noun:

• first five syllables (of a tanka); first line (of a poem)

noun:

• inspection (esp. of a document); stamp of approval (for a document)

adverb / ~と adverb:

• thump-thump; bang-bang; pit-a-pat; pitapat; pitter-patter - onomatopoeia

~する noun:

• to beat fast (of one's heart); to throb; to pound; to palpitate - onomatopoeia

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to toss (i.e. one's head); to wave (i.e. a flag); to stand up energetically; to raise one's voice

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to regain one's footing; to get back on one's feet
• to recover; (of the market) to improve

noun / ~する noun:

• declaration of intent; declaration of intention; expression of one's intention; manifestation of intention

noun / adjectival noun:

• appropriate to one's lot in life; within one's means; fitting to one's position; suitable to one's social status - four character idiom

noun / ~の noun:

• family circle; one's circle (of friends, co-workers, etc.); one's fellows; in-group
• private matters; internal affairs

adjectival noun / ~の noun / noun:

• conservative (e.g. estimate); moderate

adjectival noun / noun:

• pigeon-toed

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to lose sight of (one's companions); to stray from

auxiliary verb / ichidan verb:

• to miss (one's chance to ...) - after the -masu stem of a verb, sometimes as っぱぐれる

noun / adjectival noun:

• magnanimous in one's attitude of mind; grand in one's idea or mind-set - four character idiom

noun:

• all of one's relatives by blood and by marriage; one's kith and kin - four character idiom

adverb:

• holding horizontally in one's mouth; holding on the side of one's mouth

noun / ~する noun:

• formation; establishment; materialization; coming into existence
• conclusion (e.g. of a deal); approval; completion; arrangement
• being valid (of a theory, argument, etc.); holding; applying

noun:

• remaining bony parts (of a fish after filleting) - usu. アラ
• flaw (esp. of a person); fault; defect
• rice chaff

prefix:

• rough
• crude; raw; natural; wild

noun:

• mist over a body of water; spray
• suien; four decorative metal plates joined at right angles forming part of a pagoda finial ［すいえん］

noun / ~する noun:

• flushing (of one's cheeks); dizziness; rush of blood to the head

noun:

• use of seductive techniques to attain one's ends (usu. of women)

noun:

• anthropological argument (one of Descartes' ontological arguments for the existence of God)

noun / ~する noun:

• show one's real ability; illustration of the distinctive character of (something) - four character idiom

noun:

• head of a school (of music, dance); head family of a school

noun:

• representative of a board of directors; spokesperson for a board of directors

interjection / noun:

• crying "banzai" (or raising one's hands in the banzai gesture)
• something worthy of celebration
• giving up ［ばんざい］
• long time - archaism
• eternal life (and prosperity) - archaism

interjection:

• banzai (a celebratory cheer); hurrah (hooray, hurray)

noun:

• just before a war - archaism
• day before a holiday - archaism
• day before the one on which prostitutes were forced to accept customers - archaism ➜ 紋日

noun:

• suicide immediately after the death of one's spouse or lover; following one's lover (husband, wife) into death

noun:

• being frustrated because something is not quite as hoped (just as one cannot scratch an itch from outside a shoe); having an itch that one cannot scratch - four character idiom