noun / ~する noun:

• official seal; verification seal; affixing a seal to an official document ［あいはん・あいばん］
• making a joint signature or seal ➜ 連判

expression / ichidan verb:

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

adjectival noun:

• a long time (since the last time); it's been a while (since I last saw, mailed, etc., you) - Nagoya (and surrounding areas) dialect ➜ 久しぶり【ひさしぶり】

noun:

• approx. 80% of the way up a mountainside
• view of a light green mountain; mountain that appears green from afar

noun:

• room; chamber
• monk in charge of business in the monks' quarters
• bedroom (of a married couple)
• locule (in a plant ovary)
• atria and ventricles

noun / ~する noun:

• suspension; interruption; stoppage; ban; standstill; halt; hang-up; deadlock; stalemate; abeyance - usu. ていし
• suspension of music, dance, etc. as a sign of mourning for a prominent person ［ちょうじ］

noun:

• being inseparable as a form and its shadow; a person's deed mirrors the good or evil of his mind; husband and wife being never apart - four character idiom

expression:

• a great distance does not detract from the feeling (relationship) of endearment; feeling as though a dear one faraway were living in one's close neighborhood - four character idiom

expression:

• you cannot win against someone who doesn't listen to reason (e.g. a crying child or a violent lord); you can't fight City Hall - idiom ➜ 泣く子と地頭には勝てない【なくことじとうにはかてない】

expression:

• you cannot win against someone who doesn't listen to reason (e.g. a crying child or a violent lord); you can't fight City Hall - proverb

noun / ~する noun:

• assignment (of a person to somewhere); attachment (of a person to another unit, organization, etc.)

noun:

• focus (of a lens); focal point - From Dutch "brandpunt"
• point (of a discussion, e.g. on-point, off-point)

noun:

• first 17-syllable verse of a renga ➜ 揚げ句【あげく】
• haiku
• first five-syllable line of a tanka

expression / ichidan verb:

• to look at from a biased viewpoint; to look at with a prejudiced eye - idiom

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to make a blunder; to bungle; to mess up; to make a foolish mistake

adverb / ~と adverb:

• all together in a line; all together in a lump - archaism - onomatopoeia
• dressed sloppily; overdressed for the occasion

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to take an attitude; to take a stance; to commit oneself; to assume a position

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to have a terrible time; to have a hard time ➜ 目にあう【めにあう】

interjection:

• (can you) spare a little time (to speak)?; (do you) have a moment (to speak)?

noun / ~の noun:

• around there; near there
• or thereabouts; or so
• such a matter; such a thing

noun:

• vein of a shrimp (prawn); digestive tract of a shrimp; sand vein

noun / ~する noun:

• dropping in on the way; stopping off at; making a side trip
• going the long way round; making a detour

noun / ~する noun:

• reading (a text) aloud without trying to understand it ➜ 素読【そどく】
• reading a second draft without checking it against the original

noun:

• katakana-hiragana prolonged sound mark; macron (indicating a long vowel); circumflex (indicating a long vowel); modifier letter triangular colon (IPA diacritical)

ichidan verb:

• to be at a loss; to think and think but get nowhere; to fail to come up with a good idea