noun / ~する noun:

• using a new brush for the first time
• doing something for the first time
• man losing his virginity (esp. to an older woman)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be astonished to hear; to be incredulous about; to express disbelief
• who do you think you're kidding by saying (that); what a laugh! - as 〜が聞いてあきれる, used to indicate incredulous dismissal of some claim

noun:

• Japanese bondage torture (hands and feet are behind the victim's back, and they are hanged from the ceiling with a rock on their back)

expression:

• metaphor in which the road to paradise is likened to a white road between two rivers, one of water (wrath) and one of fire (greed) - Buddhism term

noun:

• fortifying mochi; mochi that improves one's strength
• mochi received from one's parents after giving birth ➜ 汁の餅
• mochi given to a toddler on its first birthday

adjectival noun:

• safe; secure; sound; problem-free; without fear; all right; alright; OK; okay

adverb:

• certainly; surely; undoubtedly

interjection / adjectival noun:

• no thanks; I'm good; that's alright - colloquialism

noun:

• great man; fine figure of a man ［だいじょうぶ］ - archaism ➜ 大丈夫【だいじょうふ】

adjective:

• unthinkable; unexpected; outrageous; offensive; terrible

expression:

• absolutely not!; not at all!; far from it!; impossible!; preposterous!; what a thing to say!; no way!; bullshit - colloquialism
• don't mention it; you're welcome

noun:

• S; s
• south - abbreviation
• sulfur - abbreviation ➜ 硫黄

prefix:

• nth year in the Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7) - abbreviation ➜ 昭和

noun:

• small - abbreviation
• second - abbreviation
• subject (grammar) - abbreviation ➜ 主語
• sadist; sadistic - abbreviation Antonym: Ｍ
• sister; female partner in a homosexual relationship - abbreviation

noun:

• goodwill; intangible assets (part of the acquisition price of a business paid for the name and reputation of the company rather than tangible assets)

noun / prefix noun / ~の noun:

• red ➜ 金太郎・金太郎

noun:

• red kidney bean - abbreviation ➜ 金時豆
• sweet potato (any of a number of different cultivars with red skin) - abbreviation ➜ 金時芋
• bowl of shaved ice with boiled adzuki beans

noun:

• relocation (of a facility); moving establishment

~する noun:

• to relocate; to move into place; to put into place; to adapt; to affix; to install

noun:

• a child; one child
• one of several children, especially the son and heir
• one stone (in the game of go) ➜ 一目【いちもく】

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to fail (in getting a job); to miss out (at fishing, hunting, etc.)
• to be left out; to be crowded out

noun:

• toe-in (alignment of the front wheels of a motor vehicle closer together at the front than at the back)

expression:

• if you know your enemy and know yourself, in a hundred battles you will never be defeated; know your enemy - from Sun Tzu's The Art of War - proverb

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to behave; to conduct oneself
• to entertain; to treat someone (to a drink); to make tea for someone (tea ceremony)

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to stagnate; to be delayed; to be left undone
• to be overdue (of a payment); to fall into arrears; to be outstanding

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to start the debate; to get the ball rolling; to fire the first shot (fig. only); to start a conversation

godan ~ぐ verb / transitive / intransitive verb:

• to support (someone) financially; to finance; to supply (money); to give (in support)

godan ~ぐ verb / transitive:

• to present (money or gifts) to a monarch - archaism

adjectival noun:

• meaningful; suggestive; seeming to be with a history; seeming to be with circumstances that are hard to explain - archaism

expression:

• trivial; not amounting to much; not enough to cause a problem; not as much as expected

noun:

• large, perforated, turnip-shaped arrowhead cover made of Japanese bigleaf magnolia or paulownia; harmless arrow affixed with such a cover (that whistles when shot and is used to drive off evil spirits) - abbr. of 響目

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to smell; to smell of; to have a smell ➜ 臭いがする【においがする】

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to taste; to taste of; to have a taste