noun / ~する noun:

• going bye-byes; going beddy-byes; sleeping - children's language

noun:

• baby
• childish person (esp. a young woman)

noun / suffix:

• (a) stop (e.g. in a timber joint, or at the end of a kanji stroke)
• remaining (e.g. poste-restante)
• forty-five degree angle ［留め］

noun:

• form of hopscotch in which the player kicks a stone through the course

noun / ~する noun:

• entry into the sanctum of a shrine or temple; access to the imperial court

noun:

• in calligraphy, a style of holding the brush between the thumb and index finger ➜ 双鉤法

noun:

• metal rod in a wooden plane which holds the chip breaker against the blade

noun:

• dip (angle that the direction of a compass needle makes with the horizon)

noun:

• anticipating the escape of the king and blocking him in advance with a knight - Shōgi term

noun:

• over-the-counter drug; medication bought directly from the drugstore without a prescription ➜ 売薬

noun:

• passing the physical examination as a Grade One conscript (in the former Japanese military)

noun:

• note a semitone below the fourth degree of the Chinese and Japanese pentatonic scale - Music term ➜ 徴【ち】

expression:

• blessed are the peacemakers; one should appreciate and follow the advice of a mediator - proverb ➜ 時の氏神【ときのうじがみ】・挨拶

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to put to use
• to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to handle; to manage; to manipulate ➜ 人使い
• to use (time, money, etc.); to spend; to consume
• to use (language); to speak ➜ 言葉遣い

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to grapple with; to wrestle with; to engage in a bout; to be matched against
• to tackle (e.g. a problem); to come to grips with; to work hard on

noun:

• shaved head; person with a shaved head - archaism

expression / noun:

• closure (of a road); suspension of traffic

expression:

• Road closed (on a sign); Closed to traffic; No through road

noun:

• visiting a shrine or temple to give thanks for the fulfilment of a prayer

noun:

• stratagem for causing a rift in the enemy camp by using a seditious plot - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• resultative (refers to a conjunction where what follows is a result of the preceding)

noun / ~する noun:

• forced relocation of a daimyo to a different domain by the Edo shogunate

expression:

• cream rises to the top; a drill in a bag (will always poke through) [literal] - proverb

noun / ~する noun:

• helping a long-term employee to establish a branch of the same shop

noun / ~する noun:

• graduation; completion (e.g. of a course)
• outgrowing something; moving on (from)

noun:

• ballast; crushed stone, gravel, etc. used on a roadbed or railway track - abbreviation ➜ バラスト

expression:

• sweet words only please a fool; flattery works on puppets and fools - proverb