noun:

• place that is cool in the summer; place one goes to escape the heat of summer; summer retreat ➜ 避暑

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to make a dent in one's purse; to have to pay out of one's own pocket

noun:

• at the outset; at the very beginning; in the first place; to begin (start) with; first and foremost - four character idiom

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to be in sight (e.g. a resolution); to have a clear idea; to have bright prospects

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to do something ridiculous; to do something bizarre; to boil tea in one's navel [literal] - idiom

noun:

• six-year secondary school (type of school introduced in the 1998 revision of the Japanese School Education Law)

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to break off; to knock off
• to create a false eye by sacrificing a stone (in go)

noun:

• substitute national holiday; day off in lieu of a national holiday that falls on a Sunday; compensatory holiday - abbreviation ➜ 振替休日【ふりかえきゅうじつ】

noun:

• Asura; demigod; anti-god; titan; demigods that fight the Devas (gods) in Hindu mythology - abbreviation - Buddhism term ➜ 阿修羅
• fighting; carnage; conflict; strife
• sledge (for conveying large rocks, logs, etc.)
• log slide; chute; flume ➜ 滑道

noun / ~の noun:

• behind; rear ➜ 後ずさり
• after; later ➜ その後
• after one's death
• remainder; the rest
• descendant; successor; heir

adverbial noun:

• more (e.g. five more minutes); left
• also; in addition

noun / ~の noun:

• past; previous - archaism

noun / suffix noun:

• spot; mark
• point; dot
• mark (e.g. in exam); score; points

noun:

• comma
• aspect; matter; respect

counter:

• counter for goods, items, articles of clothing, works of art, etc.

adjectival noun:

• proper

noun:

• propagandist; propaganda - abbreviation
• full time (staff); career (job title) (e.g. someone who has worked in the same area from the start)
• regular price; net price

noun:

• pot - polite language
• typical name for a female servant in the Edo-period - archaism
• working at night
• female with symptoms of gender identity disorder (e.g. a transvestite) - often derog. - usually written using kana alone - slang

noun:

• proportional representation electoral system (in which party votes are cast, and candidates from each party are elected based on an ordered list available to the public)

noun:

• band

~する noun:

• to perform in a band; to create a (pop) band

noun:

• The Bund (Shanghai, China)

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to imbibe
• to absorb; to soak up

noun:

• kremlin; citadel in Russian town - From Russian "kreml'"
• Great Kremlin Palace (Moscow); Kremlin
• Russian government; (former) Soviet government

noun:

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

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to make one's way in the world; to earn one's living; to live - idiom

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be stubborn; to be obstinate; to be perverse; to not give in ➜ 意地を張る

noun:

• mud-slinging (e.g. in a political campaign); mud-slinging match; smear campaign; mud wrestle

expression:

• that being the case; in that case; if that's how it's going to go

expression:

• forming; comprising; making up ➜ 為す【なす】

adverb / interjection:

• why?; for what reason; how; in what way; for what purpose; what for ➜ 如何して【どうして】

~する verb (spec.):

• to penetrate; to sink in
• to devote oneself (to); to do intently and exclusively
• to do throughout (e.g. the night)

expression / godan -いく／-ゆく verb (spec.):

• to do for real; to do in real life; to carry (a story) into actual practice