noun:

• omen; sign of luck
• origin; history; causation
• dependent arising; doctrine that everything has a cause and there is nothing that arises out of nothing - orig. meaning - abbreviation - Buddhism term ➜ 因縁生起

noun / ~する noun:

• break (rest) ➜ 休憩
• break (tennis, boxing, snooker, etc.) - Sports term
• suddenly becoming popular; becoming a hit

noun / ~する noun:

• flying
• false start - abbreviation ➜ フライングスタート
• doing something before the arranged time; breaking a street date

noun:

• lace; lacing braid - From Portuguese "mogol"
• chenille yarn
• tinsel
• pipe cleaner; fibre, paper, etc. twisted between a pair of wires

adverb / ~と adverb:

• giving two or three light tugs (or pushes) - onomatopoeia
• worrying about; moping; brooding over; fretting - archaism - onomatopoeia
• suddenly angry; feeling a surge of anger - archaism - onomatopoeia

godan ~う verb / intransitive verb:

• to collude (with); to conspire (with)
• to make friends with; to get along well with
• to become intimate (with opposite sex); to establish a secret liaison (with)

noun:

• flying; leaping; flight; leap - abbreviation ➜ 飛ぶ
• naught; zero; oh - when reading a number aloud
• flying fish (esp. the Japanese flying fish, Cypselurus agoo) ➜ 飛魚
• running out of points (zero or fewer); game ending due to a player running out of points ［飛び］ - Mahjong term

noun:

• pitch; tone; key
• time; tempo

noun / suffix:

• mood; tendency; style

noun:

• tax paid in kind (ritsuryo period); first a tax on rice fields and households, then on individuals - also 徴 - archaism

~と adverb / adverb / ~する noun:

• rustling; flapping; fluttering - onomatopoeia
• unkempt (hair, etc.); loose; dishevelled - onomatopoeia

adjectival noun / ~と adverb / adverb / ~する noun:

• dry - onomatopoeia

~と adverb / adverb / ~する noun:

• decisively; with a whack - onomatopoeia

noun:

• sonde; balloon-borne radio instrument - From German "Sonde" ➜ ラジオゾンデ
• probe; sound - Medicine term
• gavage; feeding through a tube

noun:

• mother
• motherboard - abbreviation - IT term
• Mother (Superior); title of a senior nun

noun:

• from the area (e.g. person or goods)
• local trader; local merchant
• street tough; hoodlum controlling a territory (e.g. red light district, amusement area)

noun:

• charm; talisman; amulet
• tally
• sign; mark; note

counter:

• fu; unit used in calculation of a hand's score - Mahjong term

prefix:

• small; narrow ➜ 小川
• familiar prefix ➜ 小野
• slightly; a bit ➜ 小暗い

noun:

• draining basket (traditionally made of bamboo); colander; strainer; sieve
• something full of holes ➜ ざる法【ざるほう】
• zaru soba - abbreviation ➜ ざる蕎麦
• strong drinker; someone who can drink like a fish - colloquialism

noun:

• pumice stone
• loose rock; loose stone
• floating group (in the game of go); group without a base

noun:

• bad poem; my humble poem - polite language
• stooped over (e.g. old people); bowed
• stalling; having a relapse

noun:

• precious orb
• Cintamani stone; wish-fulfilling jewel - abbreviation - Buddhism term ➜ 宝珠の玉
• hōju; uppermost spherical part of a pagoda finial

ichidan ~ずる verb (alt. form of じる verbs):

• to be in common; to have in common
• to be in mutually understood
• to be mutually connected; to have a link

noun / ~の noun:

• bargaining; negotiation
• turning one's body to the left or right and standing (when leaving the presence of nobility, etc.)
• sailing close-hauled; sailing on a close reach

noun:

• Zen monk's waistcoat (short, informal kasaya) - archaism ➜ 袈裟・絡子【らくす】
• ring (usu. made of ivory) attached to this waistcoat
• netsuke; item attached to a netsuke ➜ 根付け

noun:

• card
• curd
• match; game; grouping in a competition or tournament

adverb / ~の noun / noun:

• without change; as it is; as it was

~の noun / noun:

• just like; extremely similar

adverb:

• immediately; just after; without a pause

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to be anxious or concerned about; to ponder (anxiously); to fear ［案じる］ ➜ 案ずる
• to investigate; to consider; to plan ➜ 案ずる・一計を案じる
• to pat; to rub; to take a sword in one's hand ［按じる］

noun / ~する noun:

• appeal (e.g. to public opinion); plea; request
• appeal (e.g. sex appeal); attractiveness; allure
• appeal (e.g. in baseball) - Sports term
• emphasizing (strong points, etc.); showing off; touting; calling attention to; playing up; using as a selling point; pitch