noun:

• hard candy; candy suckers molded on a griddle; tortoise-shell candy [literal] ➜ 鼈甲色

~する verb (irregular):

• to do; to carry out; to perform
• to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into)
• to serve as; to act as; to work as
• to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
• to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as - as 〜にする,〜とする
• to decide on; to choose - as 〜にする

~する verb (irregular) / intransitive verb:

• to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.) - as 〜がする
• to be (in a state, condition, etc.)
• to be worth; to cost
• to pass (of time); to elapse

~する verb (irregular) / transitive:

• to place, or raise, person A to a post or status B - as AをBにする
• to transform A to B; to make A into B; to exchange A for B - as AをBにする
• to make use of A for B; to view A as B; to handle A as if it were B - as AをBにする
• to feel A about B - as AをBにする

suffix / ~する verb (irregular):

• verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs")

auxiliary verb / ~する verb (irregular):

• creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go") ➜ お願いします・御
• to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to - as 〜うとする,〜ようとする ➜ とする

noun / ~の noun:

• bottom-up approach to management; on-the-spot decision-making; hands-on approach (policy, etc.)

noun / ~の noun:

• payment on delivery; cash on delivery; COD

noun:

• depending on the answer; hinging on the reply - four character idiom

noun:

• on the attack; on the offensive

noun:

• that (indicating something distant from both speaker and listener (in space, time or psychologically), or something understood without naming it directly) ➜ 何れ・此れ・其れ
• that person (used to refer to one's equals or inferiors)
• over there - archaism
• down there (i.e. one's genitals) ［あれ］ - colloquialism
• period; menses ［あれ］ - colloquialism

interjection:

• hey (expression of surprise, suspicion, etc.); huh?; eh?

noun:

• that (something mentioned before which is distant psychologically or in terms of time)

noun / ~する noun:

• lifting a person high (in celebration); tossing someone into the air; carrying someone on shoulders

noun:

• teppan-yaki (Japanese cooking prepared on a hot steel plate in the center of the table)

noun / ~する noun:

• cutting in half
• painting or calligraphy done on a half-sized piece of paper - esp. 半折

noun:

• word of respect added to the addressee's name on a letter
• under the desk

noun:

• zaru soba (soba served on a bamboo draining basket with dipping sauce)

noun:

• school centred on preparing students to get into university ➜ 進学
• high-level school a person has entered

noun / ~する noun:

• document screening; paper screening; narrowing down a field of applicants based on resumes, written applications, etc.

noun:

• points paid and received at the end of a game of mahjong based on position (rank) - Mahjong term

expression:

• unable to take one's eyes off of something; having to keep a watchful eye on

noun / ~する noun:

• leaving a park, garden, zoo, etc.
• leaving kindergarten (e.g. end of day, on completion, expulsion)

noun:

• tea whisk; bamboo whisk for making Japanese tea
• hair style where the hair is tied up in a bundle on the back of the head (resembling the shape of a tea whisk)

godan ~る verb:

• to tattle; to tell on; to inform a superior of someone's actions - colloquialism

noun:

• track meet (non-competitive driving on a race course); track day; track event

noun:

• things on hand; things in stock
• money on hand; money in one's wallet

~の noun:

• on hand; in stock

noun:

• kanji used to represent syllables, based on their "on" readings (prior to the advent of kana) ➜ 訓仮名【くんがな】・万葉仮名【まんようがな】

noun:

• plain-woven silk cloth produced on Hachijo Island (dyed with botanical pigments found on the island)

noun / ~する noun:

• rushing into; breaking into; storming
• plunging into (war, etc.); embarking on (a new venture)

noun:

• shooting star; falling star; meteor - Astronomy term ➜ 流星【りゅうせい】
• star (white patch on the forehead of a horse) ➜ 星月【ほしづき】