noun:

• business center of a city (centre)
• business center of a hotel (providing fax & copy services, etc.)

noun / ~する noun:

• official seal; verification seal; affixing a seal to an official document ［あいはん・あいばん］
• making a joint signature or seal ➜ 連判

expression / ichidan verb:

• to sleep together (for a man and a woman); to bring one's bodies together (e.g. for warmth)

noun:

• performing solo (by oneself); having the stage to oneself; being in sole command; eclipsing (outshining) the others; field of activity in which one is unrivaled (unrivalled) - four character idiom

noun:

• the eight kinds of suffering (birth, old age, disease, death, parting from loved ones, meeting disliked ones, not getting what one seeks, pains of the five skandha) - Buddhism term

expression:

• you cannot win against someone who doesn't listen to reason (e.g. a crying child or a violent lord); you can't fight City Hall - idiom ➜ 泣く子と地頭には勝てない【なくことじとうにはかてない】

expression:

• you cannot win against someone who doesn't listen to reason (e.g. a crying child or a violent lord); you can't fight City Hall - proverb

noun:

• first 17-syllable verse of a renga ➜ 揚げ句【あげく】
• haiku
• first five-syllable line of a tanka

expression / ichidan verb:

• to look at from a biased viewpoint; to look at with a prejudiced eye - idiom

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to make a blunder; to bungle; to mess up; to make a foolish mistake

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to take an attitude; to take a stance; to commit oneself; to assume a position

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to have a terrible time; to have a hard time ➜ 目にあう【めにあう】

interjection:

• (can you) spare a little time (to speak)?; (do you) have a moment (to speak)?

noun / ~の noun:

• around there; near there
• or thereabouts; or so
• such a matter; such a thing

noun:

• vein of a shrimp (prawn); digestive tract of a shrimp; sand vein

noun:

• land mine; "booby trap" [figurative]
• topic that sets one off (esp. based on previous experience); sensitive topic; taboo topic - colloquialism

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to aim at; to have an eye on
• to go toward; to head for

expression:

• once (e.g. "once, when I was studying .."); on one occasion; at one point

expression / ichidan verb:

• to find fault with; to rain on one's parade; to nitpick; to quibble

expression:

• if you rely too much on your greatest strength, it will be your greatest weakness - proverb

noun:

• singing sand (which produces sound when stepped on); whistling sand; squeaking sand; barking sand

expression:

• What's New (esp. on webpages, programs, or newsletters); announcements of new arrivals or events

noun:

• minced pork rice; Taiwanese dish of pork stewed in soy, served on rice - Food term - From Chinese "lǔ ròu fàn"

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to anticipate; to estimate; to expect
• to count on

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to stretch; to reach to; to stand on tiptoe