noun:

• kokedama; moss ball; plant grown in a ball of soil covered in moss, held together with string

noun:

• yang (i.e. the positive) Antonym: 陰【いん】
• the open (i.e. a visible place) ➜ 陽に

noun / suffix noun:

• tuck (e.g. in a dress) ➜ 縫い揚げ【ぬいあげ】

noun:

• rise (e.g. in price) ［上げ］ Antonym: 下げ

godan ~す verb:

• to begin to run; to start running; to break into a run

noun / ~する noun:

• location (e.g. of film shoot); remote (shoot at a remote location) - abbreviation ➜ ロケーション

noun / ~する noun:

• forming into an organization; forming into an organisation; setting up a group

noun:

• one's specialty; one's forte
• specialty of a kabuki school

noun:

• plunge basin; waterfall lake; plunge pool; basin under a waterfall

noun:

• name of the writer of a gravestone epitaph, engraved after the epitaph

expression / ichidan verb:

• to turn on an electric light; to switch on a light

noun / adjectival noun / ~の noun:

• proneness to being ill; being sick a lot; proneness to disease

godan ~る verb / transitive / intransitive verb:

• to make a mistake; to mess up; to make an error; to err - colloquialism ➜ ミス

noun:

• one's face turning red; with a flush on one's face - four character idiom

noun:

• being something of a politician; having something of the politician in one - four character idiom

noun:

• having a long torso and short legs; long-bodied and short-legged - four character idiom

noun:

• compulsory winding-up; winding-up by a court; compulsory liquidation; involuntary dissolution

noun:

• second guest of honour (at a tea ceremony); second guest of honor ➜ 正客

expression:

• a bit better than; not much more than; not much different from - idiom

interjection:

• look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute; hold on - familiar language - female language

noun:

• cutting; tearing off; cutting off; clipping
• cutting (for a railroad, highway, etc.); cut
• robbery with assault; burglary

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun / ~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• many flowers blooming in profusion; a gathering of many beautiful women (talented people); simultaneous emergence of many talents and achievements - four character idiom

expression / ichidan verb:

• to set off an explosive
• to start a fire under someone; to motivate someone with rough words

expression / ichidan verb:

• to draw the line (between two situations); to make a clear distinction ➜ けじめ
• to take clear responsibility for (mistakes, etc.)

noun:

• washbasin; stoup or font for cleaning hands (esp. tea house, garden decoration, or for ablutions when visiting a shrine or temple) ➜ 手水舎

noun:

• victimization by media; trial by media; damage caused by exaggerated or false reporting (e.g. that one has committed a crime)