noun:

• character traits of the people of a prefecture

noun:

• matchmaker - esp. なこうど
• go-between; intermediary; middleman; mediator; intercessor - esp. ちゅうにん

noun:

• sabot; wooden shoe - From French
• work-to-rule; go-slow strike; slowdown - abbreviation ➜ サボタージュ

noun / ~する noun:

• visit for no reason; go on fool's errand

adjectival noun / noun / ~の noun:

• blithe; devil-may-care; speaking off-hand; slaphappy; happy-go-lucky

expression:

• beauty and fortune seldom go together; the beautiful die young - four character idiom

noun:

• touch and go (landing)

noun / ~の noun:

• leaving something to chance; drifting; (being) happy-go-lucky ➜ 成り行きに任せる【なりゆきにまかせる】

noun:

• ogeima (in go); large knight's move ➜ 桂馬【けいま】

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze - esp. 絞る
• to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to extract; to milk; to express milk - esp. 搾る
• to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice)
• to extort; to exploit
• to chew out; to reprimand severely; to rake over the coals; to give a sound scolding; to tell someone off; to scold; to rebuke - often passive voice ➜ 油を絞る
• to drill into; to train
• to narrow down (one's focus); to whittle down
• to gather up (curtain, etc.); to tighten (drawstring)
• to stop down (lens)
• to turn down (e.g. radio)
• to bend (bow); to draw
• to hold down; to constrict; to immobilize - Sumo term

adjectival noun:

• cool (temperature, color, etc.)
• cool (i.e. calm and collected)
• cool (i.e. fashionable, attractive, etc.)

noun:

• course (of medical treatment) - From German "Kur"
• season (series) of a television program (usu. 13 installments over a 3-month period) - From French "cours"

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be unusual (of a person or of a thing); to be uncommon; to be peculiar; to be crazy; to be eccentric; to be different - sometimes derogatory ➜ 変わる【かわる】

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to stumble a step or two forward (when trying to stop); to pass one's destination and stumble a step or two forward; to totter

noun:

• alley; alleyway; lane ［路地・露路］
• bare earth (i.e. ground not covered by a roof); open field; outdoors (non-greenhouse cultivation of crops) ［露地］
• teahouse garden ［路地・露地］
• path through a gate (or through a garden, etc.)

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to compose (a Japanese poem); to write; to use as the theme of a poem
• to recite (e.g. a poem); to chant; to intone

expression / noun / adverbial noun:

• one's youth; early life; one's early days; one's early years

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to be attached; to be connected with; to adhere; to stick; to cling
• to remain imprinted; to scar; to stain; to dye
• to bear (fruit, interest, etc.)
• to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)
• to take root
• to accompany; to attend; to follow; to study with
• to side with; to belong to
• to possess; to haunt ➜ 憑く
• to be lit; to be lighted ➜ 点く
• to be settled; to be resolved; to be decided
• to be given (of a name, price, etc.)
• to be sensed; to be perceived
• to be lucky - from 運がつく

suffix / godan ~く verb:

• to become (a state, condition, etc.) - after -masu stems, onomatopoeic and mimetic words ➜ 付く【づく】

noun:

• little four winds; winning hand consisting of three kongs or pungs of winds and a pair of the fourth wind - Mahjong term - From Chinese

noun:

• district of a town; city block (of irregular size)

noun / ~する noun:

• assessment (of value, damages, etc.); revision (of a budget)

noun:

• displacement (e.g. of a ship)
• volume of wastewater

noun:

• inner mysteries (of a field of study); secrets

noun:

• eve of the anniversary of a person's death

noun:

• (lineup of authors engaged in a) war of words

noun:

• leader of a rebel army or band of rebels