noun:

• yen-denominated foreign bond; samurai bond; bond denominated in yen issued by a non-Japanese issuer

noun:

• times and situations; the course of events of the times; a turn of Fortune's wheel - four character idiom

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be different and distinct; to be (relatively) distinct (when referring to items in a set) - Mathematics term ➜ 異なる

noun:

• family affairs; family business
• steward in charge of the affairs of a samurai family (middle ages)

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to lose hair; to become bald
• to become bare (e.g. a mountain becomes bare of trees)

noun / ~の noun:

• homo; homosexual (esp. a male); homosexuality (esp. male-male) - abbreviation ➜ ホモセクシュアル
• homozygote - abbreviation ➜ ホモ接合体
• homogenization - abbreviation ➜ ホモジナイズ
• Homo (genus of primates incl. modern humans) - From Latin

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to draw (a bow) to the limit
• to pull tight; to squeeze tight; to clasp
• to strain (voice)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to cavil at a person's words; to use somebody's words to trip him up

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to make a dent in one's purse; to have to pay out of one's own pocket

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to make someone realize (e.g. their mistake); to bring (something) home to someone; to teach someone a lesson ➜ 思い知らせる

noun:

• fabric with a brocade and embroidery; beautiful fabric; beautiful clothes
• beautiful poem; beautiful wording
• beautiful autumn leaves; beautiful flowers

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to put up an (emotional) wall (between two people); to become distant - idiom
• to form a wall (of people) - idiom

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to impersonate someone; to go under a false name; to make fraudulent use of someone's name ➜ 騙る【かたる】

noun:

• cord used to tuck up the sleeves of a kimono
• sash (worn across chest, e.g. by election candidate or relay runners)
• wrapper band on books, CDs, etc. ➜ 帯紙・帯【おび】

noun:

• mon; one-thousandth of a kan (unit of currency 1336-1870)
• 2.4 cm (traditional unit used to measure shoe sizes)
• letter; character; sentence
• scripture; incantation - abbreviation ➜ 経文・呪文

expression:

• once over the borders one may do anything; what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas; shame (committed while) on a journey can be scratched away [literal] - proverb

noun:

• three shop system; system employed by pachinko parlours of using separate shops to exchange prizes for cash as a way of circumventing Japan's gambling laws

noun:

• morning
• morning coat - abbreviation ➜ モーニングコート
• breakfast set (often a drink and toast); breakfast special; special breakfast offer - abbreviation - colloquialism ➜ モーニングセット

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be at wit's end; to be at a loss for what to do

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to encourage (someone); to cheer (someone) up; to give someone a charge; to empower ➜ 力をつける・力づく

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to see; to witness; to observe; to catch sight of; to get a glimpse of; to encounter

noun:

• mud-slinging (e.g. in a political campaign); mud-slinging match; smear campaign; mud wrestle

noun / ~する noun:

• consecration (of a person or thing, in Catholicism); sanctification; prayer of sanctification; ritual of consecration

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to have a consanguineous feud; to fight between family members; to have an internecine feud

noun / ~の noun:

• some; any; (a) little; of some kind; of some sort

adverb:

• please
• anyway; anyhow; at any rate; after all