noun:

• independent city; city that is not part of another local government entity

noun:

• insoluble azo dye that is cooled with ice during dyeing; ice color

expression:

• the world is at peace; bows in bags and swords in sheaths [literal] - proverb

expression / noun / ~の noun:

• not knowing one's social position; overweening; overreaching; forgetting who one is

expression / godan ~む verb:

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

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to pierce; to penetrate; to soak in; to permeate
• to sting (wound or sensitive area, etc.); to smart; to twinge ［染みる・沁みる］
• to be infected (with vice); to be steeped (with prejudice); to be influenced
• to feel keenly; to make a deep impression

noun / ~する noun:

• adventure; venture

noun / adjectival noun / ~する noun:

• venture which is unlikely to succeed; risky attempt; danger; hazard; risk

adjectival noun / adverb / noun:

• the truth; fact; as it is; as you are; frank; bare plain

noun:

• emphasis; stress; main point; importance
• point of a lever where force is applied

expression / noun:

• place where fire is likely to break out; possible cause of a fire

noun:

• game in which the object is to topple the opposing team's pole

noun:

• cord tied around the waist of a kimono before an obi is tied

noun:

• very young bride; bride (married woman) who is little more than a girl

noun:

• college student who is merely marking time to get into a better college - four character idiom

expression:

• the smartest thing in a tight situation is to beat a retreat - proverb ➜ 三十六計

expression:

• we meet only to part; meeting is the first step to parting [literal] - proverb

noun:

• country bumpkin - archaism - derogatory term
• John Doe; used to refer to someone whose name is unknown

noun:

• loaner vehicle (e.g. from a garage which is repairing one's vehicle)

noun:

• fabric dyed, embroided or impressed so that the original fabric is completely covered

noun:

• love that is motivated by job-hunting; using sex to get a job - abbreviation ➜ リクルートラブ

noun:

• as-is item; fixer-upper; item suitable for restoration - From English "restore base"

noun / ~する noun:

• thoroughness; completeness; consistency
• thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception

suffix noun / noun:

• rival; opponent; adversary; competitor; enemy (esp. one with which there is longstanding enmity); foe - usu. pronounced がたき when used as a suffix ➜ 仇【あだ】・敵【てき】

noun:

• revenge
• spouse - archaism

particle:

• indicates emphasis, agreement, request for confirmation, etc.; is it so - at sentence end

interjection:

• hey; come on; listen

auxiliary adjective:

• not - verb-negating suffix; may indicate question or invitation with rising intonation - colloquialism ➜ ない

expression / adjective:

• it is not (like that); used to explicitly deny one thing while also implicitly denying other things