adverb / ~の noun / noun:

• two at a time; two by two; in twos

godan ~ぶ verb / intransitive verb:

• to blow fiercely; to rage - esp. 吹き荒ぶ
• to play (a flute, etc.) for fun - esp. 吹き遊ぶ - archaism

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to stop writing; to put down one's pen; to close (a letter)

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to raise oneself up to one's full height; to strike a daunting pose

noun:

• paper for fans or parasols (cut in a fan shape)
• ground paper; backing paper

noun:

• someone who curls up under a kotatsu all winter; kotatsu bug; kotatsu snail - pun on かたつむり - colloquialism ➜ こたつ・こたつむり

noun:

• naturally growing tree; tree that does not grow in a tree plantation ➜ 自然木
• natural wood

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to hear
• to listen (e.g. to music) - usu. 聴く
• to ask; to enquire; to query - 聴く is more formal
• to learn of; to hear about
• to follow (advice); to comply with
• to smell (esp. incense); to sample fragrance ［聞く・聴く］ ➜ 香を聞く

noun:

• paper doll to which children pray for fine weather (usu. white, and shaped like a Buddhist priest)

noun:

• vengeful spirit (spawned from a person's hate); doppelgänger; co-walker; wraith
• mankind; souls; people ［せいれい］

noun:

• post-coital clarity; period after orgasm when a man is free from sexual desire and can think clearly - slang - humorous term

noun:

• post-coital clarity; period after orgasm when a man is free from sexual desire and can think clearly - slang - humorous term

noun:

• long interlude (in folk songs or koto music)
• wiles (e.g. used by a prostitute to lure customers); finesse; trick

noun:

• habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency
• peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; mannerism
• crease; wrinkle; curl; kink

noun / ~の noun:

• amateur; layman; ordinary person; novice Antonym: 玄人【くろうと】

noun:

• respectable woman (not a prostitute, hostess, geisha, etc.) ➜ 玄人【くろうと】
• unlicensed prostitute - archaism - Kyōto dialect ➜ 私娼

noun / ~する noun:

• drag

noun:

• drug; medicine
• (illegal) drug; narcotics

~する noun:

• to highlight (e.g. by click-dragging a cursor over text) - IT term

noun:

• marks written alongside characters in a classical Chinese text to indicate their ordering when read in Japanese

noun / ~する noun:

• crying oneself to sleep; giving up in frustration; accepting meekly; being compelled to accept a situation

noun:

• lotus flower ➜ 蓮
• Chinese milk vetch (Astragalus sinicus) - abbreviation ➜ 蓮華草
• china spoon - abbreviation ➜ 散り蓮華
• lotus-shaped pedestal for a gravestone

noun:

• tilapia (freshwater fishes native to Africa, introduced to many areas worldwide as a food source) - From Latin

noun:

• parking lot (esp. a private lot, e.g. for corporate cars); car park - Kansai dialect - From English "motor pool"

noun:

• bad poem; my humble poem - polite language
• stooped over (e.g. old people); bowed
• stalling; having a relapse

noun:

• endless argument; pointless argument; arguing over whose field to water (e.g. during a drought) [literal]

noun / ~する noun:

• locking sword to sword (in a duel) and pushing

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• fierce, close-fought competition

noun:

• raised leg; lifting a leg
• upturn (in the market) ［上げ足・上足］ Antonym: 下げ足
• sitting cross-legged - archaism