noun / ~する noun:

• keeping a close watch on both sides; keeping an eye on two things at the same time

noun:

• divination based on laying out various items before a toddler and predicting his future based the items chosen

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to be temperate in; to refrain; to abstain; to hold back; to restrain oneself from excessive ...
• to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number)

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for
• to be soon; to be in the offing

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to be in a close relationship (e.g. as a backer, etc.)

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to hang (a curtain); to droop (a tail); to lower (a blind)

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be filled with thousand emotions; to be overwhelmed by a flood of emotions; to be wrought by a thousand emotions

noun:

• one red flower standing out in a sea of green vegetation; one item of quality standing out among many; one woman among many men - four character idiom

expression:

• one red flower standing out in a sea of green vegetation; one item of quality standing out among many; one woman among many men - proverb ➜ 万緑一紅

noun:

• kariginu (informal clothes worn by the nobility from the Heian period onwards) - archaism
• (during the Edo period) patterned kariginu ➜ 布衣【ほい】

noun:

• Chlamydoselachus (genus containing only the frilled shark and the Southern African frilled shark in the family Chlamydoselachidae)

noun / ~の noun:

• double - sometimes written as "Ｗ" ➜ シングル
• double bed; hotel room with a double bed - abbreviation ➜ ダブルベッド
• double-breasted - abbreviation ➜ ダブルブレスト
• double-cuffed
• double width (of cloth; usu. 1.42 meters) - abbreviation ➜ ダブル幅
• doubles (e.g. in tennis) - abbreviation - Sports term ➜ ダブルス

noun:

• biracial person (esp. half-Japanese); person of mixed parentage - alternative to ハーフ ➜ ハーフ

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to put to use
• to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to handle; to manage; to manipulate ➜ 人使い
• to use (time, money, etc.); to spend; to consume
• to use (language); to speak ➜ 言葉遣い

godan ~く verb / yodan ~く verb (archaic):

• to brim over with feminine charm; to look captivating (of a woman); to be sexy; to be seductive; to be enticing
• to look young and fresh
• to be elegant; to look refined
• to have a calm and composed appearance

noun:

• the Four Home Provinces (Yamato, Yamashiro, Settsu, and Kawachi); obsolete in 757 when Izumi was established as a separate province from Kawachi - archaism ➜ 五畿内

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to pretend to be tough; to put on a brave front; to whistle in the dark; to bluff

noun:

• anniversary of a person's death (on which Buddhist commemorative rites, etc. are performed) ➜ 命日【めいにち】
• 49th day after a person's death, on which Buddhist rituals are performed ➜ 七七日

expression / ~の noun:

• (on the) net; (on the) Internet; (on the) Web

noun:

• back; spine
• reverse; rear side
• height; stature
• ridge (of a mountain)

noun / ~する noun:

• graduation; completion (e.g. of a course)
• outgrowing something; moving on (from)

noun / ~する noun:

• concentration; focusing; convergence; centralization; integration; gathering together

noun:

• within a collection of works

noun:

• pine tree (Pinus spp.)
• highest (of a three-tier ranking system) ➜ 梅【うめ】・竹【たけ】

adverb / ~の noun:

• abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning

noun / ~する noun:

• detection (of a plot, fraud, etc.); discovery; coming to light; being uncovered

noun:

• fuse; pilot light
• cause (of a war, argument, revolt, etc.); origin; trigger

~の noun / noun:

• original
• unique (e.g. product); signature; exclusive; one-of-a-kind; custom

noun:

• one's feeling while riding; comfort (of a vehicle); ride quality