expression / godan ~る verb:

• to cross the Rubicon; to pass a point of no return

noun:

• cutting off the head
• shaping the flowers and leaves of a plant

noun:

• simmering after steaming - Food term
• simmering (in a small amount of broth); smothering; estouffade - Food term

expression:

• life is but a dream; this too shall pass; everything is transient - proverb ➜ 浮世

expression:

• to study and not think is a waste; learning without thinking is useless - from The Analects of Confucius - proverb

noun:

• karma mandala (in Shingon); three-dimensional mandala with a sculpture of each deity - Buddhism term ➜ 四種曼荼羅【ししゅまんだら】

expression / godan ~ぶ verb:

• (for a conversation) to wander from the subject; to get off track

expression / adjective:

• depending largely on; playing a large role in; due largely to - as ～によるところが大きい

noun / ~する noun:

• (putting a song etc. on) endless repeat; endless repetition

noun / ~する noun:

• thoroughness; completeness; consistency
• thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception

counter:

• counter for occurrences

noun:

• a time; an instance
• inning (baseball); round; game

noun / suffix noun:

• episode; chapter; instalment - colloquialism

noun:

• Hui (people) - abbreviation ➜ 回族
• Islam - abbreviation ➜ 回教

noun / prefix:

• rag; scrap; tattered clothes
• fault (esp. in a pretense, pretence); defect

adjectival noun:

• run-down; shabby; junky

noun / ~する noun:

• throwing into; inserting; depositing
• investment; putting in (personnel, etc.)
• release of a product
• making (an electrical circuit)

noun:

• corner
• segment (within a radio or TV program); session; column (newspaper, etc.)
• area; department; section

noun:

• mansion; palace; manor house; castle
• nobleman; noblewoman; dignitary - honorific language - archaism
• cabin (on a boat, carriage, etc.) ［やかた］ - archaism

noun:

• deferment (e.g. of savings); leaving (a thing) as it stands

~の noun:

• unredeemed; unredeemable; irredeemable; deferred; stationary

noun / ~する noun:

• admission (e.g. to a training institution, research establishment, social welfare facility, etc.); entrance
• imprisonment; internment; confinement

noun:

• reserve; spare; backup
• note; memorandum

noun / suffix noun:

• duplicate; copy; stub (of a ticket, etc.)

noun:

• waiting one's turn

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

• wobbling; tottering; shaking; unstably; unsteadily - onomatopoeia

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• wavering (e.g. over a decision); dithering; indecisively - onomatopoeia

adverb / ~と adverb:

• boiling up - onomatopoeia

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• dizzily; giddily - onomatopoeia ➜ くらくら

noun / ~する noun:

• capture (of enemy territory); taking (by storm); conquest; attack; assault
• defeating (an opponent)
• attacking (a problem) strategically

noun:

• bodyguard; bouncer; guard
• bar (e.g. on a door); bolt
• stick or pole used for self-defence - orig. meaning

interjection:

• eh?; what?; oh?
• yes; that's correct ➜ はい

particle:

• strengthens a question, assertion, etc. - at sentence end - archaism ➜ かえ・ぞえ・わえ
• used when calling out to someone - after a noun, etc. - archaism

noun:

• advance guard; vanguard
• athlete who competes in the first match of a team competition (kendo, judo, etc.)

noun / ~する noun:

• leaving one's seat (before an event is over); excusing oneself (from a meeting, conversation, etc.)

noun:

• Japanese puppet theatre in which recited narrative and dialog is accompanied by a shamisen (forerunner of bunraku) ➜ 浄瑠璃・文楽