noun:

• napkin; cloth

noun:

• cloth width

noun:

• tapa cloth

noun / ~の noun:

• cloth-covered ➜ 革張り

noun:

• fabric; cloth

noun:

• hessian cloth

noun:

• cloth covering

noun:

• cloth width

noun:

• batik (cloth) - From Malayalam ➜ ろうけつ染め【ろうけつぞめ】

noun:

• polishing cloth

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to throw in a shrimp and pull out a whale; to use a sprat to catch a mackerel; to get big returns on a small investment - idiom

noun:

• legal wife of a regent, of the imperial adviser, or of an official at the Grand Council of State - honorific language

ichidan verb:

• to drift; to blow together ➜ 吹き集める
• to have the wind start to blow; to have the wind spring up

noun:

• staying the night (of an itinerant priest in Zen buddhism); itinerant priest's lodging - Buddhism term
• providing a room for an itinerant priest so that he may meditate for a long period of time - Buddhism term

noun / ~する noun:

• on-the-spot filming or photography

noun:

• live filming (as opposed to animation); actual picture (as opposed to a drawing); photographic image (as opposed to a drawing, computer-generated image, etc.)
• real picture or story (as opposed to fiction, imaginary scene, etc.); describing actual scenes (in writing, drawings, paintings, etc.); documentary (film)

noun:

• Shunkei lacquerware; lacquerware created using transparent lacquer on yellow- or red-stained wood, allowing the natural wood grain to be seen

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be shameless; to have a lot of nerve; to have nerves of steel; to have hair on one's heart [literal] - idiom

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to begin to like something (one did not initially like); to gradually become enamoured with something; to have something grow on you - slang - abbreviation ➜ じわじわ・じわじわ来る

expression / ~くる verb (spec.):

• to begin to like something (one did not initially like); to gradually become enamoured with something; to have something grow on you - colloquialism ➜ じわじわ

noun:

• placing ropes or wires around trees to protect them from the snow; ropes stretched from the top of a tree to the lower branches to prevent their breaking under heavy snow ➜ 雪折れ

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to straighten up one's back (e.g. stand up straight, sit up straight); to hold one's head high

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to be left without means of sustenance; to be turned adrift in the streets; to be rendered homeless; to be out in the cold; to be down and out - idiom

~する noun:

• to make an all-night vigil; to spend a sleepless night - from the name 小室哲哉, as 哲哉 and 徹夜 are read てつや - slang

expression / godan -いく／-ゆく verb (spec.):

• to be adopted; to enter a family as an adopted child

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be read like an open book; to be seen through - idiom