noun:

• grasping the trend; firmly understanding how the situation is developing; getting a good sense of how things are changing - four character idiom

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to win the favour of (favor); to be acknowledged (e.g. by a superior); to measure up to

expression:

• a single instance indicates what happens all the time; one case gives you an idea of what always happens

noun:

• straw-wrapped item; bundle of straw (containing a food item, etc.) ➜ 藁苞
• local produce; souvenir; present; gift ➜ 土産【みやげ】

noun:

• model; type (e.g. of machine, goods, etc.)
• type; style; pattern - がた when a suffix ➜ 朝型
• mold (mould); template; model
• kata (standard form of a movement, posture, etc. in martial arts, sport, etc.)
• form (i.e. customary procedure)
• size (i.e. clothing, shoes)
• inch (in diagonal display size)
• (taxonomical) form - obscure term ➜ 品種

noun:

• city centre (center) (esp. capital city); urban centre; heart of city a metropolis

noun:

• cow spot pattern (as on the hide of a cow); cow-skin pattern

noun:

• kan-on; Han reading; on reading of a kanji based on Tang dynasty Chinese ➜ 呉音【ごおん】・唐音【とうおん】

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to put a thing on top of another; to cover; to lay something on

expression / ichidan verb:

• to synchronise the breathing with the opponent prior to the start of a match - Sumo term

expression / ichidan verb:

• to synchronise the breathing with the opponent prior to the start of a match - Sumo term

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to have a lot of influence; to have clout; to be well known

adverb / ~と adverb:

• dilatorily; sluggishly - onomatopoeia

~する noun:

• to take a lot of time; to become late; to take it easy

expression / adverb:

• in an instant; instantly; in a moment; instantaneously; in the twinkling of an eye

godan ~ぐ verb / transitive:

• to act as an agent for; to intermediate
• to announce (someone's arrival); to answer (the door, the phone); to receive (a guest at reception); to usher in (a guest)
• to convey (a message)

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to dish up; to fill (a bowl) with
• to pile up; to heap up; to fill up; to stack up
• to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to prescribe
• to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
• to mark out (e.g. scale); to graduate (e.g. thermometer)
• to exaggerate; to apply heavy makeup - slang

noun:

• inevitability of death (one of the four kinds of suffering) - Buddhism term ➜ 四苦
• death pains; agony of death

noun:

• zero (points, marks); no marks
• zero (of a function); root - Mathematics term
• zero degrees (Celsius); freezing point ➜ 零度

noun:

• tag; label
• game of tag
• tag-team match - abbreviation ➜ タッグマッチ
• working together as a team - abbreviation ➜ タッグチーム

noun:

• Tendai Shinto (alt. name for Hie Shinto: a form of Shinto heavily influenced by Tendai) - obscure term ➜ 日吉神道

expression / ichidan verb:

• to leave to take its own course; to let a matter take care of itself

noun:

• junior Shinto priest - Shintō term ➜ 宮司・禰宜・神主
• Shinto priest; generic title for a member of the Shinto priesthood - polite language - obscure term - Shintō term

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to wither completely (of a plant); to dry up completely; to drop all its leaves

noun:

• coin toss; coin flipping; toss of a coin

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to know shame; to have a sense of shame; to be ashamed