noun / ~する noun:

• incorporation; conversion to a corporation; privatization (of a previously public body)

expression:

• to be unable to accomplish something because one has chosen the wrong method; to ask for the impossible; to look for fish by climbing a tree [literal] - from Mencius - proverb

expression:

• to be unable to accomplish something because one has chosen the wrong method; to ask for the impossible; to look for fish by climbing a tree (Mencius) [literal] - variant of 木に縁りて... - proverb ➜ 木に縁りて魚を求む【きによりてうおをもとむ】

noun:

• style of clothes; method of tailoring; method of training

suffix noun / noun:

• appearing ...; looking ... - usu. after the -masu stem of a verb ➜ 様だ
• way to ...; method of ...ing - usu. after the -masu stem of a verb
• form; style; design - usu. after a noun
• like; similar to - usu. after a noun ➜ 様だ

noun:

• thing (thought or spoken)

noun:

• method of demolition; demolition method

noun:

• case method; case study method

noun:

• standard printed form (of kanji); any of 1,022 non-joyo kanji commonly used in print ➜ 常用漢字

noun:

• method of patterning traditional Japanese clothing (the tops of all of patterns being pointed at the highest part of the shoulder)

noun:

• bass range (in Japanese music) - abbreviation ➜ 甲【かん】
• six even-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale ➜ 十二律・律
• Japanese seven-tone gagaku scale similar to Mixolydian mode (corresp. to: re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do) ➜ 呂旋

noun / ~する noun:

• quantification; expressing in numerical form; conversion to numerical form

noun:

• kanji test; test of kanji skills - abbreviation ➜ 漢字検定

noun:

• kanji test; test of kanji skills

noun:

• test of kanji skills; kanji test ➜ 漢検

noun:

• iteration mark used to represent repetition of the previous kanji (to be read using its kun-yomi) ➜ 踊り字

noun:

• Japanese sea perch (Lateolabrax japonicus, esp. referring to an adult); Japanese sea bass ➜ 鮬【せいご】・フッコ

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to adopt (method, proposal, etc.); to take (measure, course of action, etc.); to decide on
• to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to catch (e.g. insects)
• to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample)
• to assume (an attitude)
• to take on (workers, students); to employ; to hire
• to draw in (e.g. water); to let in (e.g. light from a window)

noun:

• expression method; how to express oneself; phrasing

noun:

• letters from exiled Europeans in Jakarta to their Japanese wives and half-Japanese children (during the Edo period)

noun:

• Kanji to English (dictionary)

noun:

• one kanji in the name of a nobleperson (with a multiple-kanji name) ➜ 偏諱を賜う

noun:

• simplified form (of a kanji); any of 22 simplified non-joyo kanji variants commonly used in print ➜ 常用漢字

noun:

• primary school kanji; list of 1,006 kanji studied in primary school ➜ 教育漢字

noun:

• Japanese food; Japanese-style meal; Japanese cuisine ➜ 洋食

noun / ~の noun:

• Japanese representative; Japanese delegate; Japanese delegation