noun / adjectival noun:

• obstinate; stubborn; hard-headed; pigheaded; incapable of making sound judgements because of a narrow, inflexible and obstinate mentality - four character idiom

expression:

• there is no love like a father's; no child knows how dear he is to his parents - proverb

expression:

• missing important things here and there; full of gaps; as if the teeth of a comb were missing [literal]

noun:

• irregular conjugation (inflection, declension) of a limited number of verbs ending in "ru" (in written Japanese)

noun:

• irregular conjugation (inflection, declension) of a limited number of verbs ending in "ru" (in written Japanese) - abbreviation ➜ ラ行変格活用

expression:

• inability to discern the truth due to conflicting testimony (name derived the Akutagawa Ryūnosuke story "In A Grove")

noun:

• washable chopsticks carried in a case (to be used in place of disposable chopsticks)

suffix noun:

• intimate (or disdainful) suffix used after a person's name (or the base of an adjective describing that person)

adjective:

• easy to get into (e.g. of music, etc.); easily getting into (a certain mood, etc.)

noun:

• low-ranking soldier
• graduation; outgrowing; moving on (from) - abbreviation ➜ 卒業
• low-ranking samurai (1870-1872) - abbreviation ➜ 卒族
• death (of a noble, etc.) - abbreviation ➜ 卒去

expression:

• every last one; one and all; from A to Z
• as soon as; right after; no sooner (than) - verb+はしから - usually written using kana alone

noun:

• realm of a Buddha; Pure Land; paradise - Buddhism term ➜ 浄土
• Buddhist country; land where Buddha has appeared to spread his teachings - Buddhism term

noun:

• whelk (esp. Neptunea and Buccinum spp.) ［つぶ・ツブ］
• small spiral-shelled snail (esp. a pond snail) ➜ 螺【にし】

noun:

• thrice moving from house to house
• the importance of creating an environment conducive to a child's learning - abbreviation ➜ 三遷の教え

noun:

• water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout - Sumo term
• fresh water used when making up one's face

noun:

• rice bought and sold on a rice exchange
• rice used to produce unrefined sake
• rice paid as rent

noun / ~する noun:

• turning a comic, novel, etc. into an animated movie or TV series; making an animated version

expression / ichidan verb:

• to keep a secret when asked about it, but let it slip inadvertently when chatting on another occasion

noun:

• go; soy beans soaked and mashed to a creamy paste (ingredient of tofu and soy milk) - ご is gikun for 豆汁 and 豆油

noun:

• divination based on laying out various items before a toddler and predicting his future based the items chosen

noun:

• banishment (to a somewhat distant province); middle-degree punishment of the three banishment punishments under the ritsuryo system

noun:

• adult (esp. person 20 years old or over); grownup

noun / ~する noun:

• becoming an adult; coming of age; growing up (to be a man, woman) ➜ 新成人

noun / ~する noun:

• sidewise crawl (e.g. of a crab); crawling sideways ［よこばい］

noun:

• leafhopper (insect); jassid - usually written using kana alone
• sidewinder (Crotalus cerastes) - abbreviation - usually written using kana alone ➜ ヨコバイガラガラヘビ
• levelling off (of prices, etc.); stabilizing

noun / ~する noun:

• rise (e.g. of a movement); emergence; rearing one's head; gaining prominence; coming to the fore; gaining power; gathering strength

noun:

• grasping; gripping; grasp; grip; clutch
• handful; fistful
• handle; grip; knob
• rice ball - abbreviation ➜ 握り飯・お握り【おにぎり】
• nigirizushi; hand-formed sushi with a topping of seafood, etc. - abbreviation