noun / ~する noun:

• internal rotation; endorotaion; rotating upper arm or leg inwards towards the body

noun:

• involution - Botany term

expression:

• content is the philosopher's stone, that turns all it touches into gold - proverb ➜ 足るを知る

noun:

• sastrugi; parallel wave-like ridges formed on a snow surface by the wind

noun:

• four brights (high-scoring combination in hanafuda); four bright cards; four light cards; five hikari cards ➜ 花札

expression / ichidan verb:

• to ensconce oneself (e.g. in a chair); to settle oneself down; to plant oneself

noun:

• rash; eruption (in response to a skin irritant)

suffix noun:

• influence - usu. negative or critical nuance
• crazy about; having an affectation concerning all things surrounding something (esp. a language, a culture, etc.)

noun:

• (Edo-period) roadside teahouse where one would go to relax (in comparison with a restaurant style teahouse and teahouse offering sexual services); tea stall ➜ 色茶屋・料理茶屋

noun / ~の noun:

• substitute; replacement; substituting; replacing
• stand-in; proxy; alternate; deputy; relief; successor
• compensation; exchange; return - usu. as 〜代わりに, etc. ➜ 代わりに
• second helping; another cup; seconds - usu. as お代わり ➜ お代わり【おかわり】
• upcoming program; upcoming programme - esp. 替わり, 替り - abbreviation ➜ 替わり狂言

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun / adjectival noun:

• unsteadily (e.g. on one's feet); shakily; staggering; reeling; tottering; dizzily - onomatopoeia

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• wandering; wavering; aimlessly; without knowing what one is doing; having no goal in mind - onomatopoeia

noun:

• continued alertness; unrelaxed alertness; remaining on one's guard; being prepared for a counterstroke
• follow-through (e.g. in archery)
• lingering affection; attachment; regret; regrets; reluctance - orig. meaning

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to smoke; to breathe in; to inhale
• to suck; to sip; to slurp
• to absorb; to soak up
• to kiss

noun / ~する noun:

• recitation (of a Chinese or Japanese poem); chanting; singing
• composition (of a Chinese or Japanese poem); composed poem

expression / adverb:

• I pray in earnest that; I beg that; I yearn that

noun:

• scramble intersection; pedestrian scramble; X-crossing; diagonal crossing; intersection allowing pedestrians to cross simultaneously in any direction

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to change; to alter
• to run counter to; to go against; to break (one's word)
• to make a mistake (in); to err

expression / noun:

• what one has a mind to do; what one feels like (doing); being so minded; (with) that in mind

expression / ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• (a woman) to lose her roughness and become urbane and good-looking; to become experienced in worldly affairs

noun:

• Zhejiang financial clique; Sekko Zaibatsu; clique from Zhejiang and Jiangsu, influential in Shanghai finance from late 1920s through 1930s ➜ 財閥

noun:

• roadside grass; roadside weeds
• guidance (sometimes esp. referring to guidance in love); guidepost; guide
• Chinese fountain grass (Pennisetum alopecuroides) ➜ 力芝

noun / ~する noun:

• quitting one's job as a government official to return to live quietly in one's own native region

expression / ichidan verb:

• to look on enviously while doing nothing; to look on with a finger in one's mouth [literal] - often 〜て見る

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to stick one's nose into (someone else's business); to meddle; to interfere; to butt in - idiom

noun:

• karaori; Chinese weave; cloth decorated with birds and flowers in silk
• noh theater costume made with karaori weave

noun / ~の noun:

• undesirable friend; bad company; bad companion; bad influence ➜ 良友
• partner in crime (i.e. good friend); close friend; buddy

noun:

• fixing one's aim in life; deciding one's life goal