noun:

• salt
• crest of a wave; flowerlike patterns on waves in the Japan Sea in winter

noun:

• Coalition of the Willing (nations who supported America's preemptive strike in Iraq in 2003)

noun:

• Coalition of the Willing (nations who supported America's preemptive strike in Iraq in 2003) ➜ 有志連合

noun:

• the five fundamental seasonings used in Japanese cooking: (in order) sugar, salt, vinegar, soy sauce, miso

noun:

• game in which one makes a big snowball by rolling it around in the snow

~の noun / noun:

• freemium; offering both free and premium content in the same product (esp. in online gaming)

noun:

• alliance (of the Six Kingdoms against the Qin dynasty, and of individual Kingdoms with the Qin dynasty) - four character idiom ➜ 合従・連衡
• (tactic of) making & breaking alliances (to benefit oneself as the occasion demands); resorting to alliances as a diplomatic expedient - four character idiom

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be stubborn; to be obstinate; to be perverse; to not give in ➜ 意地を張る

adjectival noun / noun:

• dissatisfaction with the work (role) given to one; feeling oneself above the given work (role)
• not up to the task; (being) out of one's depth - colloquialism ➜ 力不足【ちからぶそく】

pre-noun adjectival:

• that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the ➜ 何の【どの】・此の・其れ・彼の

interjection:

• um...; er...; uh...

noun:

• wearing a kimono with the right side over the left (normally used only for the dead)
• going badly (one's business, one's fortune, the economy); being in a bad financial situation

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be separated (of clothing); to be exposed; to be wide open
• to stand with one's limbs apart; to block the way ➜ 立ちはだかる

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to share (life's) joys and sorrows (with); to share the good and the bad (with); to stick together through thick and thin

expression:

• in search of; in order to look for

expression:

• in respect of; in regards to; as for - honorific language - polite language ➜ に於いて

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to enquire of someone about something (inquire); to question
• to interrogate; to grill (someone about a matter); to question in detail

adverb:

• for the present; for the time being; at present; in the meantime ➜ 差し当たり

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to grow cold (from room temperature, e.g. in refrigerator); to get chilly; to cool down

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to hold a person back; to restrain; to catch in one's arms

expression / ichidan verb:

• to take a solid stance
• to put one's back in it; to exert oneself ➜ 本腰を入れる

noun:

• the clear top of a liquid; the clear layer in a fluid, atop the sediment

noun:

• sparkling waves; waves sparkling in the moonlight or with the light of the rising (setting) sun - four character idiom

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to reel; to wind; to spin (thread)
• to turn (pages); to flip through (a book); to leaf through (a book); to consult (a dictionary); to refer to (an encyclopedia)
• to count (e.g. the days)
• to open one-by-one; to close one-by-one (e.g. shutters)

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to get over a bad mood; to get back in a good mood; to brighten up; to recover one's temper; to feel oneself again

noun / ~の noun:

• (similar to) perinatal; period from around the 28th week of pregnancy to a week after the baby is born