noun:

• single-pronged vajra; tokko; dokko; copper or iron implement, pointed at both ends, used in esoteric Buddhist rituals - Buddhism term
• cloth of a tokko pattern

noun:

• alphabet; ABCs
• American Broadcasting Company; ABC
• Audit Bureau of Circulations; ABC
• activity-based costing; ABC
• ABC World Airways Guide
• Atanasoff-Berry Computer; ABC

noun:

• leaving or staying
• (one's) course of action; (one's) position; (one's) attitude

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to be upset; to be flurried; to be frightened (out of one's wits)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to get moldy; to get mouldy
• to get out-of-fashion - idiom

noun:

• design (on a banner); emblem (on a flag); insignia
• banner (e.g. of democracy); slogan; cause; objective

noun:

• bed hair; hair disarranged during sleep
• habit of moving around in one's sleep; sleeping habit

expression / ichidan verb:

• to cut off a finger (as an act of apology) ➜ 指詰め
• to catch one's finger (in a door, etc.) - Kansai dialect

noun:

• adding a crowning touch of beauty (to); giving added luster (to); crowning beauty (honor, grace) with even greater glory - four character idiom

expression / ichidan verb:

• to feel relieved of one's burden; to have a weight removed from one's mind - idiom

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to be lost in lust for riches; to throw all caution and conscience away in pursuit of riches ➜ 目が眩む

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to make good use of one's spare moments
• to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)

noun:

• Japanese word of Chinese origin; Sino-Japanese word
• (ancient) Chinese language

expression / ichidan verb:

• to pant; to gasp; to be short of breath; to be excited

noun:

• different character; other character
• variant character; different written form of a character

noun:

• leading members of a party; party executive; party leadership; senior party members

noun / ~する noun:

• looking for a change of occupation; looking for a new job

expression / ~よい adjective:

• of good omen; augur well (for); boding well for; good fortune

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to move up (e.g. date, rank, order); to be advanced Antonym: 繰り下がる
• to be carried (of a number in addition) - Mathematics term ➜ 繰り下がる

noun:

• going round in circles; game of cat and mouse; pointless and repetitive back-and-forth - idiom
• itachigokko; Japanese children's game - original meaning

noun:

• emerald tree monitor (Varanus prasinus, species of arboreal carnivorous monitor lizard found from New Guinea to Queensland, Australia); green tree monitor ➜ エメラルドツリーモニター

noun:

• backwash; rip current; undertow ➜ 寄せ波
• stern wave
• drawback (of a tsunami, i.e. when a wave trough reaches land before a crest) ➜ 押し波

expression / adverb:

• naturally; not surprisingly; it should be appreciated that; understandably; as a matter of course; as is obvious; as will be understood

noun / ~する noun:

• one's chest tightening up (from emotion) so much that one feels one's heart might stop; "dying of cuteness" - colloquialism ➜ きゅん

godan ~ぐ verb / transitive:

• to stop up; to close up; to block (up); to plug up; to shut up; to cover (ears, eyes, etc.); to close (eyes, mouth)
• to stand in the way; to obstruct
• to occupy; to fill up; to take up
• to perform one's role; to do one's duty

godan ~ぐ verb / intransitive verb:

• to feel depressed; to be in low spirits; to mope ➜ 鬱ぐ【ふさぐ】