noun:

• mountain's surface; bare surface of a mountain

noun / ~する noun:

• delivering an order; dispatch of an order

noun:

• messenger; orderly; runner

adverb:

• in groups of twos and threes; in small groups - four character idiom

adverbial noun / temporal noun / ~の noun:

• the present age; these days; (present) head of the family

noun:

• colored thread; coloured thread; thread of cat's cradle; heddle thread

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to fail to do; to make light of; to neglect

adverb / ~の noun:

• time and time again; many times; a number of times ➜ 何度も【なんども】

noun:

• (man's) father-in-law; father of one's wife

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to marry into a family of rank; to marry money

expression:

• if you think about it; come to think of it

noun:

• groundless fear; thinking too much; making too much of

noun:

• the impermanence of worldly things; All worldly things are transitory - four character idiom ➜ 四法印【しほういん】

noun:

• field of vegetables; market garden; truck garden; vegetable garden; kitchen garden

godan ~う verb / intransitive verb:

• to lose one's mind; to lose control of oneself

noun / ~する noun:

• foundation of a temple; laying a foundation (stone)
• open base - Mathematics term

noun:

• soot of burnt pine; ink stick (made from burnt pine)

noun:

• long-tailed cock; long-tailed fowl (variety of chicken)

noun:

• divine mirror; sacred mirror (one of the three sacred treasures)

noun:

• one's native country; land of one's birth

expression / noun:

• apple core; core of an apple

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect

noun:

• handicap go; game of go played with a handicap ➜ 置き石【おきいし】

noun:

• Ogura Anthology of One Hundred Tanka by One Hundred Poets

expression:

• blah-blah yadda-yadda; expression used to replace part of conversation

noun:

• water-drawing ceremony (Toudaiji); rite of drawing sacred water