noun:

• folding book

suffix / counter:

• counter for units of paper and nori (48 pages of Mino paper; 20 pages of hanshi; 10 sheets of nori)
• counter for folding books, folding screens, shields, etc.
• counter for pairs of curtains
• counter for tatami mats ➜ 畳【じょう】

noun / ~する noun:

• scheme; device; scheming; devising; figuring out; coming up with; solving ingeniously
• dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)

noun:

• carriage beautifully decorated with gold, silver, gems, etc., for use by Heian era nobles at festivals and like activities

expression:

• Forgive me for dispensing with the preliminaries, but I hasten to inform you that... - opening formula of a brief letter

noun / ~する noun:

• omitting the beginning

noun / ~する noun:

• ingratiation; pandering; catering (to); going along with (someone or something); accommodating oneself (e.g. to public opinion)

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• toddling; with small, quick steps - onomatopoeia
• restlessly; in continuous motion - onomatopoeia
• quickly and easily - onomatopoeia
• often; frequently; now and then; occasionally - onomatopoeia

noun:

• Noraism; women breaking with family and seeking individual freedom (from heroine in Ibsen's "Doll's House")

noun:

• land which one visits; alien land; topsoil brought from another place to mix with the soil

noun:

• dragon flute; medium-pitched bark-covered bamboo transverse flute with seven holes, used in gagaku

noun:

• Asian countries with strong anti-Japanese sentiment (i.e. China, South Korea, and North Korea) - colloquialism

noun / ~する noun:

• walking alone; walking unaided; going alone; standing on one's own

noun / ~する noun:

• diversion into illegal channels; putting on the black market; selling through illegal channels

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to have one's teeth set on edge
• to get loose teeth

adverb / ~と adverb:

• irresistibly; suddenly - onomatopoeia

~する noun:

• to be turned on; to be horny - colloquialism

noun:

• academic meritocracy; education-conscious society; society that places (excessive) emphasis on academic records

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to bring disgrace (dishonor, dishonour) on; to fling mud at; to put to shame - idiom

noun:

• haitei winning hand; winning on the last tile drawn from the wall - Mahjong term - From Chinese

noun:

• store stamp; stamp on receipt indicating item was bought in said store

noun:

• number (on its own, without considering its proportion to the whole); overall number

expression:

• while looking on in blank amazement; while gazing at it in shock ➜ あれよあれよ

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• time passes; the days and months go by; the months roll on

noun:

• man-on-the-street interview; vox populi; vox pop; curbside interview

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• big hit; big prize; bumper crop; striking it rich; right on the mark; bonanza; bull's eye; bullseye

noun:

• lucky day but not in the morning; day on which judgment and haste are avoided (judgement) ➜ 六曜

noun:

• breakwater; seawall; bulwark; mole; narrow stone structure for breaking incoming waves and loading goods on and off ships ➜ 防波堤