expression / godan ~く verb:

• to blow a conch; to blow a trumpet shell; to blow the war horn ➜ 法螺貝を吹く

noun:

• fox (esp. the red fox, Vulpes vulpes)
• fox (i.e. a sly person)
• soba or udon topped with deep-fried tofu ➜ 狐うどん【きつねうどん】
• light brown; golden brown - abbreviation ➜ きつね色

expression / ~くる verb (spec.):

• to come along; to come around; to turn up
• to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)

noun:

• black-spot surgeonfish (Acanthurus bariene, species of tang found from Mozambique and Maldives to the western Pacific); roundspot surgeonfish; bariene surgeonfish; eye-spot surgeon

particle:

• particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.) - at sentence-end ➜ もがな
• emphatic particle - at sentence-end - colloquialism
• particle adding uncertainty - often associated with an interrogative

godan ~う verb / intransitive verb:

• to be mixed up with; to have a connection with (a troublesome matter)
• to be a stickler about; to be finicky about (some triviality)
• to take part (in some work); to hang about; to bother (someone)

~の noun / adjectival noun / noun:

• unrelated; irrelevant; indifferent Antonym: 有縁

~の noun / noun:

• without relations (esp. of a deceased person); having no surviving relatives
• unrelated to the teachings of Buddha; unable to be saved by Buddha - Buddhism term Antonym: 有縁

~と adverb / adverb:

• with a roaring sound (of water or wind); sound of feet stamping on the ground - onomatopoeia

interjection:

• whoa! (command used to stop or quieten down a horse, etc.) ➜ どう

expression:

• it often takes time to bear the fruit of one's actions; planted peach and chestnut seeds take three years (to bear fruit), persimmons take eight [literal] - proverb

noun:

• bai zhi (Chinese name for angelica species Angelica dahurica); traditional Chinese cure made from the root of this plant ➜ 鎧草
• Heracleum nipponicum (species of hogweed) ➜ 花独活

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to step back; to move back; to retreat
• to withdraw (from the presence of a superior); to leave; to exit
• to resign; to retire; to quit
• to concede

noun:

• member of an assembly; member of the Diet; member of parliament; member of Congress

expression:

• if that is the case; if it becomes so; when it becomes so

noun:

• Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons; Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty

noun:

• maintaining the quality of a flower; lasting quality of a cut flower

noun:

• Nichiren sect of Buddhism (sometimes specifically referring to the Hokke school of Nichiren)
• Tendai sect of Buddhism

expression:

• inscrutable are the ways people are brought together; there is no telling how people are brought together ➜ 縁は異なもの味なもの

expression:

• what is called; as it is called; the so-called; known as; so to speak

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to share (someone's) good luck; to follow (someone's) example; to enjoy the same benefits (of someone or something)
• to be named after

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to strike; to throw; to slap something onto; to dash (e.g. to the floor)
• to thrust at someone (e.g. a letter)

expression:

• until then; till then; up to that time
• to that extent
• the end of it; all there is to it

prefix:

• the large part of
• big; large; great

suffix:

• approximate size; no larger than
• -university - abbreviation ➜ 大学

noun:

• large (e.g. serving size); loud (e.g. volume setting)

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to turn misfortune into fortune (esp. through one's own efforts); to turn the potential disaster to one's advantage - idiom

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to turn misfortune into fortune (esp. through one's own efforts); to turn the potential disaster to one's advantage - idiom ➜ 災い転じて福となす【わざわいてんじてふくとなす】

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to move; to shift; to stir; to budge; to change position
• to inspire; to rouse; to move (e.g. feeling); to influence
• to change; to alter; to deny
• to operate; to set in motion; to get going
• to mobilize (e.g. troops); to mobilise; to deploy
• to manage (e.g. funds)