pronoun:

• he; she; that person; that guy; that fellow - colloquialism - derogatory term ➜ 此奴【こいつ】
• that; that one; that thing - colloquialism - derogatory term ➜ 此奴【こいつ】

noun:

• one meaning
• primary importance; primary significance; primary consideration
• a reason; a truth

noun:

• the chosen one; the chosen ones; the select few

noun / ~の noun:

• eventful times for the nation (world); the nation (world) being in turmoil; the storm clouds gathering in the land - four character idiom

noun:

• various medicines; medical treatment
• supper in a Zen temple; rice porridge served for supper in a Zen temple

noun:

• break in the rain
• waiting for a break in the rain

noun:

• rewarding good and punishing evil; novel or drama with a rewarding-good-and-punishing-evil theme; moral purpose; morality play - four character idiom

expression:

• don't feed autumn eggplant to your wife (because they're too delicious, because they'll give her the chills, or because their lack of seeds will reduce her fertility) - proverb

adjectival noun / noun:

• careless; sloppy; faulty

noun:

• using unreliable sources (in a piece of writing); piece of writing with unreliable sources or many errors

expression:

• sharp eyes and ears used for collecting information far and wide; having the acumen and shrewd discernment gained by widely-collected information; being well-versed on a subject; books which broaden our knowledge - four character idiom

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to jaunt around; to play around; to visit one place after another without effect ➜ 遊び歩く

noun:

• portmanteau word; combination of two words (often first half of one, second half of another) ➜ 混成語

godan ~る verb (irregular):

• to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case) - である with も; formal, literary ➜ である
• to be ... or something

adverb / ~と adverb / adjectival noun:

• fluently (speaking a foreign language) - onomatopoeia

adverb / ~と adverb:

• incessantly (speaking); glibly; garrulously; volubly - onomatopoeia
• one after the other (flipping through pages) - onomatopoeia

~の noun / adjectival noun / adverb / ~する noun:

• thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy; weak - onomatopoeia

noun:

• impudent talk; speaking without thinking; continuing talking even after one has lost an argument; (getting in) the last word; talking back; needless retort

noun:

• Chinese moonseed (Sinomenium acutum)
• complex inter-relationship (as in the struggle between two types of vine over one piece of land)

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to be frugal; to be sparing
• to value; to hold dear
• to regret (e.g. a loss); to feel sorry (for)
• to be unwilling; to be reluctant

noun:

• Galapagos phenomenon; Galapagos syndrome; tendency of Japanese products (e.g. cell phones) to be designed specifically for the domestic market, which are therefore unsuccessful overseas and also vulnerable to competition from imports - because the Galapagos contains many endemic species ➜ ガラパゴス化

noun:

• the capital city (often Tokyo) area (typically within 50 km of city's centre) (center)

noun:

• vajra (indestructible substance); diamond; adamantine
• thunderbolt; Indra's weapon; Buddhist symbol of the indestructible truth

noun:

• athlete's foot
• water boatman (esp. species Hesperocorixa distanti)
• Asellus hilgendorfi (species of aquatic sowbug)

noun:

• under the table; word of respect added to the addressee's name on a letter

noun:

• blow to a vital point of a person's body; striking techniques (judo) - Martial Arts term

noun:

• Hayagriva (manifestation of Avalokitesvara with an ornament in the shape of a horse's head) - Buddhism term ➜ 観世音

noun:

• day-by-day record of a patient's condition; diary written while ill in bed