noun:

• backwater ➜ バックウォーター
• standing with one's back to water (river, lake, etc.) - archaism

noun:

• treating somebody to one delicious meal after the other

godan ~つ verb / intransitive verb:

• to stand all around (e.g. bamboo, pines, pampas grass)

noun / ~する noun:

• setting oneself free from the life of a white-collar worker; quitting a job as a salaryman and launching an independent business ➜ サラ

noun:

• marguerite (Chrysanthemum frutescens) ［マーガレット］
• Japanese women's hairstyle comprised of a long braid tied up in a loop with a ribbon (ca. 1885)

noun:

• endpaper (of a book); end-paper
• facing (material sewn on the inside edge of a garment)
• looking back; triumphing over (a rival) ➜ 見返す

~の noun / adjectival noun / noun / adverbial noun:

• a lot; lots; plenty; many; a large number; much; a great deal; a good deal
• enough; sufficient

suffix noun:

• enough; too many; too much - after a noun; usu. read as だくさん ➜ 沢山【だくさん】

noun:

• a kick; mounting a bar with a kick

noun:

• making adjustments based on experience; doing something by feel; skill; knack

noun / ~する noun:

• going easy on someone; making allowances; using discretion; taking various circumstances into account

noun / ~する noun:

• cutting a thin object (e.g. vegetable stalk) at a 45 degree angle; cutting in a way that blunts or rounds the cut ➜ 削ぐ

expression:

• a wholesome household can not be disturbed from the outside; a house divided against itself cannot stand; a firm fence keeps the dogs out [literal] - proverb

noun:

• going through a cave, grass ring or the interior of a large Buddhistic statue, etc. (symbolizing rebirth)
• narrow grotto (into which a person can barely fit)

expression:

• evading blame for a transgression by pinning it on a subordinate and abandoning them; a skink lizard's shedding of its tail [literal] - idiom

particle:

• denotes uncertainty ➜ とやら
• such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like; A and B and whatnot - as ＡやらＢやら...

adverb / ~する noun:

• for a moment; for a minute

adverb:

• for a while; for some time
• for the time being; for now

interjection:

• it's been a long time; long time no see

noun:

• foot of a mountain; base of a mountain ➜ 山下【さんか】
• mine; colliery - esp. 山元
• owner of a mountain; operator of a mine - esp. 山元

noun / ~する noun:

• landing on an aircraft carrier; deck-landing
• reaching a warship; arrival of a warship (at a port)

expression:

• towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic) ➜ 向ける

noun / ~する noun:

• taking command of a corps in a battle; command exercised by the leader of a group - four character idiom

adjective:

• cold (to the touch); chilly; icy; freezing Antonym: 熱い
• coldhearted; unfeeling; indifferent; unfriendly

noun:

• wisdom; wit; sagacity; sense; intelligence
• prajna (insight leading to enlightenment) - usu. 智慧 - Buddhism term

adjective:

• equal; identical; the same
• no different (to); just like; equivalent

noun / ~の noun:

• pink
• erotic (usually used in relation to the sex industry); blue; pornographic

noun / ~する noun:

• occupying; having (an area) all to oneself
• military occupation; possession; capture; seizure

noun:

• war potential; military strength; fighting power
• ability (to compete); capabilities; valuable asset