interjection:

• thank you (for the meal); that was a delicious meal
• thank you (for displaying lovey-dovey behaviour) - humorous term

noun:

• land received in compensation for one's service; land given by a lord to a vassal for his service - archaism

noun:

• land received in compensation for one's service; land given by a lord to a vassal for his service ➜ 恩地

expression / ~よい adjective:

• glib; slick (sounds good but no substance); all talk - derogatory term
• in good form; in great shape; having things progress well

expression:

• function follows form; the outside shapes the inside; belief comes from solemnity (i.e. from seeing an ornate temple) [literal] - proverb

expression / godan ~ぶ verb:

• to get married; to contract a marriage
• to form a connection (with Buddha) - Buddhism term ➜ 結縁【けちえん】

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to work together; to strive together; to form a tag team [literal]

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to form; to shape; to make; to mold; to mould; to build up

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to incur divine punishment; to pay for one's sins

interjection:

• you'll pay for that!; what goes around, comes around

expression / ichidan verb:

• to sleep together (for a man and a woman); to bring one's bodies together (e.g. for warmth)

noun:

• crime for which one's three types of relatives will be punished; crime implicating one's relatives of all three types - obscure term ➜ 三族

noun:

• fanqie; traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone

expression / interjection:

• for heaven's sake (Pete's, mercy's, etc.); for pity's sake; oh stop; lay off

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to lay the foundation for (e.g. a theory); to lay the basis for

noun:

• raison d'être; reason for living; reason for something being so - From French

noun / ~する noun:

• telephone call; speaking over the telephone

counter:

• counter for telephone calls of a set duration

noun / ~の noun:

• charity; benevolence; philanthropy; (love for) humanity; fraternity; brotherhood; brotherly love; love of fellow man

proper noun:

• Hachiko; Akita dog that waited every day at Shibuya station for the return of his owner (1923-1935) ➜ 忠犬ハチ公【ちゅうけんハチこう】

~の noun / ~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• gasping for breath; at one's last gasp; breathing feebly; on the brink of death; more dead than alive - four character idiom

noun:

• kalpa (eon, aeon) ［こう・ごう］ - Buddhism term
• ko (in go); position that allows for eternal capture and recapture of the same stones - usu. コウ - usually written using kana alone

noun:

• plane with a blade at ninety degrees to its base used for maintaining the bases of other wooden planes

noun:

• universal life force (the source of animation for all things)
• free spirit (i.e. a mindset unencumbered with worldly concerns)

noun / ~する noun:

• seasonal change of clothing; changing (one's) dress for the season - reading is gikun for 更衣 ➜ 更衣【こうい】
• renovation; facelift; changing appearance

noun:

• clipping (of newspaper article, etc.); cutting; scrap (for a scrapbook)
• cut-out (picture, coloured paper, etc.) - abbreviation ➜ 切り抜き絵・切り抜き細工

noun / ~する noun:

• caring for (esp. a pet or a small object); cherishing; being fond of; prizing; treasuring