expression / noun:

• how it came about; how it originated; how it happened; the origins of the imbroglio

noun:

• joint party (e.g. by students from several colleges); combined party; mixer; two or more groups, esp. female and male students, combining for a party ➜ 合コン

noun / ~する noun:

• joint party (e.g. by students from several colleges); combined party; mixer; two or more groups, esp. female and male students, combining for a party - abbreviation ➜ 合同コンパ

noun:

• gas range; gas burner; gas ring; hot plate; gas cooker; gas cooktop; esp. table-top unit with two or more burners and a fish oven - From English "gas table" ➜ ガス台

expression / ichidan verb:

• to dart one's eyes about; to be surprised; to be bewildered; to be confused; to be flustered

noun:

• two parts; both parts - Buddhism term
• both realms (i.e. the Diamond Realm and the Womb Realm)
• Shinto-Buddhist amalgamation - abbreviation ➜ 両部神道

noun / ~の noun:

• inside and outside; interior and exterior
• inside and outside the country; home and abroad; domestic and foreign ［ないがい］

suffix noun:

• around; about; approximately

expression:

• in either case (used specifically in the instance of two possible outcomes or situations); either way; one way or another

noun:

• combined unit; two-in-one unit; many-in-one unit; integrated model

noun:

• manzai; comic dialogue; two-person comedy act (usu. presented as a fast-paced dialogue, occ. presented as a skit) ➜ 万歳【まんざい】

expression:

• a day in life is better than a thousand days in the afterlife; better one day in this world than a thousand in the next - proverb

expression:

• when about to go back
• on the way back; on the way home

noun:

• fanqie; traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone

noun:

• Odontaspididae; family of four species in two genera of lamniform sand sharks, also known as sand tiger sharks or ragged tooth sharks

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to be related; to be connected; to be joined together
• to result in; to lead to; to bring about

expression:

• Yama's pole with a human head on the top (able to discern good and evil of the dead) ➜ 閻魔
• (being a) fuss-pot; complaining about things in the public eye

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be astonished to hear; to be incredulous about; to express disbelief
• who do you think you're kidding by saying (that); what a laugh! - as 〜が聞いてあきれる, used to indicate incredulous dismissal of some claim

ichidan verb:

• to be dying; to be about to die; to be close to death

noun:

• difference in elevation (between two points in a body of water); head; drop (e.g. of a waterfall); fall distance
• difference; gap

noun:

• outer two ribs of a folding fan (i.e. the thick ribs, one at each end)
• outer frame of a lattice door

expression:

• God doesn't give with both hands; God does not give two gifts; heaven does not grant people more than one talent - proverb

godan ~る verb (irregular) / intransitive verb:

• to be; to exist; to live - usu. of inanimate objects ➜ 居る【いる】
• to have
• to be located
• to be equipped with
• to happen; to come about

prefix:

• anti-

noun:

• antithesis ➜ 反定立
• fanqie; traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone - abbreviation ➜ 反切

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to fold in two; to fold in half; to double up

noun:

• living; being alive Antonym: 死に
• freshness; liveliness; vitality
• situation in which a group of stones cannot be captured because it contains two or more gaps (in go)
• stet; leave as-is (proofreading) - usually イキ - usually written using kana alone

prefix:

• damned