expression / ichidan verb:

• to start a journey; to embark on a trip; to set forth; to hit the trail ➜ 出る【でる】

noun:

• women's bridal robe with trailing skirts worn over a kimono
• ending play for the day; leaving a game unfinished (esp. Go) ［打ち掛け］

noun:

• lying with one's head to the north (trad. position for dead bodies; taboo for sleeping)
• brown-lined puffer (species of pufferfish, Canthigaster rivulata) - usually written using kana alone

noun / ~する noun:

• attending someone through the night (guard, nurse)
• act of a woman sleeping with a man (at his bidding)
• keeping overnight vigil over body before burial

noun:

• female student or graduate of Waseda University
• woman who allegedly pursues a career at the expense of love, feminine interests, etc. - derogatory term

noun:

• leniency policy; addition to Japan's antitrust law that allows lower fines for the first company involved in a cartel, etc. to admit their involvement - Law term ➜ 独占禁止法

expression:

• saying no is also an expression of fondness; no often means yes; the lady doth protest too much - proverb

noun:

• H; h

adjectival noun / noun:

• indecent; lewd; frisky; sexy - from 変態 - usually written using kana alone ➜ 変態【へんたい】

noun / ~する noun:

• sexual intercourse; copulation - usually written using kana alone - colloquialism

prefix:

• nth year in the Heisei era (1989.1.8-) - abbreviation ➜ 平成

noun:

• hydrogen (H) ［Ｈ］ - abbreviation

noun:

• slant eyes; almond-shaped eyes; eyes that are turned up at the corners

expression:

• parents may risk life and limb for their children (like a pheasant when the plains are burning or a crane on a cold night) - obscure term

noun:

• Konaki Jijii (a ghost in Japanese folklore with the shape of a small old man and having a baby's cry)

noun / ~する noun:

• going to war; departure for the front
• departure for military service (in response to a draft)

~の noun / adverb:

• by nature; from the very beginning; through and through; at heart
• absolutely (not); (not) at all - followed by a verb in negative form

adverb:

• still some way to go before the goal; still more to come; much more; not yet

noun:

• political operations; (Heian Period) political operations and ceremonies of the Imperial Court; (Edo Period) civil suit

noun / ~する noun:

• tub bath; bathing in the open air; bathing or cleaning oneself
• cleaning oneself for religious purification

noun:

• scholar beholden to the government; self-serving academic; scholar who toadies up to government authorities - four character idiom

noun:

• (Edo-period variety of) realistic literature; popular stories of everyday life in the Edo period

noun:

• interpretation of dreams; dream reading; oneirocriticism; oneiroscopy
• The Interpretation of Dreams (book by Sigmund Freud, 1900)

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to count on one's fingers
• to count down the days (in anticipation); to look forward to

expression / ichidan verb:

• to establish a lead
• to distinguish (between); to ascertain or tell the difference (between); to discriminate

expression:

• A cornered rat will bite the cat; One who is cornered will fight like a devil - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• turning things around with a home run; turning the tables with a single successful attack (move) - four character idiom

noun:

• head and body

suffix:

• heads tall (ratio of total height to length of the head); heads long - after a number

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to make oneself popular without any regard to others; to take all the credit to oneself