prefix:

• goes before a verb to strengthen its meaning or to add emphasis - from 引き ➜ 引っ抱える

godan ~う verb:

• to entangle themselves together (e.g. of butterflies); to be intertwined ➜ からみあう

noun:

• frequency; popularity; currency

~する noun:

• to perform well; to be successful in an activity

godan ~る verb:

• to dance down (leaves, petals, etc.); to fall as if dancing

noun:

• woman who travels to holiday resorts to have short flings with locals - abbreviation - slang - From English "resort lover"

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to work out (a mine); to exhaust (vein of ore)

godan ~う verb:

• to stare at each other; to lock eyes with

expression / ichidan verb:

• to convulse (e.g. with laughter); to split one's sides

expression / godan ~る verb (irregular):

• to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. joke) - oft. in the form of ...にも程がある to criticize something as being unacceptable

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be discouraged (from doing something); to have one's enthusiasm dampened

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to get a big surprise; to be astonished

adjective:

• quarrelsome; easy to anger; quick to lose temper ➜ 喧嘩早い【けんかばやい】

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to read (somebody's) thoughts; to guess what (someone) is thinking - usu. ～の... - idiom

adjectival noun:

• proper

noun:

• propagandist; propaganda - abbreviation
• full time (staff); career (job title) (e.g. someone who has worked in the same area from the start)
• regular price; net price

noun:

• Bunten exhibition; art exhibition sponsored by the Ministry of Education (antecedent of the Nitten exhibition) - abbreviation ➜ 文部省美術展覧会【もんぶしょうびじゅつてんらんかい】

~の noun / adjectival noun / noun:

• off-focus (photography); out of focus ➜ ピント
• off the mark; off the point; irrelevant ➜ ピント

expression / ichidan verb:

• to collect one's thoughts; to gather one's thoughts; to put one's ideas in order

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be extremely cautious; to be as sure as sure can be; to make assurance doubly sure

expression / ichidan verb:

• to alter one's state of consciousness; to change one's mindset; to change one's attitude

noun:

• the rise of the curtain; opening (of play) ➜ 幕開き
• beginning (e.g. of an era); opening (festival, event, etc.)

noun / ~する noun:

• physical labor; physical labour; physical work
• forced labor imposed by the government (e.g. under the ritsuryo system) ➜ 力役【りきやく】

noun:

• eight consciousnesses (one for each of the five senses, consciousness of the mind, self-consciousness and store consciousness) - Buddhism term

noun:

• moral culture; spiritual culture; culture born through the workings of the human mind (science, religion, philosophy, religion, art, etc.) ➜ 物質文化

noun:

• riding; ride
• spread (of paints)

suffix noun:

• -seater (e.g. two-seater)

noun:

• (getting into the) mood; (entering into the) spirit; energy; enthusiasm; rhythm; feeling - esp. ノリ. possibly from 気乗り - usually written using kana alone

noun:

• night express with sleeper cars (from the original color of the trains) (colour)