noun / ~する noun:

• parting in tears; tearful parting; coming to grief; having to take a different tack; going separate ways

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to have a chat with; to exchange words or promises; to promise; to get engaged

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to enter into a person's feelings; to guess what somebody feels (using one's intuition)

noun:

• error which directly allows a run to score - Baseball term - From English "timely error"

noun:

• tapir (Tapirus spp.)
• mo; mythological Chinese chimera similar to a tapir, said to devour bad dreams

expression:

• there is no love like a father's; no child knows how dear he is to his parents - proverb

expression:

• inability to discern the truth due to conflicting testimony (name derived the Akutagawa Ryūnosuke story "In A Grove")

noun:

• fat-bodied, small-mouthed earthenware jar for carrying water
• water vessel used for a baby's first bath

expression:

• every last one; one and all; from A to Z
• as soon as; right after; no sooner (than) - verb+はしから - usually written using kana alone

noun:

• stories (esp. war stories) or lectures told by someone near a road or temple while begging for money

noun:

• stories (esp. war stories) or lectures told by someone near a road or temple while begging for money - obscure term ➜ 辻講釈

noun:

• whelk (esp. Neptunea and Buccinum spp.) ［つぶ・ツブ］
• small spiral-shelled snail (esp. a pond snail) ➜ 螺【にし】

noun:

• water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout - Sumo term
• fresh water used when making up one's face

noun:

• rice bought and sold on a rice exchange
• rice used to produce unrefined sake
• rice paid as rent

noun / ~する noun:

• turning a comic, novel, etc. into an animated movie or TV series; making an animated version

noun / ~する noun:

• keeping a close watch on both sides; keeping an eye on two things at the same time

expression / ichidan verb:

• to keep a secret when asked about it, but let it slip inadvertently when chatting on another occasion

expression:

• hindsight is 20-20 (even for a fool); an afterwit is everybody's wit - proverb

noun:

• divination based on laying out various items before a toddler and predicting his future based the items chosen

noun:

• material (for a story, article, etc.); information; news item - from たね, kana reversed ➜ 種【たね】
• joke; jest; pretending; made-up story
• proof; evidence
• (magician's) trick; secret
• ingredients

noun:

• the Four Home Provinces (Yamato, Yamashiro, Settsu, and Kawachi); obsolete in 757 when Izumi was established as a separate province from Kawachi - archaism ➜ 五畿内

noun:

• facing one's opponent head-on and winning via overwhelmingly superior strength or skill; match in which a yokozuna overpowers his opponent - Sumo term

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to pretend to be tough; to put on a brave front; to whistle in the dark; to bluff

expression / ichidan verb:

• to make a pass at; to hit on; to call out to (in an attempt to seduce) - colloquialism - idiom

expression / ~する verb (spec.):

• to have readied a bow and stand at ready; to watch for an opportunity; to wait until the time is ripe ➜ 満を持す