expression / ichidan verb:

• to live; to be born; to come into this world

adverb:

• hence; from now; from the present moment; from this time forward ➜ 今まで

adverb / ~と adverb:

• in a crowd; in droves; in a stream; in succession - onomatopoeia
• crawling (of insects); swarming - onomatopoeia
• dragging (e.g. along the ground); trailing; stretching out - onomatopoeia

noun:

• one's speciality; one's forte; one's strong point

adverb:

• hereout; from hence; from here; from this place

noun:

• world of the lost; human world; this world - Buddhism term

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• this time; now
• next time; another time; shortly; soon
• recently; previous; last

ichidan verb:

• to look afar
• to look at something while absorbed in reverie; to look at something while absorbed in one's thoughts

expression / ~の noun:

• favorite; favourite; pet (e.g. teacher's pet) ➜ 気に入り

expression:

• bookmark (in web browser)

noun:

• wrestling in which both wrestlers grasp the other's belt with both hands - Sumo term

noun / ~する noun:

• using without permission; using information obtained in the course of one's duties - obscure term

noun:

• game in which the object is to topple the opposing team's pole

noun / ~する noun:

• firmly bear in mind; have something engraved on one's mind (heart) - four character idiom

noun:

• a doubt that lurks in one's soul and that cannot be resolved

interjection:

• yes; yeah; uh huh ➜ うん
• huh?; what?

auxiliary verb / suffix:

• not - negative verb ending used in informal speech; abbr. of negative verb ending ぬ ➜ ぬ

particle:

• 's - abbr. of particle の; indicates possessive ➜ の・の
• at (place, time); in; on; during - abbr. of particle に, used esp. when it precedes the verb なる ➜ に

noun:

• Tenpo calendar; Japan's last lunisolar calendar (in use from 1844 to 1872)

noun:

• hairdresser's room in the residence of the shogun or a noble - archaism

noun:

• (China's) new normal; state of slower economic growth in China since 2012

noun:

• country's official writing system; native script
• kana ➜ 仮名【かな】
• kanji that originated in Japan (as opposed to China) ➜ 漢字

noun:

• bardo; state (or period) of intermediate existence between one's death and rebirth (in Japan, 49 days) - Buddhism term

noun:

• bardo; state (or period) of intermediate existence between one's death and rebirth (in Japan, 49 days) - Buddhism term ➜ 中陰・四有

noun:

• standing panel used in Kansai-area rakugo to hide the performer's legs from view; knee-hider [literal]

noun:

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

counter:

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

noun:

• atman; one's true self, which transcends death and is part of the universal Brahman (in Hinduism) - From Sanskrit "ātman" ➜ ブラフマン

noun:

• suddenly lifting somebody's face by their chin (in a domineering yet romantic fashion) - colloquialism