone, is read as ami, meaning 'net', but the second character was a mystery. I looked it up. Interesting. 羅 can be read as ra or usumono, and can refer to gauze or thin silk, when in nominal form, to arrange or to spread out, when in verbal form, or the city of Rome(!).

雑多

zatta
miscellaneous, unorganized

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Given the first character, I was expecting the first meaning, miscellaneous, for this term, but I was taken by surprise by the second meaning, unorganized. Not exactly sure how that is derived, but I can definitely see that fitting my life and lifestyle. =)

瑕疵

kasi
flaw, defect

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There's not much to say about this, other than the fact that I was boggled by the complexity of the characters. The term cropped up in a legal agreement, where it made sense in context, but I don't think I'll be using this much every day.

しがない

siganai
deplorable, humble, modest, little

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Used to belittle one's own position, home, or occupation (or even someone else's position, business, or home, when you want to be rude). As far as I can tell there is no kanzi character for the し part, so it must be idiomatic.

いささか

isasaka
a little, slightly, somewhat

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I am beginning to realize that there is a dazzling array of adverbs in Japanese that mean 'somewhat' or 'a little bit'. I was happy with 少し (sukosi) and 少々 (syousyou), not to mention 一寸 (tyotto, more usually written as ちょっと).

初歩的

syohoteki
elementary, basic, rudimentary

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I get the sense that this was used to translate Sherlock Holmes' utterance: It's elementary!, because the detective and her assistant in the work I am translating now use it now and then in an almost referential way.

収束

syuusoku
coming together, gathering and bundling, convergence

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I also get the sense that this can mean closure, because it was used, in one in instance, in opposition to the notion of a dimensional door's opening.