noun:

• written request for permission to leave early (school, work, etc.)

noun:

• roots of herbs and barks of trees used in Chinese medicine - four character idiom

noun:

• revenue source set aside for road construction

expression:

• for better or worse; for good and bad; regardless of merit; both good and bad

noun / ~する noun:

• sign-in

noun:

• in times of war

noun:

• resting one's chin in one's hands ➜ 頬杖をつく
• brace (in construction); angle brace ［ほおづえ］ ➜ 方杖

noun:

• banners of thanks for the full house (in sumo tournaments, soccer matches, concerts, etc.) - four character idiom

noun:

• cemetery for those who left no relatives behind; potter's field - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• adapting for TV; television adaptation

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to revel in trouble and discord; to be bent on making trouble; to like starting fights

noun:

• child or doll used as a vessel for a spirit invoked by a shaman or miko

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be in pain (referring to others); to complain of pain ➜ 痛い・がる

adverb:

• for millennia and millennia; for years and years; forever and ever - archaism

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to live in disgrace; to expose oneself to ridicule

noun:

• cupboard or chest for tea implements

noun:

• publication in kana alone

noun:

• pieces of crab prepared for use in shabu-shabu (usu. claw meat) - Food term ➜ しゃぶしゃぶ

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to aim for laughs; to play to the crowd

noun:

• respect for literary culture

noun:

• a large number of ships sailing in a long chain-like formation - four character idiom

noun:

• language used in red-light districts during the Edo period ➜ 郭言葉

unclassified:

• voiced repetition mark in katakana

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to be blown in (e.g. rain); to sweep in

noun:

• the way of the world in our time; the frame of mind of the people nowadays - four character idiom