noun / ~する noun:

• scattering (e.g. dust in the wind, enemies before an assault); dispersal; flying off (in all directions); flying apart

noun:

• someone who gets in the way without serving any useful purpose; fly in the ointment; buttinsky; third wheel

noun / ~する noun:

• undergoing a complete change in appearance; changing something out of all recognition; a rise in one's reputation - four character idiom

expression / ~よい adjective:

• glib; slick (sounds good but no substance); all talk - derogatory term
• in good form; in great shape; having things progress well

noun:

• nasal plug
• wedge (in tusk mortise-and-tenon joint); wooden pin driven through tenon to hold it in place - Architecture term

noun:

• method of Buddhist study and practice that is based in meditative concentration; meditative methods used in Zen Buddhism - Buddhism term

noun:

• 1955 System; Japanese political alignment with the LDP in government and the JSP in opposition, which lasted until 1993 ➜ 自由民主党【じゆうみんしゅとう】・日本社会党【にっぽんしゃかいとう】

noun:

• tearing someone in two by tying their legs to two carts moving in opposite directions (form of medieval punishment)

noun:

• labor system in which able-bodied men were required to work for periods in the capital (ritsuryo system)

expression / noun:

• group of independents; usu. informal grouping of independent politicians in the National Diet or in prefectural assemblies

noun:

• being somewhat (half) joking; half seriously; half in jest; in a jocular vein - four character idiom

noun:

• being somewhat (half) joking; half seriously; half in jest; in a jocular vein - four character idiom

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to come home in triumph; to return to one's hometown in glory

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to come home in triumph; to return to one's hometown in glory - idiom ➜ 故郷に錦を飾る

noun:

• useless card (in karuta); worthless card ➜ カルタ
• card only worth 1 point (in hanafuda) ➜ 花札

expression / ichidan verb:

• to factor in; to take into account; to include in one's considerations

adverb:

• no matter what; anyhow; in any case; at any rate; in any event; anyway - archaism

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to take in; to bring in; to adopt (e.g. behaviour); to introduce ➜ 採り込む
• to capture (e.g. image); to import - IT term
• to win over; to please; to curry favour with; to flatter
• to defraud of; to swindle; to embezzle

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to be busy; to be in confusion; to have trouble

expression:

• among these; between these; of these
• in here; in this ［このなか］

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to sink (into); to cave in; to get stuck in

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to be interested in; to take an interest in; to care about

noun:

• house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.) ➜ 下院【かいん】
• graduate school; postgraduate school

suffix:

• institution (often medical); institutional building; government office ➜ 医院【いいん】・病院【びょういん】
• sub-temple; minor temple building; temple; cloister - Buddhism term

noun:

• imperial palace - honorific language
• title bestowed on empresses, princesses, etc. - honorific language - archaism ➜ 女院【にょういん】

suffix:

• former (esp. of emperors, daimyos, etc.); late

noun:

• symbol used in place of a censored word (e.g. blank, circle, X, asterisk)
• turn (in set-type proofing); upside-down character - later printed as 〓

noun:

• person whose physical suitability for conscription in the former Japanese military could not be determined in that year (e.g. due to illness)

noun:

• dish of potatoes first boiled, then spun around while fried in a bowl (making them look as if covered in powder) - Food term