noun:

• new straw; straw from the current year
• rice seedlings boiled and dried and then tied into a woman's hair to chase evil spirits away

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to suffer a disappointment; to feel let down
• to have one's attack (question, etc.) sidestepped; to be given the slip

adverb:

• a little; a bit; slightly
• just a minute; for a moment; briefly
• somewhat; rather; fairly; pretty; quite
• (not) easily; (not) readily - before a verb in negative form

interjection:

• hey!; excuse me

noun:

• slipping one's hand beneath the opponent's arm and latching on to the underside of his belt - Sumo term

expression:

• the doting parent's purse is plundered; the thief caught turns out to be one's own son [literal] - proverb

noun:

• Kyoto's children
• Kyoto's young people, who are noisy and gossiping on the least pretext

noun:

• (a) principle; (a) reason; (a) point; some truth

noun / ~する noun:

• a rise above a certain level (of a stock price, etc.) Antonym: 台割れ

expression / noun:

• being in a helpless situation; (like a) fish on a chopping board [literal] - idiom

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to interrupt; to obstruct (a view, someone's way, etc.); to block (light, wind, etc.); to intercept; to cut off

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to leave word with (a person); to state in one's will; to leave (something) unsaid; to forget to mention

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case
• to scold; to take (a person) to task

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to hide; to conceal
• to lower volume (of a sound or one's voice) so as not to be heard
• to become quiet and inconspicuous

noun:

• hundred times worship (e.g. visiting a shrine or temple a hundred times for prayer, walking back and forth a hundred times before a shrine offering a prayer each time) ➜ 御百度

noun:

• thing; object; article; stuff; substance
• one's things; possessions; property; belongings - as 〜のもの, 〜のもん
• things; something; anything; everything; nothing
• quality
• reason; the way of things
• used to emphasize emotion, judgment, etc.; used to indicate a common occurrence in the past (after a verb in past tense); used to indicate a general tendency; used to indicate something that should happen - formal noun often used as 〜ものだ - usually written using kana alone

suffix noun:

• item classified as ...; item related to ...; work of ...
• cause of ...; cause for ...

prefix:

• somehow; somewhat; for some reason ［もの］ ➜ 物寂しい【ものさびしい】
• really; truly ［もの］ ➜ 物珍しい【ものめずらしい】

noun / ~の noun:

• reflection; image; picture (e.g. on a television); shot
• video; film; footage; clip; video recording
• image in one's mind; mental picture

expression:

• till; to; over (a period); through (e.g. Monday through Thursday); about (approx. time or place); on
• concerning (an area of expertise)
• swearing by (one's sword, God, etc.)

expression:

• victory depends on the luck of the day (i.e. it isn't always the strongest who wins)

numeric:

• one

noun:

• for one thing - often used in itemized lists
• only - after a noun
• (not) even - with a verb in negative form

adverbial noun:

• just (e.g. "just try it")

adverb / ~する noun:

• softly; gently; quietly - onomatopoeia
• secretly; stealthily - onomatopoeia ➜ こっそり

~する noun:

• to leave alone; to leave as it is - onomatopoeia

noun / ~する noun:

• (speech) shadowing; repeating speech immediately after hearing it
• projective shadowing; shadow mapping - IT term

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to start something
• to have started something, but not yet finished it

expression:

• the wolf knows what the ill beast thinks; it takes one to know one - proverb

expression:

• if you rely too much on your greatest strength, it will be your greatest weakness - proverb

expression:

• although at this late hour; now, although it is too late
• afresh; anew; again