expression / noun or verb acting prenominally:

• outblooming even a flower (of a young girl); even the flower blushes (before her beauty) [literal] - idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• reduction in the number of vehicles, carriages, etc.; reduction in vehicle runs (bus, taxi, etc.) ➜ 増車

noun:

• explosion of the Space Shuttle Challenger (Jan. 28, 1986); Space Shuttle Challenger disaster

noun:

• black-dyed leather
• leather dyed in deep indigo
• edible mushroom in the Thelephoraceae family

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to put oneself in; to enter; to serve (e.g. in the army); to be enlisted

expression:

• deep down; special place in one's heart; in the back of one's mind

expression:

• How could I (you, etc.) ...?; How dare you (they, etc.) (have the nerve to) ...? - obscure term ➜ どの面下げて【どのつらさげて】

expression / ~の noun:

• as much as possible; as far as possible; to the best of one's abilities ➜ 出来る限り【できるかぎり】

expression:

• desperately; to the full extent of one's power; with all of one's ability

noun:

• women's bridal robe with trailing skirts worn over a kimono
• ending play for the day; leaving a game unfinished (esp. Go) ［打ち掛け］

noun:

• lying with one's head to the north (trad. position for dead bodies; taboo for sleeping)
• brown-lined puffer (species of pufferfish, Canthigaster rivulata) - usually written using kana alone

noun / ~する noun:

• attending someone through the night (guard, nurse)
• act of a woman sleeping with a man (at his bidding)
• keeping overnight vigil over body before burial

noun:

• female student or graduate of Waseda University
• woman who allegedly pursues a career at the expense of love, feminine interests, etc. - derogatory term

noun:

• leniency policy; addition to Japan's antitrust law that allows lower fines for the first company involved in a cartel, etc. to admit their involvement - Law term ➜ 独占禁止法

expression:

• saying no is also an expression of fondness; no often means yes; the lady doth protest too much - proverb

noun:

• H; h

adjectival noun / noun:

• indecent; lewd; frisky; sexy - from 変態 - usually written using kana alone ➜ 変態【へんたい】

noun / ~する noun:

• sexual intercourse; copulation - usually written using kana alone - colloquialism

prefix:

• nth year in the Heisei era (1989.1.8-) - abbreviation ➜ 平成

noun:

• hydrogen (H) ［Ｈ］ - abbreviation

noun:

• slant eyes; almond-shaped eyes; eyes that are turned up at the corners

noun:

• Konaki Jijii (a ghost in Japanese folklore with the shape of a small old man and having a baby's cry)

noun / ~する noun:

• going to war; departure for the front
• departure for military service (in response to a draft)

~の noun / adverb:

• by nature; from the very beginning; through and through; at heart
• absolutely (not); (not) at all - followed by a verb in negative form

adverb:

• still some way to go before the goal; still more to come; much more; not yet

noun:

• political operations; (Heian Period) political operations and ceremonies of the Imperial Court; (Edo Period) civil suit

noun / ~する noun:

• tub bath; bathing in the open air; bathing or cleaning oneself
• cleaning oneself for religious purification

noun:

• scholar beholden to the government; self-serving academic; scholar who toadies up to government authorities - four character idiom

noun:

• (Edo-period variety of) realistic literature; popular stories of everyday life in the Edo period