noun:

• Northern Di people; northern barbarians; Zhou dynasty term used by the Chinese to refer to non- ethnic Chinese to the north - archaism - derogatory term

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be a good match for; to stand a chance against; to be able to compete with; to hold one's own - often in neg.

noun:

• shuttle bus; pickup bus; courtesy bus; hotel bus; bus service connecting a station, airport, etc. to a hotel or tourist attraction

noun:

• roux (mixture of butter and flour used to make sauces); sauce made from such a mixture - From French
• (Japanese) curry powder; curry sauce made from this powder

noun:

• opposite side; other side; opposite direction
• over there; that way; far away; beyond
• the other party; the other person
• future (starting now)

noun / ~する noun / expression:

• asking for the moon; asking for too much; asking for the impossible

adjectival noun / adverbial noun / noun:

• very hard; with utmost effort; with all one's might; desperately; frantically; for dear life; all-out effort; sticking at living in and defending one place - four character idiom ➜ 一生懸命
• sticking at living in one place

noun / ~する noun:

• behind-the-scenes maneuvering; behind-the-scenes manoeuvering; secret maneuvers; secret manoeuvres - four character idiom

expression:

• the more I think about it; the more one thinks about it

noun:

• light-coloured ceramic cooking pan with a lid and short spout
• aluminum saucepan with a handle (usu. wooden) and often with snowflake-style embossed pattern (aluminium) - usu. 雪平鍋

expression:

• filial piety begins with not harming one's own body (as one's entire body was given by one's parents) (from The Classic of Filial Piety)

~と adverb / adverb / ~する noun:

• sound of bubbles (or other small objects) being popped - onomatopoeia
• lumpy sensation (e.g. of food) - onomatopoeia

noun:

• little bits; small grains
• bubble wrap (trademark of Kawakami Sangyo Co.) ［プチプチ］ ➜ 気泡緩衝材

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to study; to complete (a course); to cultivate; to master
• to order (one's life)
• to repair (a fault one has committed)

noun:

• someone haughty and boastful at home but meek and reserved outside; being a lion at home and a mouse abroad

expression:

• enjoying a long life is a matter for congratulation; cranes live for 1000 years, turtles live for 10,000 years [literal] - proverb

lower nidan verb (archaic) / transitive:

• to study; to complete (a course); to cultivate; to master - archaism
• to order (one's life) - archaism
• to repair (a fault one has committed) - archaism

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)

adverb:

• more and more; all the more; increasingly
• at last; finally; beyond doubt
• (at the) last moment; worst possible time

noun / ~する noun:

• incomplete combustion; imperfect combustion
• being off one's game; not doing one's best; being unable to use all of one's strength; failing to obtain the desired result - idiom

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to meddle; to poke one's nose into; to interfere
• to make a pass at; to flirt with; to make a move on

expression:

• expression used to depict a woman who is attractive primarily when it's dark out, she's far away, or her face is partially hidden by a bamboo hat

noun:

• unstitched, open side of some traditional Japanese clothing; clothing with such an open side - abbreviation ➜ 縫腋
• robe worn by military officials with a round collar, unstitched open sides and no ran ➜ 闕腋の袍

~する verb (spec.):

• to intensify
• to be excited; to fly into a rage; to get into a passion
• to dash against
• to encourage

godan ~す verb:

• to intensify ➜ 激する
• to be excited; to fly into a rage; to get into a passion
• to dash against
• to encourage

noun:

• plan which is shown on the left; left-most plan; map on the left (chart, graph) ➜ 右図