noun:

• mess; sorry state; plight; sad sight - derogatory term

suffix:

• -ways; -wards - indicates direction
• in the act of ...; just as one is ... - after the -masu stem of a verb
• manner of ...; way of ... - after the -masu stem of a verb ➜ 様【さま】

expression / ~する verb (spec.):

• to have readied a bow and stand at ready; to watch for an opportunity; to wait until the time is ripe ➜ 満を持す

noun:

• grasping the trend; firmly understanding how the situation is developing; getting a good sense of how things are changing - four character idiom

noun:

• man who is easily compelled into giving a woman gifts; man only used to receive gifts from - slang ➜ 貢ぐ

noun:

• place where hair is gathered together atop the head; hair tied (or pinned) together in this position - archaism

noun:

• Triaenodon (genus of requiem shark in the family Carcharhinidae whose sole member is the whitetip reef shark)

noun:

• method of Buddhist study and practice that is based in meditative concentration; meditative methods used in Zen Buddhism - Buddhism term

noun:

• soup or stew over which a beaten egg is poured before serving; egg-bound soup - Food term

noun:

• man who is uninterested in aggressively pursuing women; peaceable men who don't approach women as potential partners; herbivore [literal]

noun:

• handshake event; handshake session; event where it is possible to shake hands with a celebrity, sportsperson, pop star, etc.

noun:

• yarn dyeing; thread dyeing; prior dyeing of thread before cloth is woven

noun:

• hero package (commercial in which the product is the hero of the segment)

noun:

• somebody who has wild fantasies; someone who hears voices; someone who is crazy

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be equal; to ostentatiously display that one is equal (to) - colloquialism ➜ ため

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be equal; to ostentatiously display that one is equal (to) - colloquialism ➜ ため・タメを張る

noun:

• rainy sky; sky as it looks when it is about to rain; threatening sky

noun:

• ice color; insoluble azo dye that is cooled with ice during dyeing; ice dye ➜ 氷染染料

expression:

• if possible; if it is in my power; if it was realistic

expression:

• the future is unpredictable; unscrutable are the ways of heaven; the irony of fate - proverb ➜ 人間万事塞翁が馬

noun:

• way of hearing; way a spoken statement is taken; way of asking

expression:

• the eyes are the windows to the soul; the eye is the lamp of the body - proverb

expression / ~よい adjective:

• had better - after past tense verb
• had better not - after negative verb

expression:

• to do or not to do

expression:

• a moment of time in a spring evening (is worth a thousand pieces of gold) - four character idiom

expression:

• a moment of time in a spring evening is worth a thousand pieces of gold - proverb ➜ 春宵一刻