noun:

• playing in the mud; playing with mud

adverb:

• in various ways

noun:

• poison in medicine

noun:

• classification for Japanese verb with the dictionary form ending in "dzu"; "da" column or row of the kana syllabary

noun:

• disparity between values of votes in different constituencies; measure of malapportionment of electorates

noun:

• set of three books of Buddhist stories, written in the late 8th and early 9th century, usually referred to as the Nihon Ryouiki

noun:

• woman in waiting in the inner part of a lord's mansion (Edo period) - archaism ➜ 御殿女中

noun:

• sound of wind rustling in the pine needles (like waves)

expression:

• right to live in peace - abbr. from 平和のうちに生存する権利

noun / adjectival noun:

• shut-in; recluse

noun:

• roots of herbs and barks of trees used in Chinese medicine - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• sign-in

noun:

• in times of war

noun:

• resting one's chin in one's hands ➜ 頬杖をつく
• brace (in construction); angle brace ［ほおづえ］ ➜ 方杖

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to revel in trouble and discord; to be bent on making trouble; to like starting fights

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be in pain (referring to others); to complain of pain ➜ 痛い・がる

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to live in disgrace; to expose oneself to ridicule

noun:

• publication in kana alone

noun:

• pieces of crab prepared for use in shabu-shabu (usu. claw meat) - Food term ➜ しゃぶしゃぶ

noun:

• a large number of ships sailing in a long chain-like formation - four character idiom

noun:

• language used in red-light districts during the Edo period ➜ 郭言葉

unclassified:

• voiced repetition mark in katakana

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to be blown in (e.g. rain); to sweep in

noun:

• the way of the world in our time; the frame of mind of the people nowadays - four character idiom

noun:

• girl-in-training (e.g. a geisha-in-training or a girl who performs miscellaneous tasks in a brothel) - archaism
• brat; scamp; rascal; jackanapes - archaism - derogatory term ➜ 小童【こわっぱ】
• disciple; apprentice - original meaning - archaism