noun / ~する noun:

• trying to think of (a way); working out (how to do)
• contriving (to raise money); managing

noun:

• arranging a group of people so as to form a character or spell out a message

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to assume an air of importance; to be self-important; to put on airs

noun:

• arm wrestling; Indian wrestling
• wrestling relying on brute strength (of the arms), rather than skill - Sumo term

noun:

• flagstaff; flagpole
• arabis (any plant of genus Arabis, esp. tower mustard, Arabis glabra); rock cress - usually written using kana alone

noun / adjectival noun / ~の noun:

• having great (impressive, commanding) presence; having an air of importance; having enough gravity for (a position) - four character idiom

noun / noun or verb acting prenominally / ~と adverb:

• whistling sound; wheezing sound; sound of the wind; wuthering; howling; soughing; moaning - onomatopoeia

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to butter up; to try to get on the good side of

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to hold back others from achieving success; to stand in the way of; to sabotage

noun:

• the five sciences of ancient India (grammar and composition, arts and mathematics, medicine, logic, and philosophy)

noun:

• the 72 'climates' of the year based on the 24 solar seasons further divided into three ➜ 節気・候【こう】

noun:

• Sannou Ichijitsu Shinto (alt. name for Hie Shinto: a form of Shinto heavily influenced by Tendai) ➜ 日吉神道

expression:

• the sand on the beach may disappear, but the makings of thieves never shall (Ishikawa Goemon)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to get (e.g. the gist of something); to understand
• to turn out as one thought ➜ 我が意を得たり

noun:

• language used by the harlots of the Yoshiwara red light district during the Edo period ➜ ありんすことば

noun:

• Lamnidae; family of large, fast-swimming sharks known as mackerel sharks or white sharks

noun:

• quince monitor (Varanus melinus, species of carnivorous monitor lizard native to Indonesia); yellow-head monitor ➜ イエローヘッドモニター

noun:

• Timor monitor (Varanus timorensis, species of small carnivorous monitor lizard native to Indonesia); spotted tree monitor

noun:

• sweeping the soot from one's house (to welcome the kami of the New Year) ➜ 神【かみ】・すす払い

noun:

• heuriger; type of Austrian wine tavern where wine-growers serve the most recent year's wine

expression / godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to combine parts of two different things into a new thing; to compromise; to balance out

noun:

• cavolo nero (cultivar of Brassica oleracea acephala); lacinato kale; Tuscan kale; black kale

adverb:

• before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares

noun / ~する noun:

• abstention (from voting); renunciation (of a right); withdrawal (from a contest)

noun:

• driver (of a vehicle)
• screwdriver - abbreviation ➜ スクリュードライバー
• driver (golf)
• driver; device driver - IT term