noun:

• standing highest in one's master's favor; monopolizing the affection (favor) of the lord; being the lord's favorite lady - four character idiom

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to pass the baton (e.g. in a relay race)
• to pass the baton; to hand on the torch - idiom

noun:

• suede; leather using the underside of the skin ➜ スエード
• piece of leather on the underside of a bag, purse, etc.

noun:

• black ships (i.e. Western ships, often painted with tar, that came to Japan in the 16th century)
• product, person, etc. arriving from the West and disturbing the Japanese market, etc.

noun:

• mere slip by someone who is usually very careful; simple mistake by a wise person; point overlooked by a cautious person - four character idiom

noun:

• mutual mourning; when one is in mourning, one doesn not make condolence calls or offers of help to others in mourning

godan ~つ verb / transitive:

• to drill; to bore; to pierce; to pass through

godan ~つ verb / transitive / intransitive verb:

• to hit the mark; to get to the heart of (the matter); to be true to (nature)

godan ~つ verb / transitive:

• to put on; to wear - archaism

noun:

• Yemen monitor (Varanus yemenensis, species of carnivorous monitor lizard found at the base of the Tihama mountains along the western coast of Yemen)

noun:

• making the numbers balance; fixing the numbers; number-juggling; making up the numbers (e.g. to form a majority); taking tally; number-crunching

pre-noun adjectival:

• such (about something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or about ideas expressed by the speaker); like this ➜ あんな・そんな・どんな

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to finish; to get it over with; to conclude
• to settle; to pay back
• to get along (without something); to make do with (without) - often with で ➜ なしで済ます

noun:

• obtaining the respective numbers of cranes and tortoises from the total of their heads and legs; calculating the values of two unknown quantities from their unit total and the total of one of their attributes

noun:

• hardships and joys; tasting the sweets and bitters of life; (having seen much of life) being well-versed in the ways of the world - four character idiom

noun:

• person in charge of music (in a Japanese dance performance) ➜ 立方【たちかた】
• person singing ballads (in noh)
• coast (esp. as seen from the water); shore
• the country; countryside; the provinces; rural area - archaism

noun:

• Tokyo near-field earthquake; large-scale earthquake expected to directly hit the Kanto area sometime in the future; also refers to the 1855 and 1894 Edo/Tokyo earthquakes

noun:

• Tokyo near-field earthquake; large-scale earthquake expected to directly hit the Kanto area sometime in the future; also refers to the 1855 and 1894 Edo/Tokyo earthquakes

noun:

• omen; sign of luck
• origin; history; causation
• dependent arising; doctrine that everything has a cause and there is nothing that arises out of nothing - orig. meaning - abbreviation - Buddhism term ➜ 因縁生起

expression / ichidan verb:

• to come to the point; to touch on the point; to address the main points

noun:

• a matter for the police; with the police involved; a brush with the law - four character idiom

noun:

• the tip of a spear; the edge at the very tip of a sword

noun / suffix noun:

• child
• young (animal) ➜ 仔【こ】
• young woman; young geisha - also 娘
• offshoot
• interest ➜ 元も子もない
• new shares - abbreviation ➜ 子株

noun:

• player who is not a dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.) ➜ 親【おや】

noun / suffix noun:

• bird egg - archaism

suffix noun:

• -er (often of young women) - after a noun or -masu stem

noun:

• mountain where old people were abandoned (according to legend); "position in an organization to which an ineffective person is transferred" [figurative]

noun:

• fan in autumn (esp. one that is no longer used); "outdated item that has fallen into disuse" [figurative]; "woman who has lost a man's affection or interest" [figurative] ➜ 秋の扇

expression / ichidan verb:

• to fire oneself up; to give it one's all; to get psyched; to motivate oneself
• to fire someone up (with scolding, corporal punishment, etc.); to rouse

yodan ~る verb (archaic):

• to come; to go; to be - archaism - honorific language ➜ いらっしゃる

auxiliary verb:

• be; is - usu. after the particle で; forms a polite copula ➜ であります