noun:

• ijtihad (use of discretionary judgement in deducing a law not specified in scripture) - From Arabic

noun:

• woman's level of motivation in fashion, makeup, taste in clothes, etc.; femininity - colloquialism

noun:

• over-concentrated shape (in go); placing too many stones in the same area

particle:

• while; during; as
• while; although; though; despite; in spite of; notwithstanding ➜ 我ながら
• all; both ➜ 二つながら
• as (e.g. "as always", "as long ago"); in (e.g. "in tears")

noun / ~の noun:

• the best in the land; the best of its kind in the country; par excellence in the whole country - four character idiom

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to put in; to let in; to take in; to bring in; to insert; to set (a jewel, etc.); to ink in (e.g. a tattoo)
• to admit; to accept; to employ; to hire
• to accept; to comply; to grant; to adopt (a policy, etc.); to take (advice, etc.); to listen to; to pay attention to - esp. 容れる
• to include
• to pay (one's rent, etc.)
• to cast (a vote)
• to make (tea, coffee, etc.) ➜ 淹れる
• to turn on (a switch, etc.)
• to send (a fax); to call

adjective:

• able to take a lot of punishment (of a boxer, etc.); able to take a hit - Martial Arts term
• able to keep one's cool when the batter gets a hit (of a baseball pitcher)
• resilient; strong in the face of criticism or adversity

expression / adverb:

• just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; in the time it takes to say "ah!" [literal]

noun / ~する noun:

• using a new brush for the first time
• doing something for the first time
• man losing his virginity (esp. to an older woman)

noun:

• right arm ➜ 左腕
• right-hand man; right hand; right-hand person ［みぎうで］
• right-handed pitcher ［うわん］ - Baseball term

adjectival noun / noun:

• throwing one's weight around in a small group without knowing one's real worth in a larger world outside; being a big fish in a small pond - four character idiom

noun:

• central pillar (of a building)
• mainstay (e.g. of an economy); backbone (e.g. of a family); provider; main man

noun:

• young adult still living at home; dependent ➜ 部屋住み
• female servant working for a lady-in-waiting working in the inner part of a lord's house (Edo period) ➜ 部屋方
• freeloader living in a samurai's house
• young kabuki actor in service of a master (Edo period)

noun:

• Buddhist center for study and meditation; monastery; temple - abbreviation of 栴檀林 - Buddhism term ➜ 栴檀
• Danrin style of haikai poetry (playful and oriented to the common person); Danrin school (of haikai poetry) - abbreviation ➜ 俳諧・談林風・談林派

noun / ~する noun:

• breaking ground; ground-breaking (ceremony)

noun:

• New Year's ceremony in which a hoe is used to break ground in a field lying in a lucky direction

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze

noun:

• comeback (e.g. in business); reinstatement
• second blooming (in a season); reflowering; reflorescence

noun:

• long epic song with shamisen accompaniment (developed in Edo in the early 17th century)

noun / ~する noun:

• cut-in (printing); insertion; inclusion

noun or verb acting prenominally:

• built-in; predefined; embedded (e.g. software)

noun:

• dressing (esp. in kimono); fitting; helping someone get dressed
• outer garment (in kabuki)

noun:

• Portuguese Jesuits (in Japan in the 16th century) - From Portuguese "padre"
• Christianity; Christian

noun:

• seats immediately in front of the stage (e.g. in kabuki); pit; orchestra; parquet

noun:

• mountain (in hell) covered in swords, which are buried so their tips point upward

expression:

• in an easy-to-understand manner; in a very kind and detailed way

noun:

• growth hormone (esp. somatotropin in animals and auxins in plants)