noun:

• various medicines; medical treatment
• supper in a Zen temple; rice porridge served for supper in a Zen temple

noun:

• blue poetry ribbon card (in hanafuda)
• the three blue poetry ribbon cards (high-scoring combination in hanafuda) ➜ 花札

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to be struck by a chance blow; to be embroiled in; to be caught up in; to be dragged into

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to talk around something (exp. derived from having something stuck in your back teeth and thus be unable to speak clearly); to imply something in a roundabout way - idiom

noun:

• change in one's looks; change in one's appearance

noun:

• break in the rain
• waiting for a break in the rain

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to flutter in the wind; to wave in the wind

expression / adverb:

• both in name and reality; both in name and substance ➜ 名実相伴う

noun:

• being narrow in the middle; something narrow in the middle - obscure term
• mallet - archaism ➜ 杵

noun / ~の noun:

• number one in all of America; best in all of America

expression / ichidan verb:

• to take to heart; to keep in mind; to bear in mind ➜ 念頭におく

noun:

• Japanese bird cherry (Prunus grayana); Gray's bird cherry; Gray's chokecherry

noun:

• Japanese red-backed vole (Myodes andersoni)
• red-backed vole (any rodent of genus Myodes)

noun:

• sago cycad (Cycas revoluta); king sago palm; sago palm; Japanese sago palm

noun:

• Japanese hornet (Vespa simillima, esp. subspecies Vespa simillima simillima); yellow hornet

godan ~う verb / intransitive verb:

• to balance; to be in harmony; to be in equilibrium
• to suit; to go well together; to be a good match

noun:

• Anderson's crocodile newt (Echinotriton andersoni); Anderson's newt; Ryukyu spiny newt; Japanese warty newt

expression:

• in spring one sleeps a sleep that knows no dawn; in spring one sleeps like a log - proverb

noun:

• simultaneously running for a seat in a single-member constituency and a seat in a proportionally representated constituency

noun:

• fresh Japanese sweets (usu. containing red bean paste)
• fresh Western sweets (usu. containing cream or fruit, e.g. sponge cake, pie)

expression / noun:

• a man among the geese when the gander is away; a one-eyed king in the land of the blind; a bat in a village without birds [literal] - idiom

godan ~つ verb / intransitive verb:

• to stand in a line; to stand in a row
• to be equal

godan ~す verb / intransitive verb:

• to be in confusion or commotion; to be in a turmoil; to be crowded or jammed with people

noun / suffix:

• idiot; fool; touched in the head (from); out of it (from); space case
• funny man (of a comedy duo); (in comedy) silly or stupid line ➜ 漫才・突っ込み【つっこみ】
• Alzheimer's (impol)

noun:

• compared to our company's products (a phrase often used in advertising when comparing old and new products); in this company's comparison
• as I see it; by my estimate - colloquialism