noun:

• fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together)
• relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; link; connection
• family ties; affinity
• opportunity; chance (to meet someone and start a relationship) ［えん］
• pratyaya (indirect conditions, as opposed to direct causes) ［えん］ - Buddhism term ➜ 因
• narrow open-air veranda ［えん］ - also written as 椽

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to screw up; to put the screws on (a person)
• to constrict (someone, something)

ichidan verb:

• to bury something in the ground
• to cover coals with ash; to bank a fire

adjectival noun / ~の noun / noun:

• right on; dead on; fitting to a T; on the button; perfectly correct

noun:

• any of a number of secret societies of ancient China (often opposed to the government)

noun / ~する noun:

• the 'be-be-be' sound of a detector going off
• clicking with someone; being compatible

noun:

• emperor; living god; god incarnate
• miracle-working god (who appears as the occasion demands)

ichidan verb:

• to impose (printing); to lay out the page order
• to assemble (e.g. components)

noun:

• one of the six administrators of a Zen temple (in charge of general affairs) - Buddhism term ➜ 六知事

noun:

• suggestion box; comment box
• complaints box placed in front of the supreme court (Edo period) - archaism

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to keep one's feet on the ground; to be down to earth - idiom

noun:

• Self-Strengthening Movement; Westernization Movement; political reform movement in China during the late Qing dynasty

noun:

• tip; top ➜ 末【うら】

temporal noun:

• end; close (e.g. close of the month)

noun / ~の noun:

• youngest child ➜ 末っ子

noun:

• descendants; offspring; posterity - esp. 〜の末

temporal noun:

• future
• finally

noun / ~の noun:

• trivialities

noun:

• cattle (Bos taurus); cow; bull; ox; calf
• beef - usu. ぎゅう ➜ 牛肉
• Chinese "Ox" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) ［ぎゅう］ - Astronomy term ➜ 二十八宿・玄武【げんぶ】

noun:

• devil; demon; fiend
• Satan; the Devil - in Christianity and Judaism ➜ サタン
• Māra; evil spirits or forces that hinder one's path to enlightenment - Buddhism term

noun / ~する noun:

• acknowledgement; acknowledgment; understanding (e.g. "please be understanding of the mess during our renovation"); noting; acceptance ➜ ご了承

noun:

• lost point (in a game); point given away; conceded goal Antonym: 得点
• run charged to the pitcher - Baseball term
• blunder; mistake; error

noun / ~する noun:

• listing (on the stock exchange, etc.); taking a company public
• presentation (e.g. of a play, opera); performance ➜ 上演

noun / ~する noun:

• hardening; vulcanization; vulcanisation; sclerosis; curing Antonym: 軟化
• hardening (of attitude, stance, etc.); stiffening; toughening Antonym: 軟化
• upturn (in the market); firming up Antonym: 軟化

expression / adverb:

• among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else) ➜ 中でも【なかでも】
• at the same time; simultaneously; at once; both

noun / ~の noun:

• protrusion; projection

noun:

• (Japanese) hors d'oeuvre; appetizer; snacks - Food term
• (winning technique of) pushing out of the ring - Sumo term

noun:

• six copies
• Buddhist pilgrim (carrying 66 copies of the Lotus Sutra to be left at sites across Japan) - abbreviation ➜ 六十六部

noun:

• suckling child; babe in arms; child at the breast; baby; infant

expression:

• pretending not to see something; turning a blind eye to; burying one's head in the sand

expression / ichidan verb:

• to trick someone (into confirming or revealing the truth); to ask a leading question - idiom