expression / godan ~す verb:

• to elaborate a plan; to think up something clever for variety's sake

noun:

• (establish) friendly (cordial) relations (with, between); (form) friendship (e.g. with a nation)

noun:

• very young bride; bride (married woman) who is little more than a girl

noun:

• college student who is merely marking time to get into a better college - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• put heads together and confer; convene and discuss; go into a huddle (over) - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• put heads together and confer; convene and discuss; go into a huddle (over) - four character idiom

noun:

• health and longevity; enjoying a long and healthy life being untouched by disaster - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• ending without incident; being successfully brought to completion; finishing something without a hitch - four character idiom

noun:

• bad ending (in a film, novel, etc.); unhappy ending - From English "bad end"

noun:

• chips or shavings left after cutting wood or metal with a saw, etc.

expression:

• quick to take a hint; very responsive; quick on the uptake ➜ ツーカー

ichidan verb:

• to write incorrectly (e.g. character); to make a mistake in writing

noun:

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

noun:

• collar; area around the collar
• counterclockwise (when seated in a circle); anti-clockwise

noun:

• unable to take (thermally) hot food; have a tongue too sensitive to heat - slang - From English "cat tongue" ➜ 猫舌

noun / ~する noun:

• gazing at; staring at fixedly; eyeballing; glaring; giving a hard look - slang

noun:

• link to (a site, as used in page ranking that site)

expression / noun:

• perseverance prevails; three years on a (cold) stone (will make the stone warm) [literal] - proverb

noun:

• tathagatagarbha (buddha-womb, the potential within all living things to become a buddha) - Buddhism term

expression:

• children are a bond between husband and wife; children hold marriages together - proverb

interjection:

• a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to place a weight upon (e.g. when making pickles); to press (down) ➜ 重し

noun:

• kid's meal; special meal prepared for children at a restaurant ➜ お子様ランチ

noun:

• accent (in French; acute, grave, and circumflex) - From French
• accent (on a syllable, word); stress ➜ アクセント

noun:

• Zen stick (used by a Zen priest to strike an inattentive Zazen sitter) ➜ 座禅