noun:

• nematomorph; horsehair worm; gordian worm; hair worm (any of the parasitic nematode-like worms of phylum Nematomorpha)

expression:

• agency of fate; power of fate
• La forza del destino (opera by Verdi); the force of destiny

expression:

• to that extent ➜ 其れだけ
• accordingly; that being the case; because of that; this means that ...
• that state; that condition

noun:

• number of blows (used in measuring the bpm of an air hammer, etc.)
• (number of) at bats - Baseball term ➜ 打数

expression:

• the world is a scene of constant changes; a mulberry field changes into a blue sea [literal] - proverb

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to hit a nerve; to go for the throat; to touch a sore spot - idiom ➜ 痛い所

noun:

• profile; face in profile; face seen from the side
• (personal) profile; (biographical) sketch; outline (of someone's life)

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to jest; to joke; to play the fool; to act indecently; to be silly over; to talk foolishly

noun:

• only this; this much

noun / ~の noun:

• this small amount (degree, extent)

noun:

• (not) in the slightest; (not) at all - as こればかりも with neg. verb

noun:

• fish going downstream (to spawn)
• dead fish
• fish that moves into deeper waters (to avoid the cold)

noun:

• four beasts (tiger, leopard, black bear, and brown bear)
• four gods said to rule over the four directions ➜ 四神

noun:

• crow in the mountains
• jungle crow (Corvus macrorhynchos) ➜ ハシブトガラス
• rook (species of crow, Corvus frugilegus) ➜ ミヤマガラス
• dark-skinned person - archaism - derogatory term

noun:

• customer at a brothel; john; someone who has forgotten the eight virtues ➜ 八徳
• brothel; owner of a brothel

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to work hard; to toil; to moil; to keep one's nose to the grindstone; to slug away

noun:

• regular position (e.g. in sports team); normal position
• revealing a card in the upright position (tarot, etc.)

noun:

• empowering women; promoting women's contribution; removing obstacles to women's full participation in society and the workplace

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to treat with medicinal steam (a swelling, etc.)
• to dry the bottom of a ship (to prevent insect damage)

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to elevate; to raise; to lift up
• to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky

noun:

• stable period (with ref. to pregnancy, typically from 4th month when the placenta is fully formed, morning sickness usually goes away and risk of miscarriage decreases)

noun:

• mythical shark-like demon sea monster with barbed tail fin, said to live off the coast of Matsuura and other places in Western Japan; Beach Stroker

noun:

• military administration; military government ➜ 民政
• government affairs relating to the military

noun:

• height of summer; high summer; hottest part of the summer

noun:

• the same room; sharing a room; sharers of a room

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to stick it out; to see it to the end

noun / ~する noun:

• success in life; advancement in life; rising in the world - four character idiom