noun:

• abbreviated form of a Chinese character; simplified character
• acronym; abbreviation ➜ 略語

noun:

• conjunctive form; continuative form; -masu stem of a Japanese verb - Linguistics term

noun / ~する noun:

• telling others; revealing to others; letting out a secret

noun:

• sympathy for a tragic hero; rooting for the underdog - four character idiom

noun:

• ridgepole-raising; setting up of the framework of a house

noun:

• speaking with a trill; rolling one's r's

noun:

• clear and serene (as a polished mirror and still water) - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• industrialization; industrialisation
• establishing a production system; putting something into production

noun:

• idiomatic pronunciation or peculiar reading of a kanji or compound

noun:

• the spoken words of the emperor or a noble - honorific language

noun:

• small festival held the night before a full festival ➜ 本祭り

noun:

• unification of the written and spoken forms of a language - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• radicalization; radicalisation; becoming a radical
• intensification; becoming acute; narrowing; sharpening

noun / ~する noun:

• warming something in a vessel placed in hot water

noun:

• special consideration (esp. of a monarch, emperor, etc.); special favour

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• sweetly smiling; like the smiling of a beauty; gracious

noun:

• tyranny; abuse of power; violence (e.g. of a storm)

noun:

• development; expansion plan; interior elevation
• net (of a polyhedron); development - Mathematics term

adjective:

• beauty such as to put a flower to shame

noun:

• tobacco container (esp. a tobacco pouch)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to make a name for oneself; to achieve success

godan ~す verb:

• to tell all; to give a full account

adverb:

• unfortunately; at a bad time; at an unfortunate moment Antonym: 折好く

expression:

• autumn weather is as fickle as a woman's heart - orig. 男心と秋の空 - proverb ➜ 男心と秋の空

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to form a complete whole; to be joined together