noun / counter:

• swing; shake; wave; swinging

noun:

• appearance; behaviour - usually written using kana alone
• pretence (pretense); show; pretending (to) - oft. after a noun+の or verb in the dictionary form - usually written using kana alone ➜ 振りをする

noun / ~の noun:

• going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction - usually written using kana alone

noun:

• move (dance); postures
• lead in (e.g. to a running joke, asking a question); lead up - oft. as フリ - usually written using kana alone ➜ 前振り
• unsewn part of a hanging sleeve on a traditional Japanese woman's garment

suffix / counter:

• counter for swords, blades, etc.

noun:

• not wearing underwear or pants - archaism

noun:

• way to hit (e.g. ball); way to swing (e.g. club)

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to wear one's hair up; to arrange one's hair

expression / godan ~う verb (spec.):

• to call one's ability into question; to weigh one's ability

expression / ichidan verb:

• to give one's life; to lay down one's life

ichidan verb:

• to be (too) late getting married ➜ 嫁に行き遅れる
• to be (too) late going somewhere

expression / ichidan verb:

• to sting one's eyes; to make one's eyes smart

noun:

• mandate (e.g. to use resources); lease (e.g. to use facilities)

expression:

• one has no other choice but to do what one has to do ➜ っきゃ

expression / ichidan verb:

• to think something is delicious; to think something is scrumptious

noun:

• the western part of Japan (esp. Kyushu, but ranging as far east as Kinki) - abbreviation
• western nations (esp. India or Europe)
• 33 temples in the Kinki area containing a statue of Avalokitesvara ➜ 西国三十三所
• a pilgrimage of these temples ➜ 西国巡礼

noun / ~の noun:

• flowers in full bloom; time of year in which flowers are in full bloom
• the age at which someone (esp. a woman) is at the peak of their beauty
• booming or peaking (in popularity)

expression:

• as far as the eye can reach; as far as the eye can see

expression:

• a wise man is he who listens to counsel; a worry shared is a worry halved - proverb
• I've got something to ask you

noun:

• great treasure
• Taihō era (701.3.21-704.5.10); Daihō era
• great treasure (used to refer to bodhisattvas, esoteric teachings, etc.) - obscure term - Buddhism term
• homa-mandala (fire altar) - obscure term - Buddhism term ➜ 護摩壇

noun:

• taking a day off by paying one's own fee to one's master (of a prostitute; often in order to see her lover)

noun:

• opening section of a Chinese poem or essay (in which the topic is broached); broaching the topic of a poem or essay in its opening lines

adjectival noun / noun:

• unreasonable; unnatural; unjustifiable
• impossible

adjectival noun / noun / ~する noun:

• forcible; forced; compulsory - often as 無理に

adjectival noun:

• excessive (work, etc.); immoderate

~する noun:

• to work too hard; to try too hard

interjection:

• no way; not a chance; never; dream on - colloquialism

~の noun:

• irrational - Mathematics term

expression:

• if you are prepared you don't have to worry; 'tis good to have a shelter against every storm; when one is prepared, difficulties do not come - proverb

noun:

• renting a house in the same block of houses as somebody else ➜ 相借家【あいじゃくや】
• person who rents a house in the same block of houses as oneself ➜ 相借家【あいじゃくや】

noun:

• renting a house in the same block of houses as somebody else ➜ 相店【あいだな】
• person who rents a house in the same block of houses as oneself ➜ 相店【あいだな】

noun:

• someone who has come to say farewell; those who have come to say farewell; people at a send-off

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to make sure; to make doubly sure ➜ 駄目押し

noun:

• door-to-door solicitor; door-to-door preacher

expression:

• a wise retainer chooses a great lord to serve; a wise bird chooses a good tree in which to roost [literal] - proverb