noun:

• navel; belly button
• protrusion or depression in the middle of an object ［へそ・ヘソ］
• center; centre; most important part; main point

noun:

• firing line; position where one is subject to questioning, criticism, etc. ➜ 矢面に立つ
• direction of a flying arrow (fired by the enemy) - orig. meaning

noun:

• revolution (change of dynasty) decreed by Heaven when the incumbent emperor is found lacking in moral virtue (old Chinese political thought) - four character idiom

noun:

• Yatagarasu (mythical raven who aided Emperor Jimmu on his eastern expedition)
• three-legged crow inhabiting the sun in Chinese mythology

noun / ~する noun:

• dozing off in the middle of doing something; becoming inactive online due to falling asleep (esp. during a multi-player game)

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to see someone off (at a station, an airport, etc.); to escort (e.g. home)
• to follow something with one's eyes until it is out of sight
• to let pass; to pass up (an opportunity etc.); to let a pitch go by (baseball); to watch a batted ball go into the stands
• to shelve (a plan, deliberation on a bill, etc.); to postpone
• to have someone related or close to you die; to bury someone
• to take care of somebody until he dies
• to wait and see; to continue (e.g. in legal contexts)

adverb / noun or verb acting prenominally:

• a little; partially; somewhat; slightly; semi-; -ish; on the ... side; a short time; a while

noun / suffix noun:

• room
• wife (of someone of high rank) - obscure term
• scabbard - obscure term
• Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) - Astronomy term ➜ 二十八宿・玄武【げんぶ】

adverb:

• completely; absolutely; totally
• (not) at all; (not) a bit; (not) in the least - in a negative sentence
• earnestly; intently; determinedly

noun:

• world view; outlook on the world; Weltanschauung (philosophy)
• appearance of a world (e.g. in fiction)

noun:

• leader of the pack (of a group of kids); neighborhood bully (neighbourhood)

noun:

• arm wrestling; Indian wrestling
• wrestling relying on brute strength (of the arms), rather than skill - Sumo term

noun / noun or verb acting prenominally / ~と adverb:

• whistling sound; wheezing sound; sound of the wind; wuthering; howling; soughing; moaning - onomatopoeia

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to butter up; to try to get on the good side of

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to hold back others from achieving success; to stand in the way of; to sabotage

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to stand on ceremony
• to stiffen up (the nerves); to be tense

expression / ichidan verb:

• to get (e.g. the gist of something); to understand
• to turn out as one thought ➜ 我が意を得たり

noun:

• Dongba script (used by the Naxi People in southern China); Tomba script; Tompa script

expression / ichidan verb:

• to speculate; to make an educated guess; to gamble (e.g. on getting the right questions) ➜ 山を張る

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to speculate; to make an educated guess; to gamble (e.g. on getting the right questions) ➜ 山を掛ける

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to conceal one's true nature or feelings; to feign friendliness; to play the hypocrite - idiom ➜ 猫をかぶる【ねこをかぶる】

noun:

• heuriger; type of Austrian wine tavern where wine-growers serve the most recent year's wine

noun / ~する noun:

• forming a kong by adding a tile drawn from the wall to a declared pung - Mahjong term - From Chinese ➜ 槓

expression / noun:

• dream within a dream; (beyond) one's wildest dreams; entirely unrealizable dream; pie in the sky

expression / ichidan verb:

• to search for a way out of a potentially fatal situation; to seek for a way out of a desperate situation