noun:

• song with lyrics about resentment and a sorrowful tune
• resentful complaint

noun:

• collecting rocks and mineral specimens (as a hobby) - From English "stone hunting"

noun:

• short, padded coat that covers someone and a baby on their back

noun:

• pitch and length marks (to accompany a Buddhist liturgical chant, etc.) ➜ 博士【はかせ】

noun:

• traveling entertainer who wears a lion mask and does tumbling acts ➜ 越後獅子

noun:

• emotion and reason; logic and emotion; justice and compassion (criminal justice context)

adjective:

• painful; bitter; heart-breaking; difficult (emotionally)
• tough; difficult; hard (usu. of situations) ➜ 辛い【づらい】
• cruel; harsh; cold

noun:

• first of nine traditional astrological signs (corresponding to Mercury and north) ➜ 九星
• white patch on one foot of a horse; horse with such a patch
• surface (landscape) that is white all over; pure white

noun:

• heavy schedule; tight schedule; hard schedule

noun:

• hard-to-get-into university; elite university; highly-selective university

noun:

• hard-to-get-into university; elite university; highly-selective university - abbreviation ➜ 難関大学

noun:

• hanging; something hanging (i.e. a flap, lappet, etc.)
• sauce for dipping, etc. made from soy sauce, mirin, vinegar and dashi - also タレ - usually written using kana alone
• (in kendo) loin guard
• kanji radical enclosing the top-left corner of a character

suffix noun:

• -ass; -head - used after a noun or na-adjective indicating someone's nature; also ったれ - derogatory term

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to chase about; to hang on; to drive hard

godan ~ぐ verb / intransitive verb:

• to gasp; breathe hard
• to suffer; to struggle

noun / ~する noun:

• crying hard; crying one's eyes out; loud crying; wailing; profuse weeping

noun / ~する noun:

• a round; a circuit; a revolution; a lap; a turn

noun:

• a little; a few; a bit; a touch; a smidge

noun:

• too many options making selection difficult; truth being hard to find as paths to it proliferate - four character idiom

noun:

• dazzling victory
• win of a rank-and-file wrestler over the grand champion - Sumo term

noun / ~の noun:

• nose and mouth; muzzle (e.g. of a dog)
• nostril; nostrils; naris; nares

noun / ~する noun:

• meddling; interfering

noun:

• choosing to keep the drawn tile and discarding a different one - Mahjong term ➜ ツモ切り【ツモぎり】

noun:

• palisade; stakes planted at irregular angles and intervals as a defensive barrier

noun:

• understanding and acceptance; spiritual awakening; a heart that understands truth; (feeling of) resignation

noun:

• trehalose (used in foods as a sweetener, stabilizer and flavor enhancer) (stabiliser) (flavour)

noun:

• style of temple gate featuring four supporting pillars and a gabled roof