noun:

• tone mark; mark placed in one of the four corners of a hanzi to show the tone in Chinese ➜ 声点

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• making a round trip; going and returning; coming and going
• round-trip ticket; return ticket - abbreviation ➜ 往復切符
• correspondence; exchanging (letters)
• socializing; visiting one another

noun / ~する noun:

• not writing or contacting for a while; neglecting to write (call, visit, etc.); failing to write (call, visit, etc.); long silence

noun:

• fount of knowledge; the smart one (of a group of people); brains - idiom
• bag full of wisdom; bag containing all the world's wisdom

noun:

• blotting sheet (as a cosmetic aid for removing oils and make up); blotting paper; oil absorbing sheet; oil absorbing paper

noun:

• sauteed vegetables with fish or poultry made into a stew
• poultry or fish stew with chili peppers and Welsh onions mixed in

expression:

• fuck you!; don't fuck with me!; don't fuck around!; don't be a screw off! - vulgar ➜ ふざけんなよ

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to collect; to put (it all) together; to integrate; to consolidate; to unify
• to summarize; to aggregate
• to bring to a conclusion; to finalize; to settle; to put in order
• to establish; to decide

noun:

• groove in a shamisen player's fingernail caused by the friction of the string of the instrument
• someone's ability to play the shamisen

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to change (e.g. a bill); to transfer (e.g. money); to switch over; to move over

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to draw an arc (e.g. with a compass); to describe an arc (e.g. through the air)

noun / ~する noun:

• riding in the same carriage (car) (with a superior); attending on (one's superior) in the same carriage

noun:

• person who resorts to petty tricks; a person of small caliber who is only capable of petty tricks - four character idiom

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to be struck by a chance blow; to be embroiled in; to be caught up in; to be dragged into

expression / ichidan verb:

• to enlist as a supporter; to win over to one's side; to gain as one's ally

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to talk around something (exp. derived from having something stuck in your back teeth and thus be unable to speak clearly); to imply something in a roundabout way - idiom

noun:

• break in the rain
• waiting for a break in the rain

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to keep an eye on; to keep a watchful eye on

noun:

• natural disaster reduction; reduction of the effects of a natural disaster

noun / ~する noun:

• pencil sharpened at both ends; sharpening a pencil at both ends ➜ 貧乏削り【びんぼうけずり】

noun:

• (large number of people, esp. students) singing and dancing around a bonfire at night - From English "fire storm"

ichidan verb:

• to compile; to bring together; to weave; to put together; to bring to a conclusion; to wrap up

expression:

• sharp eyes and ears used for collecting information far and wide; having the acumen and shrewd discernment gained by widely-collected information; being well-versed on a subject; books which broaden our knowledge - four character idiom

noun:

• man; person
• human being; mankind; people
• human (Homo sapiens); humans as a species - usually written using kana alone
• character; personality
• man of talent; true man
• another person; other people; others
• adult

noun:

• hilly section of a city (usu. residential); Yamanote (hilly residential section of western Tokyo, incl. Yotsuya, Aoyama, Koishikawa, Hongo, Ichigaya, Akasaka, Azabu and surrounds) ➜ 下町・山手【やまて】
• place near the mountains ➜ 山手【やまて】