noun:

• kanji in which one element suggests the meaning, the other the pronunciation

noun:

• repeated word or phrase; redundant wording; succession of words of similar meaning; pleonasm ➜ 重言

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to distort; to strain (interpretation); to force (meaning)

noun:

• conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation

noun:

• Mustelus (genus of smooth-hound sharks in the family Triakidae); from the Latin mustela meaning weasel

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to follow the sense; to understand the meaning of

noun:

• semantic content (of a term); meaning (of a sentence) - Linguistics term

noun:

• (waka) poetic sentiment; waka-composing mood; solid grounding in waka; meaning of a waka poem

noun:

• logical paragraph (as opposed to a formal paragraph); segment of text expressing a single meaning ➜ 形式段落

noun / ~の noun:

• ill will; spite; evil intention; malice
• bad meaning

noun:

• mala fides; bad faith; criminal intent to deceive - Law term ➜ 善意
• malice - Law term

noun:

• succession of words of similar meaning; redundancy (e.g. free gift); tautology ［じゅうごん］
• kanji compound in which the same character is repeated - e.g. 堂堂

noun:

• one meaning
• primary importance; primary significance; primary consideration
• a reason; a truth

noun:

• part of a kanji for which the role is primarily to represent the meaning (as opposed to the pronunciation) ➜ 音符

expression:

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

noun / ~する noun:

• mixture; intermixture; mixing up; jumbling together
• contamination; creation of unorthodox words or phrases by combining terms of similar form or meaning - Linguistics term

noun:

• using the Chinese-reading of kanji to represent native Japanese words (irrespective of the kanji's actual meaning) ➜ 万葉仮名

noun:

• meaning of a title (of a book, poem, etc.); point of a question

noun:

• reading classical Chinese aloud without trying to understand the meaning
• reading a kanji compound using the Japanese pronunciation of each of its characters

noun:

• spirit of a poem; true meaning of a poem

noun:

• using the Japanese-reading of kanji to represent native Japanese words (irrespective of the kanji's actual meaning)

noun:

• meaning of a word; sense of a word

noun:

• Japanese reading of a kanji (sometimes esp. in ref. to readings that do not correspond to the orig. Chinese meaning of the kanji)

noun:

• pidgin; creole; new language created by blending two or more existing languages (e.g. Afrikaans) - Linguistics term
• contamination; creation of unorthodox words or phrases by combining terms of similar form or meaning - Linguistics term ➜ コンタミネーション

noun:

• determining a speaker's true or hidden meaning; determining a speaker's intentions from his manner of speech - esp. 口裏
• divining good or bad luck from listening to someone - esp. 口占 - archaism

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to catch; to capture; to seize; to arrest; to grab; to catch hold of
• to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to capture (e.g. features)
• to captivate; to move (one's heart)