expression / godan ~う verb / intransitive verb:

• to match; to harmonize with (also feelings, aroma, etc.)

expression / adjective:

• too busy to deal with; unable to keep up

noun:

• crawling with the belly against the floor (baby)

expression / adjective:

• feeling heavy in the head; heavy-headed
• sick with worry

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; junction; joining
• union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging; coming together

noun:

• envoy; diplomat below the rank of ambassador (e.g. deputy chief of mission, charge d'affaires); minister (of legation)

noun:

• Gamblea innovans (species of deciduous tree)
• extremely spicy form of chili pepper ➜ 唐辛子
• variety of high-quality green tea

expression / noun:

• mono no aware; appreciation of the fleeting nature of beauty; pathos of things; strong aesthetic sense

particle:

• indicates possessive - occasionally ん, orig. written 乃 or 之 ➜ 乃
• nominalizes verbs and adjectives
• substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases ➜ が
• (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion - often ん
• (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis - female language
• (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to try and reach above one's station and fail; to try and accomplish something beyond one's abilities and fail; a monkey tries to catch the moon (and drowns) [literal] - idiom ➜ 猿猴捉月

noun / ~する noun:

• appeal (e.g. to public opinion); plea; request
• appeal (e.g. sex appeal); attractiveness; allure
• appeal (e.g. in baseball) - Sports term
• emphasizing (strong points, etc.); showing off; touting; calling attention to; playing up; using as a selling point; pitch

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to read thoroughly; to read repeatedly
• to express (e.g. emotion in poetry)
• to read (extra meaning) into (something)
• to fetch (e.g. CPU inst.); to read (data into a system); to load - IT term

noun:

• eating the first meal of soft rice (himeii) after the traditional hard rice of New Year (kowaii) ➜ 強飯・姫飯
• first intercourse of the New Year
• loss of virginity; loss of maidenhead - slang

noun:

• memorandum of agreement; agreement; memorandum of understanding; MOU; letter of intent; heads of agreement

noun / ~する noun:

• practice (in the field); training (esp. practical and hands-on); practical exercise; drill

noun:

• fifty-three stations on the Tōkaidō (Edo-Kyoto highway in Edo-period Japan) - abbreviation ➜ 東海道五十三次【とうかいどうごじゅうさんつぎ】

adverb:

• incidentally; taking the opportunity; while (you) are at it; on the occasion

noun:

• double-dealing; double tongue; going back on what one has said
• repeating oneself

noun / ~する noun:

• opportunism; waiting and seeing (how the wind blows); sitting on the fence; straddling

noun / ~する noun:

• shoulder massage (performed by tapotement)
• tap on the shoulder (request to resign)

noun:

• human document; personal documentary; documentary on someone's life

expression:

• knock on wood; touch wood; heaven forbid; God help me; absit omen! - spoken to ward off misfortune

noun:

• fifty-three stations on the Tōkaidō (Edo-Kyoto highway in Edo-period Japan)

noun / ~する noun:

• firmly bear in mind; have something engraved on one's mind (heart) - four character idiom

noun:

• emotional effect on pet owners from losing their pet - From English "pet loss"