noun:

• attendant; best man (at a wedding); groomsman; maid of honor; bridesmaid

noun:

• groups of hiragana characters which are arranged to look like a face

expression / noun:

• formal complaint (regarding conduct of a criminal case); appeal for reconsideration; protest - Law term

noun:

• flowers and water offered to Buddha - Buddhism term
• irrigation of a rice field during flowering

noun:

• ruffian; scamp; hooligan
• out-of-work person; day laborer without a job ➜ 溢れ【あぶれ】

noun:

• urban mine; discarded items which can be used as a source of resources

noun:

• long sleeper; person who needs a lot of sleep

~の noun:

• poor excuse (of a); nearly non-existent; barely sufficient; token (effort, etc.); symbolic - oft. a humble ref. to a gift

adverb:

• in case of; at that time; at this time

noun:

• status of residence (in Japan); visa status; residence qualification

noun:

• university of foreign studies; university specializing in foreign languages - abbreviation ➜ 外国語大学

noun:

• university of foreign studies; university specializing in foreign languages

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to loosen; to slacken Antonym: 締める
• to relax (attention, efforts, etc.); to let down (one's guard); to relieve (tension)
• to relax (a rule); to ease (e.g. restrictions); to loosen (control)
• to reduce (speed); to slow down; to ease up
• to make more gradual (of a slope)

noun:

• everyday garment worn by nobles in ancient Japan
• silk dried after having been washed in plain water and stretched out

noun:

• one's registered domicile (as recorded in the family register); one's legal domicile (as opposed to where one lives) ➜ 戸籍【こせき】

godan ~う verb / intransitive verb:

• to be in time for
• to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough

noun:

• Northern Limit Line; North Limit Line; NLL; demarcation line in the Yellow Sea between North Korea and South Korea

expression:

• the flame that burns twice as bright burns half as long; the well with sweet water will be the first to run dry [literal] - proverb

noun / ~する noun:

• playing with something with one's fingers
• searching with one's fingers (e.g. in the dark)

noun:

• oden; dish of various ingredients, e.g. egg, daikon, potato, chikuwa, konnyaku, etc. stewed in soy-flavored dashi - かんとだき is ksb and かんとに is Nagoya-ben ➜ 御田

noun:

• things on hand; things in stock
• money on hand; money in one's wallet

~の noun:

• on hand; in stock

noun:

• goods sold off through irregular channels (usu. at very low prices); merchandise obtained by buying out the inventories of failed retailers instead of going through normal wholesale channels
• fake merchandise; unlicensed merchandise; knockoff ➜ ぱちもの

adverb:

• about; roughly; approximately ➜ 凡そ【およそ】
• generally; on the whole; as a rule
• completely; quite; entirely; altogether; totally; not at all (with neg. verb)

noun / ~の noun:

• outline; gist

noun:

• His Majesty the Emperor; the present emperor; the reigning emperor - abbreviation ➜ 今上天皇【きんじょうてんのう】・今上陛下【きんじょうへいか】

noun:

• His Majesty the Emperor; the present emperor; the reigning emperor ➜ 今上天皇【きんじょうてんのう】