expression / godan ~う verb:

• to be congenial; to agree with one; to be in one's nature

expression:

• in order to be(come)... ➜ となる
• since it amounts to...
• since it is advantageous to...

expression / ichidan verb:

• to get beneath someone's skin; to in someone's hair; to irritate

lower nidan verb (archaic) / intransitive verb:

• to be seen; to be in sight - archaism ➜ 見える【みえる】
• to look; to seem; to appear - archaism ➜ 見える【みえる】
• to come - archaism - honorific language ➜ 見える【みえる】

noun:

• prime minister (as the head of a cabinet government); premier - abbreviation ➜ 内閣総理大臣

noun / ~する noun:

• leading; overseeing; leader; overseer; president - orig. meaning

noun:

• green willow (i.e. one that has budded)
• meat of the trough shell (Mactra chinensis) ［あおやぎ］ ➜ バカ貝

noun:

• handwriting; autograph; authorization; authorisation ➜ 墨付き
• certificate; certified document; paper with signature of the shogun or lord

noun:

• small wooden Japanese toy that flies when spun between the palms of one's hands

noun / ~の noun:

• rising rapidly (e.g. prices, popularity); soaring; skyrocketing; going through the roof

noun:

• unlucky for all activities, with only the period around noon being auspicious ➜ 六曜

noun:

• successive generations
• hereditary daimyo (whose ancestors supported Tokugawa Ieyasu prior to the battle of Sekigahara) - abbreviation ➜ 譜代大名

noun:

• good offices; auspices; sponsorship; help; assistance
• village official (during the Edo period)

noun:

• snow, moon, and flowers; beauty of the four seasons (from a poem by Bai Juyi) ➜ 月雪花【つきゆきはな】

expression / noun:

• shape of the "dai" kanji (esp. person with arms and legs outstretched); sprawling; lying spread-eagled

expression:

• the importance of creating an environment conducive to a child's learning; Mencius' mother, three moves [literal] - four character idiom ➜ 孟母三遷の教え【もうぼさんせんのおしえ】

expression:

• Out of Asia and Into Europe (slogan calling for Japan to align itself with the West) - four character idiom

expression / adjective:

• completely helpless; unable even to drive away the flies on one's own head - idiom

noun:

• soft, crumpled, unlacquered headwear (often worn by soldiers under their helmets from the Kamakura period onward) ➜ 烏帽子

noun:

• Newtonian telescope (having a secondary mirror at 45 degrees, reflecting light into the eyepiece)

noun:

• small knife that is largely ornamental or used to cut open letters and the like ➜ 小刀

noun:

• Japanese Western-style envelope (opening on the long dimension; numbered 0-7, each with different sizes)

noun / ~する noun:

• obtaining items such as books, CDs and DVDs before the date they officially go on sale - abbreviation - From English "flying get" ➜ フライングゲット

noun:

• thinly cut hemp or paper mixed with rice (scattered as an offering to the gods) - archaism

noun:

• homophone; word with the same pronunciation and similar meaning as another but a different written form

noun:

• Oversight Department (division of the daijokan responsible for controlling central and provincial governmental offices) ➜ 太政官