noun:

• tyre chains; anti-skid device
• backup measure; taking entrance examination to a university in case one fails at other universities

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to flap (wings)
• to spread one's wings; to go out into the world

noun:

• ascending air current; updraft - four character idiom
• upward trend; rise in popularity, influence, etc.

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to boil up; to seethe
• to get excited; to be in an uproar

noun:

• Hades (Greek god) ➜ プルートー
• Hades; the underworld (in Greek mythology)

noun:

• mud

adjectival noun:

• muddy; covered in mud

noun:

• falling on one's backside (behind, bottom); pratfall ➜ 尻餅をつく
• mochi used to celebrate a child's first birthday; mochi tied to a baby's back if he starts walking before his first birthday in order to cause him to fall on his backside

adjectival noun:

• continental
• calm; not worried with unimportant details

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

• pulpy; soppy - onomatopoeia
• sloppy; untidy; in a disarray; chaotic - onomatopoeia

ichidan ~ずる verb (alt. form of じる verbs) / intransitive verb:

• to grow; to grow up ➜ 長じる
• to be good at; to excel in ➜ 長じる

expression / ichidan verb:

• to live under another's roof; to become a dependent on
• to flatten oneself (against); to lean in close to

noun / suffix:

• including; inclusive of ［こみ］

noun:

• komi; extra points given to the white player as compensation for playing second (in go) - usu. コミ - usually written using kana alone - abbreviation ➜ コミ出し【コミだし】

noun:

• stone statue of Jizo (often found along roads) ➜ 地蔵
• taciturn person; person uninterested in romance

expression:

• that; it - subject of sentence
• well yes, actually, now that you mention it; well, in fact - in response to a question - idiom

expression / ichidan verb:

• to envision how things will turn out (usu. unfortunate)
• to have foresight; to be able to see the future

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to encourage to do (something); to urge a person on; to demand action - idiom
• to spank; to give a spanking; to hit someone on the bottom; to beat someone's backside

expression / ichidan verb:

• to carry a bomb [literal]; to have a bomb about to go off
• to have an imminent problem; to be in danger of relapse

expression / ichidan verb:

• to set off an explosive
• to start a fire under someone; to motivate someone with rough words

noun:

• teething fever
• developmental fever; fever that brings with it an intellectual or psycho-developmental growth spurt

noun:

• blood content ➜ 血液中

~の noun:

• blood borne; within the blood

~の noun / noun:

• deckle-edged (e.g. paper)
• eared (e.g. jug); with lugs

noun:

• nest (of boxes); nesting
• concealed information
• adopting a child after one's own has died; child adopted in this manner ［入れ子］
• cavity in an oar (fitted onto a peg as part of a traditional oarlock) ➜ 櫓杭

adverb:

• for a long time; since long ago; from childhood
• bright and early; early in the morning

noun:

• frequency; popularity; currency

~する noun:

• to perform well; to be successful in an activity

noun:

• inkpot; ink bottle
• inking; going over in ink