noun / ~する noun:

• one's daily life

noun:

• condition; well-being; state of one's health
• standing and sitting; movements - orig. meaning

noun:

• ko-on; ancient reading; reading of a kanji based on Zhou, Han and Wei dynasty Chinese

expression:

• dignified without being overbearing; being dignified, and moreover warm, as such one is gentle ➜ 威有って猛からず【いあってたけからず】

expression:

• Come away home! (expression suggesting quitting one's job and moving back to one's hometown) - archaism ➜ 帰去来

noun:

• changing one's attitude or conduct and making a new start; turning over a new leaf

noun:

• Law Regulating Adult Entertainment Businesses (1948 act, replaced in 1984); Entertainment and Amusement Trades Control Law ➜ 風営適正化法

expression / noun:

• hint; do's and don'ts - From English "one-point advice"

noun:

• pink fish floss; fish that has been finely shredded, seasoned and colored pink ➜ 田麩【でんぶ】

expression / adverb:

• by all means; at any cost; no matter what; at any rate; surely
• whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; willy-nilly
• on no account; by no means - with. neg. verb
• in the end; in the long run; after all; eventually

noun:

• maki sushi typically made from eel and cucumber, often with a face-like pattern when cut - from うなぎ and かっぱ
• mascot character used by Tajimi City in Gifu

noun:

• tying a person's limbs to two or four bulls and making them run in different directions (Warring States-era death penalty)

expression:

• people may bring about their demise for love (like a deer coming forth when it hears a hunter's whistle in mating season); it is easy to have one's weak points taken advantage of - obscure term

expression:

• he that fights and runs away may live to fight another day; sometimes you have to lose to win - proverb

noun:

• var. of mochi made from a mixture of rice flour and sweet bean paste (famous product of Kagoshima)

noun:

• seen in the dark or at a distance; (a woman) looking prettier when seen in the dark or at a distance - four character idiom

adverb:

• again (and again); once again

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to hold out; to extend (e.g. one's hands); to stretch; to reach out for
• to thrust (javelin)
• to offer (e.g. aid, help, etc.) ➜ 手を差し伸べる

noun:

• thick printed paper (for covering sliding doors)
• paper sliding-door; sliding door covered with thick paper - abbreviation ➜ 唐紙障子

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to bore; to tire; to weary; to stultify ➜ 飽かす
• to use lavishly (and without regret) - often intransitively as 〜に飽かせて

noun:

• priest - used at certain shrines, e.g. Ise, Kamo - Shintō term
• member of one of the four administrative ranks in the ritsuryo system - archaism ➜ 四等官
• government official in charge of a town, esp. in Heian Kyoto - archaism
• prominent member of a town - archaism
• river boatman; captain of a riverboat
• (medieval) harbor manager - archaism
• bandit leader; head of a gang of brigands - archaism

adverb / noun:

• annually; every year; year in and year out; from year to year - four character idiom

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to bore; to tire; to weary; to stultify
• to use lavishly (and without regret) - often intransitively as 〜に飽かして

noun:

• step; stair; (flight of) steps; (row of) stitches; columns (of print)

noun / counter:

• grade; rank; level

counter:

• counter for breaks in written language (or speech, etc.)
• dan; senior rank in martial arts, go, shogi, etc. ➜ 級【きゅう】

noun:

• lighthouse
• old-fashioned interior light fixture comprising a wooden pole with an oil-filled dish and a wick atop it