expression:

• it is to be regretted that ...; it is a pity that ...; it is unfortunately that ...

suffix / ~の noun:

• -clad - after an article of clothing
• in the midst of - after a -masu stem - usually written using kana alone
• tenths (e.g. wholesale price, as tenths of retail price) - after a number in the ichi, ni counting system
• times (i.e. multiplied by) - after a number in the hitotsu, futatsu counting system
• able-to-seat (of a chair, etc.) - after a number of people

expression / ichidan verb:

• to keep one's wits about one; to be on one's guard; to be wary of trickery - idiom ➜ 眉唾物【まゆつばもの】

expression:

• thank you for the meal; that was a delicious meal; what a wonderful meal

noun:

• hitting; striking ➜ 打っ込む
• throwing; tossing ➜ 打っ込む
• mixing ➜ 打っ込む
• wearing ➜ 打っ込む
• bottom fishing; legering ➜ ぶっこみづり
• gap between pegs in a pachinko machine (that a ball can pass through)

noun:

• dirt mound
• dirt walls on the inside of the sunken hearth in a tea room
• platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period

expression:

• disliking a certain food without having tried it
• disliking something without having tried it; being prejudiced against; having an instinctive aversion to

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to be descended from; to be drawn from (the tradition of); to be derived from; to follow the school (tradition) of

noun / ~する noun:

• permanent staff; permanent employee; service for a fixed period of time - obscure term

noun:

• (Edo era) a daimyo or feudal retainer who lived and/or served in Edo for a fixed period of time - archaism

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to have one's turn; to be on duty; to have one's inning

~する verb (spec.) / transitive:

• to stamp (one's mark, etc.); to seal
• to leave (one's footprints, etc.)

godan ~る verb:

• to be on the verge; to be on the brink; to get close ➜ なりかける

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to jerk one's chin; to nod toward; to point one's chin at ➜ 決る【しゃくる】

noun:

• strait with a roaring tidal ebb and flow; whirlpool; maelstrom - from 鳴門海峡
• kamaboko with a spiral whirlpool-like pattern - abbreviation ➜ 鳴門巻き
• cooking technique where ingredients are cut in a spiral pattern - Food term
• Naruto; city in NE Tokushima pref ［鳴門］
• Naruto Strait ［鳴門］ - from 鳴門海峡 - abbreviation
• Naruto wakame ［鳴門］ - abbreviation ➜ 鳴門若布【なるとわかめ】

adjectival noun / ~の noun / adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• loose (of clothing); baggy - onomatopoeia ➜ ぶかぶか・ゆったり・たぶたぶ

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• flabby; saggy - onomatopoeia

adverb / ~と adverb / adjectival noun / ~する noun:

• sloshing; slopping; overflowing - onomatopoeia

adverb / ~と adverb:

• plenty (of pouring a liquid); drowning (e.g. in a sauce) - onomatopoeia

adjectival noun / noun:

• grazing; skimming; almost touching; passing within inches; being within a whisker; shaving close
• barely; just; narrowly; by a slim margin

noun:

• main course (of a formal meal)
• extremely high-grade Japanese meal served all at once (on a table with legs) - abbreviation ➜ 本膳料理

noun:

• piggybacking marketing; the method of making sales by jumping on a bandwagon (like that of a boom, popularity, disaster, etc.) - four character idiom

noun:

• avatar; incarnation of an immortal being (Hindu)
• icon or representation of a user in a shared virtual reality - IT term

noun:

• divorce of a couple who have been married for a long time (often brought on by retirement of the husband) - colloquialism - four character idiom

noun:

• bur (of a chestnut, etc.); burr ［イガイガ・いがいが］ ➜ 毬【いが】

adverb / ~と adverb:

• irritating (e.g. one's throat); thorny; bristling ［イガイガ・いがいが］

~と adverb / adverb:

• crying of a baby - archaism - onomatopoeia

noun:

• hanafuda; Japanese playing cards (12 suits of 4 cards, each suit representing a month indicated by a flower) ➜ 花札

noun:

• assistant in a duel (e.g. a cockfight, poetry contest, etc.) (Heian period)
• older male in an homosexual relationship ➜ 念者

noun:

• scroll containing a single line of calligraphy, often of Zen content (usu. found in a tea-ceremony room or house)

noun:

• steadfastness; firmness in one's conviction; having a heart that does not change as easily as a stone rolls about - four character idiom