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)

expression:

• as fast as the wind, as quiet as the forest, as daring as fire, and immovable as the mountain - four character idiom

expression / ichidan verb:

• to have grown tense (of a situation); to have become critical (and to be on the verge of a major upheaval)

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to straighten oneself; to straighten one's clothes and one's posture; to adopt a more serious attitude - idiom

godan ~う verb / intransitive verb:

• to attend on; to wait upon; to accompany; to escort and wait on; to chaperone

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to tell again and again; to repeat; to refrain; to turn up; to turn down

noun:

• viewing all things as undifferentiated and equal; non-discriminative thought
• contemplation of the equality of all things from the standpoint of emptiness - Buddhism term

noun:

• temple name (a two-character posthumous name given to Chinese, Korean and Vietnamese royalty)
• name given to a mausoleum (or shrine, etc.)

noun:

• Regional Rapid Service (JR West); Section Rapid Service; RRS; SRS; train service which is local for one section and express for another

noun:

• eggs; egg; spawn; roe ［卵］
• hen egg
• (an expert) in the making ［卵］
• beginning; origin; infancy ［卵］

noun:

• bread; pastries (e.g. croissants); pastry-based products - originally written 麺麭 or 麪包 - From Portuguese "pão"
• pan; frying pan - From English "pan" ➜ フライパン

noun / ~する noun:

• panning (in a film)

noun:

• out (in baseball, tennis, etc.) - Sports term

noun or verb acting prenominally:

• outer; external; outside

expression:

• no good; out of line; unacceptable; failure

noun:

• beach; seashore
• captured pieces (in the game of go); captured stones - abbreviation - usually written using kana alone ➜ 揚げ浜
• Yokohama - abbreviation ➜ 横浜
• riverbank; riverside - archaism - Ōsaka dialect

noun:

• particle; postpositional word in Japanese grammar that functions as an auxiliary to a main word - Linguistics term

expression / conjunction:

• in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of

noun:

• space on a page (e.g. in a newspaper)
• surface of paper
• letter; writings; document

suffix:

• in the style of (esp. literary, artistic, etc. works); reminiscent of
• attached or stretched on

noun / ~の noun:

• eastern direction
• the Orient

noun:

• eastern fighter in a match (e.g. sumo wrestling) ［ひがしかた・ひがしがた］ - Martial Arts term

noun:

• extra (e.g. in a film); supernumerary - esp. エキストラ

noun or verb acting prenominally:

• extra; surplus; excess; additional; special; extraordinary - esp. エクストラ

noun / suffix noun:

• ratio; proportion

noun:

• match; equal
• explicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing) ➜ 六義
• Philippines - abbreviation ➜ 比律賓

suffix noun:

• in comparison with ... - after a noun

suffix:

• through; throughout; in the course of
• all over or throughout (e.g. a place)

noun / ~する noun:

• entry; entering; applying to take part; registering to participate (in a competition, etc.)

noun:

• ume liqueur; Japanese plum brandy; unripe ume infused in liquor (esp. shochu) with added sugar ➜ 梅【うめ】

noun:

• cutting in two with a single stroke; taking decisive (drastic) measure; cutting the (Gordian) knot - four character idiom

noun:

• uprising (esp. in Japan since middle ages, e.g. peasant uprising); revolt; insurrection; putsch; riot