noun:

• method of dyeing in which a color repeatedly goes from dense to diffuse, diffuse to dense - imported from western China and used in Buddhist pictures, temple ornaments, etc., during the Nara and Heian periods

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to go around
• to return
• to surround
• to concern (usu. of disputes) ➜ を巡って

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to scatter; to blow about
• to spread a rumor; to talk around - archaism

noun:

• listening comprehension; aural comprehension
• hearing what others say; gathering information, opinions, etc.; public hearing ➜ ヒヤリング

noun:

• night chat; tale told at night
• evening tea party (starting around 6 pm) ［よばなし］

noun / suffix noun:

• book of informal essays ［やわ］

noun:

• fight; scuffle
• walking about; walking around
• conducting oneself
• stroll (in noh, an action piece involving circling the stage)

adverb / ~と adverb:

• turning around (once) - onomatopoeia
• suddenly; abruptly
• completely (wrapped in something); quickly (unwrapping something)
• beautiful, round (eyes)

noun:

• flail (for threshing grain) - abbreviation ➜ くるり棒

noun:

• southeasterly wind blowing around the fifth month of the lunisolar calendar (when marine fishes allegedly turn into tree sparrows)

noun / ~する noun:

• expression in writing; written representation; notation; transcription; orthography
• writing on the surface (e.g. an address on an envelope); inscribing on the face

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to follow; to shadow; to hanker after; to hover around

noun:

• means of transportation; transportation system; way of getting around

noun:

• walking about town; stroll around town; walking the streets (e.g. for exercise)

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• quiet; calm; leisurely
• distant; far off; boundless; endless

~と adverb / adverb:

• easily; comfortably; without difficulty

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• comfortably; peacefully; with one's mind at ease; calmly; without worries
• (growing) quickly

noun:

• playboy; libertine; profligate; debauchee
• (professional) gambler
• person without a steady job; idler; freeloader

noun:

• telephone number at which person without a phone can be reached

expression / ~する noun:

• passing (e.g. in football) without looking - From English "no look pass"

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to hold in one's mouth (without biting, before chewing or swallowing, etc.)

noun:

• solitary confinement in a dark cell without bedding (for up to one week)

noun:

• ruffian; scamp; hooligan
• out-of-work person; day laborer without a job ➜ 溢れ【あぶれ】

expression / adjective:

• (phrase) sure; no mistaking it; for certain

noun:

• hips; buttocks; backside

adjectival noun:

• hip; trendy; cool; with it

expression:

• each time it happens; at all such times

noun:

• there being no use in arguing (about it) - four character idiom

expression:

• when it comes to ...; concerning; where ... are concerned ➜ 来る【きたる】