noun:

• coloring fabric by placing a paper stencil over it and brushing on the dye; fabric colored in such a manner - obscure term

particle:

• particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to try to have it both ways; to try to sit on two stools ➜ 両天秤に掛ける

expression / ichidan verb:

• to try to have it both ways; to try to sit on two stools ➜ 両天秤を掛ける

expression:

• Don't worry about it; There is nothing to fear; There is no need for anxiety; Everything is under control - four character idiom

conjunction:

• as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)

conjunction:

• as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.) ➜ に連れて

expression / ichidan verb:

• to want something desperately; to want something (so badly one can taste it)

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to take care doing something; to be prudent; to take no chances; to play it safe

noun:

• (finger) ring ➜ 指輪
• metal thimble ➜ 指貫【ゆびぬき】
• ring used to constrict a finger to make it small and beautiful - archaism

particle:

• I wonder - at sentence end
• should I?; is it? - at sentence end
• I wish that; I hope that - at sentence end; with a negative

particle / conjunction:

• although (it is a certain time or something is in a certain condition)

adverbial noun / noun:

• in these times; in times like these; the season being what it is

noun:

• in these times; in times likes these; the season being what it is ➜ 時節柄

noun:

• cooking (something) to a golden brown; something cooked until it's golden brown - obscure term

expression:

• when one door is shut, another is open; the world is as kind as it is cruel - proverb

expression:

• it's hard to please everybody; damned if you do and damned if you don't - proverb

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to tell a person (something) emphatically; to let a person have it

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to go out to meet
• to receive; to welcome; to greet; to salute; to hail; to reach; to approach; to enter (a phase, era, etc.)
• to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family)
• to call for; to summon; to invite
• to approach (a certain time, a point in one's life, etc.)

noun / ~する noun:

• thinning out; pruning; culling; sub-sampling (e.g. video frames, signals)
• infanticide

noun:

• bedding that is never put away during the day; permanently laid-out futon

expression / adjective:

• hard to figure out; elusive; slippery; vague; subtle

noun:

• having the penis hang out (e.g. no trousers or pants) - also written 振りチン, etc. - slang - vulgar

godan ~る verb:

• to have your party wiped out (in the RPG Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne) - slang

noun:

• man who causes the weather to become sunny when he gets out ➜ 雨男