expression / ichidan verb:

• to have a hard time of it; to have a bitter experience

noun / ~する noun:

• ex-officio questioning; police questioning (of a suspicious person); a police checkup - four character idiom

noun:

• profit-and-loss arithmetic; calculating profit and loss; mercenary point of view - four character idiom

noun:

• scenic sites and historic places; places of natural beauty and historic interest - four character idiom

expression:

• all pain and no gain; lots of pain and not much gain - idiom

noun:

• bracken-starch dumpling; type of dumpling traditionally made using bracken starch - Food term

noun:

• one square on a grid; one cell of a grid

expression / adjective:

• of good omen; augur well (for); boding well for; good fortune ➜ 縁起がいい【えんぎがいい】

noun:

• tarpan (extinct subspecies of wild horse, Equus ferus ferus); Eurasian wild horse

noun:

• primary school kanji; list of 1,006 kanji studied in primary school ➜ 教育漢字

godan ~く verb / expression:

• to grow fond of; to grow attached to; to become enamoured with

noun / ~する noun:

• getting tired from dealing with people; getting tired of being around people

godan ~く verb / transitive / intransitive verb:

• to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to be struck with an idea
• to remember; to recall

noun / ~の noun:

• one portion; one serving; one person

noun / ~の noun / adjectival noun:

• adult; grown-up; person who has come of age

~の noun / adjectival noun:

• fully fledged; established; qualified

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to wipe; to mop up
• to get rid of (an impression, feeling, blemish, etc.); to dispel (e.g. shame); to erase; to remove

noun:

• entrance fee; initiation fee; registration fee; present to a teacher
• gift of dried meat from a new vassal or pupil - archaism

expression / ichidan verb:

• to use up all of one's energy and willpower; to be exhausted (and have no will to go on)

noun:

• Garibaldi damselfish (Hypsypops rubicundus, damselfish found from Monterey Bay California to Guadalupe Island Baja California); official state marine fish of California

noun:

• fat underbelly of a fish
• sand polishing
• sand finish (e.g. finishing a wall with sand mortar)
• chicken gizzard - colloquialism - Food term ➜ 砂嚢

noun:

• alarm clock - abbreviation ➜ 目覚まし時計【めざましどけい】
• waking up; keeping oneself awake
• type of candy given to a child after it wakes up from a nap ➜ お目覚

noun:

• scattering
• leaflets - esp. チラシ - usually written using kana alone
• sushi rice in a box or bowl with a variety of ingredients sprinkled on top - abbreviation ➜ 散らし寿司
• writing in an irregular hand - abbreviation ➜ 散らし書き

noun / ~する noun:

• infringement (of a law, treaty, etc.); contravention; running afoul
• conflict (with a theory, claim, etc.); inconsistency; incompatibility; contradiction
• collision; contact; touching - orig. meaning - archaism

noun:

• corridor; gallery; hallway; cloister (i.e. covered walk typically circling a building or garden, esp. in a palace or place of worship)

noun:

• kamaboko; steamed seasoned fish paste, usu. in a semicylindrical shape on a strip of wood and sliced to go in soup, etc. - Food term

noun:

• good flavor (flavour); good taste; deliciousness
• umami (fifth category of taste in food)
• skill; cleverness; charm; attractiveness
• profit; gain; benefit; advantage