adverb:

• involuntarily; reluctantly; against one's inclination; against one's will; as a matter of unpleasant necessity; despite oneself

noun:

• room for zazen meditation; room for Buddhist practices ➜ 座禅
• Zen monk's quarters
• head priest (of a Zen temple)

noun:

• legal wife of a regent, of the imperial adviser, or of an official at the Grand Council of State - honorific language

noun:

• dance recital praising Buddha, which accompanies the recital of a gatha (in the Pure Land Sect of Buddhism) ➜ 偈

noun:

• pumice stone
• loose rock; loose stone
• floating group (in the game of go); group without a base

noun:

• tag team (wrestling) - Sports term
• working together as a team

noun:

• slip of the pen; mistake in writing
• something ruined by a mistake in writing (e.g. postcard)

noun:

• (looking) over the top of one's glasses
• (looking) through a pair of glasses

noun:

• article for sale; goods for sale; offering; For Sale (on a sign)
• specialty; selling point

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to run up (a hill, stairs etc.); to dash up; to rush up

noun / ~する noun:

• return to the battle line; come back to the game (on to the field); a comeback - four character idiom

expression / ichidan verb:

• to ensconce oneself (e.g. in a chair); to settle oneself down; to plant oneself

noun:

• using one's fingers as a comb; combing one's hand through one's hair

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to discuss; to talk about; to deal with (a topic) ➜ 論ずる
• to argue; to dispute ➜ 論ずる
• to take into consideration; to make an issue of - usu. in negative sentences ➜ 論ずる

ichidan ~ずる verb (alt. form of じる verbs) / transitive:

• to discuss; to talk about; to deal with (a topic) ➜ 論じる【ろんじる】
• to argue; to dispute ➜ 論じる【ろんじる】
• to take into consideration; to make an issue of - usu. in negative sentences ➜ 論じる【ろんじる】

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to screw; to twist
• to distort; to parody; to make a pun - esp. もじる
• to torture; to wrest

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to warm (e.g. one's hands over a fire); to dry
• to toast; to grill; to broil; to roast; to scorch

noun:

• (Edo-period) roadside teahouse where one would go to relax (in comparison with a restaurant style teahouse and teahouse offering sexual services); tea stall ➜ 色茶屋・料理茶屋

noun:

• being closed; being blocked up; being occupied; hindrance; impedance ➜ 塞がる
• unlucky direction (in Onmyōdō; due to the presence of a god such as Ten'ichijin) ➜ 陰陽道・天一神

noun:

• continued alertness; unrelaxed alertness; remaining on one's guard; being prepared for a counterstroke
• follow-through (e.g. in archery)
• lingering affection; attachment; regret; regrets; reluctance - orig. meaning

noun:

• single-pronged vajra; tokko; dokko; copper or iron implement, pointed at both ends, used in esoteric Buddhist rituals - Buddhism term
• cloth of a tokko pattern

noun:

• dumpling cooked in miso served during the dog days of summer at the imperial court
• accompaniments for a rice dish - secret language of court ladies - archaism - female language ➜ おかず
• wooden pestle - secret language of court ladies - archaism - female language ➜ すりこぎ
• menstrual period - archaism

expression / noun:

• person of high standing facing no opposition and with a warped view of reality
• The Emperor's New Clothes (tale by Hans Christian Andersen) - orig. meaning

noun:

• name of store; trade name (esp. of a sole proprietorship)
• stage name (e.g. of actor)

adverb / ~の noun:

• more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion; pretty much; roughly; so far as it goes

adverb:

• tentatively; for the time being
• just in case
• once