noun:

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

noun:

• Noraism; women breaking with family and seeking individual freedom (from heroine in Ibsen's "Doll's House")

noun:

• land which one visits; alien land; topsoil brought from another place to mix with the soil

noun / ~する noun:

• wearing one's pants low (so that they hang from the hip rather than the waist) - slang

noun:

• ornamental weights used to keep curtains and the like from blowing around in the wind

noun:

• disaster hood; protective hood worn during earthquakes and other disasters (e.g. to protect from falling objects)

expression:

• natural state; being unspoilt by human touch; willows are green, flowers are crimson [literal] - from a quote by Su Shi - idiom
• spring is beautiful - proverb
• things are different by nature; all things have their characteristics - proverb

expression / adjective:

• being painfully-true (e.g. reprimand); making one's ears burn; striking home (e.g. remark) - idiom
• having an earache; feeling pain in one's ear

adjective:

• warm; mild; (pleasantly) hot - 暖かい usu. refers to air temperature
• considerate; kind; genial ［温かい］
• warm (of a colour); mellow ［暖かい］
• having enough money ［暖かい］

adjectival noun / noun / ~の noun:

• bad condition; not to work out (i.e. a deal); disagreement; break-off; disorder; slump; out of form

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• reconciliation; amicable settlement; accommodation; compromise; mediation; rapprochement
• court-mediated settlement ［わかい］ - Law term
• translation of a foreign language into Japanese - archaism

noun:

• inherent flavor; inherent flavour; natural taste
• distinctive characteristic (of a person, work, etc.); peculiar quality; special ability

noun:

• kappa; mythical water-dwelling creature
• excellent swimmer ［かっぱ］
• cucumber ［かっぱ］ ➜ 胡瓜
• rolled sushi containing a stick of cucumber ［かっぱ］ - abbreviation ➜ 河童巻き

noun / ~する noun:

• skip (bounding forward with alternate hops on each foot)
• skipping (over)

noun:

• skip (captain of a curling team); skipper

noun:

• the 36 (ancient Chinese military) strategies (of which the last resort was said to be beating a retreat) - four character idiom

noun:

• Japanese scull (oar attached to the rear of the boat by a traditional peg-in-hole oarlock)

noun:

• outdoor bench (placed under the eaves of a house and used for cooling off during the summer)

noun:

• dammed lake (formed by natural damming of a river, esp. by landslide, volcanic eruption, etc.)

noun:

• charms of a uniquely beautiful woman; great beauty; (so beautiful that) the moon hides and flowers are abashed [literal] - four character idiom

noun:

• "winner" of a meal paid for by dutch treat (i.e. the person who eats the most) - slang ➜ 割り勘負け

noun:

• "loser" of a meal paid for by dutch treat (i.e. the person who eats the least) - slang ➜ 割り勘勝ち

noun / ~する noun:

• breathing in (of a foreign body, food, etc.); pulmonary aspiration; mis-swallowing; swallowing down the wrong pipe - Medicine term

noun:

• cap cloud (cloud shaped like an Asian bamboo hat that forms at the peak of a tall mountain)

noun:

• fruit of a cactus in genus Opuntia (incl. prickly pears and cholla); cactus pear

expression:

• the last drop makes the cup run over; too much of a good thing; less is more - proverb