noun:

• mountain folk; hermit
• mountain wizard ［やまびと］ ➜ 仙人
• word used as part of a pseudonym by artists, writers, etc. ［さんじん］

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

noun:

• kingfisher (esp. the common kingfisher, Alcedo atthis)
• jade (gem) ［ひすい］ ➜ 硬玉・軟玉・ジェイド・翡翠色
• beautiful lustrous colour similar to that of the kingfisher's feathers ［ひすい］

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• chatter; prattle - onomatopoeia

adverb / ~と adverb:

• lapping (up); slurping - onomatopoeia

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• sound of juicy food being bitten into - onomatopoeia

noun / ~する noun:

• self-respect
• prudence; not acting rashly; restraining oneself
• taking care of oneself; being careful with one's health

adverb / ~する noun:

• shrill whistling sound - onomatopoeia
• reddening or brightening slightly
• rush of blood to the head

interjection:

• heigh-hoh; heave-ho
• hold on!; just a minute
• used as a meaningless word in a song for rhythm

auxiliary verb:

• to be - affirmative; meaning 〜だ、〜である - archaism
• to be (location) - meaning 〜にある、〜にいる; usu. なる - archaism ➜ なる

noun / suffix:

• sum of money - indcates exact sum on a receipt, envelope, etc.

noun:

• primness; prim person ［澄まし・清まし・清し・洗］ ➜ お澄まし
• clear soup - abbreviation ➜ すまし汁
• water for rinsing sake cups (at a banquet, etc.) ［澄まし・清まし・清し・洗］

noun:

• singer; vocalist
• nagauta singer (in kabuki) ➜ 長唄
• singer of Noh chants ➜ 謡

noun:

• Patagonian toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides) ➜ マジェラン鮎並【マジェランあいなめ】
• melody - abbreviation ➜ メロディー

suffix noun:

• section of a pop song - usu. Ａメロ, Ｂメロ, etc.

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to turn inside out; to turn the other way; to turn (something) over ➜ 裏返す
• to look at it from another perspective - usu. as 裏を返せば
• to visit the same prostitute or geisha for a second time

noun:

• tao-tie (mythological Chinese creature engraved on bronzeware during the Shang & Zhou dynasties) - archaism
• brutal person - idiom
• coveting of wealth (property, etc.)

noun / adjectival noun / ~の noun:

• limitless
• apolar
• limitlessness of taiji ➜ 太極

noun:

• tirthika; non-Buddhist teachings; non-Buddhist - Buddhism term Antonym: 内道
• heterodoxy; unorthodoxy; heresy; heretic
• demon; fiend; devil; brute; bad person - derogatory term
• type of fish one did not intend to catch

noun:

• just law
• proper method
• the true teachings of Buddha; Period of the True Law - Buddhism term

noun:

• back to back
• discord; feud
• opposite sides of the same coin

noun / adjectival noun / ~の noun:

• perversity; perverse person; contrary person; contrarian

noun:

• antagonistic demon in Japanese folklore
• demon under the feet of temple guardian statues

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to place in a row; to line up
• to list; to enumerate
• to talk a lot of nonsense; to tell a lot of lies

noun / ~する noun:

• interview
• stage debut; first appearance
• meeting - humble language ➜ お目にかかる
• trial for a servant ➜ 奉公人

auxiliary verb / ichidan verb:

• indicates passive voice (incl. the "suffering passive") - れる for 五段 verbs, られる for 一段 verbs. After the -nai stem of a verb ➜ 迷惑の受身【めいわくのうけみ】
• indicates the potential form - no imperative form
• indicates spontaneous occurrence - no imperative form
• used as an honorific for others' actions - no imperative form - honorific language

noun:

• red ball; amber; jasper
• patent medicine - archaism
• brand of sweet wine

noun / ~する noun:

• self-satisfaction; self-complacency; complacency
• understanding (on one's own); realizing (through one's own ability)
• being paid back for one's deeds ➜ 自業自得【じごうじとく】

noun:

• flying; leaping; flight; leap - abbreviation ➜ 飛ぶ
• naught; zero; oh - when reading a number aloud
• flying fish (esp. the Japanese flying fish, Cypselurus agoo) ➜ 飛魚
• running out of points (zero or fewer); game ending due to a player running out of points ［飛び］ - Mahjong term

noun / suffix noun:

• cause; seed; origin - oft. ぐさ in compounds

noun:

• variety; kind

noun / counter:

• counter for varieties