noun:

• any of a number of lists of three enlightened men, including (but not limited to): Buddha, Confucius and Christ
• Lao-tzu, Confucius and Buddha
• Fu Xi, King Wen and Confucius
• Yao, Shun and Yu
• Yu, the Duke of Zhou, Confucius

noun / ~する noun:

• drawing away from someone because of their speech or actions; having the mood ruined
• zooming out or backing the camera away to get a wider image (film, TV)

noun / ~の noun:

• some; few; a number of; a little (bit)

adverbial noun:

• somewhat; to a certain extent

~の noun / adverbial noun / noun:

• many; a lot ［そこばく・そくばく・そこば］ - archaism

noun:

• each of the three being different from the other two; each of the three having his (her) own way - four character idiom

noun / adjectival noun / ~の noun:

• each of the three being different from the other two; each of the three having his (her) own way

expression:

• even the unskilled can succeed by a fluke given enough tries; even a poor marksman will hit the target with enough shots [literal] - proverb ➜ 下手な鉄砲も数撃てば当たる

noun:

• finding a way out of a potentially fatal situation; seeking a way out of a desperate situation - four character idiom

noun:

• Your Party (a Japanese political party)

noun:

• meridian (e.g. in acupuncture); channel; one of the lines connecting vital points in the body
• thread of connection; chain of reasoning

noun:

• the seven spring flowers - abbreviation ➜ 春の七草
• the seven fall flowers; the seven autumn flowers - abbreviation ➜ 秋の七草
• the seventh of January; Festival of Seven Herbs - abbreviation ➜ 七草の節句

expression:

• the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence; the neighbour's salted rice bran paste (smells sweeter) [literal] - proverb

noun:

• daruma; tumbling doll; round, red-painted good-luck doll in the shape of Bodhidharma, with a blank eye to be completed when a person's wish is granted
• Bodhidharma
• prostitute

noun:

• seducer; smooth talker; ladies' man; playboy; playgirl

noun / ~する noun:

• picking up women (on the street) - usu. written as ナンパ - usually written using kana alone - colloquialism ➜ 逆ナン

noun:

• moderate party; moderate ➜ 硬派
• social story (in a newspaper, etc.); society columnist (of a newspaper)
• bearish trader; bear

noun:

• Mahāraurava; The Hell of Great Wailing; The Great Screaming Hell; the fifth of eight hot hells in Buddhism - Buddhism term ➜ 奈落【ならく】

noun:

• vine; bine; tendril; runner
• bow; temple arm; sidepiece; lug arm; earpiece; part of a pair of glasses that goes over the ear
• connections; contacts; influence; financial supporter

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to attach; to join; to add; to append; to affix; to stick; to glue; to fasten; to sew on; to apply (ointment)
• to furnish (a house with)
• to wear; to put on
• to keep a diary; to make an entry
• to appraise; to set (a price)
• to allot; to budget; to assign
• to bring alongside
• to place (under guard or doctor)
• to follow; to shadow ➜ 跡をつける
• to load; to give (courage to)
• to keep (an eye on)
• to establish (relations or understanding)
• to turn on (light) ➜ 点ける
• to produce flowers; to produce fruit - of a plant

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to cast amorous glances at a man (of a woman); to make eyes at; to give (someone) the eye; to make advances

noun:

• eel (esp. the Japanese eel, Anguilla japonica)

noun:

• Japanese red pine (Pinus densiflora); Japanese umbrella pine; tanyosho pine

noun:

• Japanese green woodpecker (Picus awokera); Japanese woodpecker; wavy-bellied woodpecker

noun:

• Japanese red pine (Pinus densiflora); Japanese umbrella pine; tanyosho pine ➜ 赤松【あかまつ】

noun:

• squirrel's foot fern (Davallia mariesii)
• Lepisorus thunbergianus (species of fern) ➜ 軒忍
• color of clothing layers under one's overcoat (light green on blue) ➜ 襲の色目
• ancient women's hairstyle - abbreviation ➜ 忍髷
• clothing patterned using squirrel's foot fern - abbreviation ➜ 忍摺

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to pull; to draw; to pull tight
• to string (lines); to run (cable); to stretch
• to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve)
• to drag; to haul; to tow
• to lead (e.g. one's followers)
• to take someone somewhere (e.g. a suspect to the police)
• to tempt into joining; to strongly invite to join
• to delay; to prolong
• to lengthen the pronunciation (of a word)
• to quote; to cite; to reference
• to pull the ball - Baseball term
• to wear; to put on

noun:

• small festival on the eve of the main festival (esp. of the Gion festival) ➜ 宵宮

noun:

• mock Buddhist sutra; type of fast-paced humorous singing mimicking the chanting of a Buddhist sutra, usually with lyrics satirizing current events; ahodarakyō - pun on あほだら and 陀羅尼経 ➜ あほだら