noun:

• cloth; fabric; material; texture
• dough; batter
• inherent quality; one's true character; one's true colours
• unglazed pottery
• skin with no make-up

noun:

• dropping; losing - abbreviation
• missing item; something one forgot to write down
• trap
• wooden protrusion from a Japanese door frame that fits a hole in the threshold, acting as a lock when closed
• conclusion (of a speech, etc.)
• metallic bowl used to hold the charcoal in a wooden hibachi ➜ 落とし掛け

noun / ~する noun:

• riding in the same carriage (car) (with a superior); attending on (one's superior) in the same carriage

adverb / noun / adjectival noun:

• as one wishes; as one pleases; to one's heart's content

expression / ichidan verb:

• to extend one's arm; to reach out; to offer one's hand

expression / ichidan verb:

• to get beneath someone's skin; to in someone's hair; to irritate

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to speak sharply; to sharpen one's tone; to raise one's voice

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to be frank; to speak one's mind; to open one's heart ➜ 打明ける

expression / ichidan verb:

• to give one's name; to introduce oneself
• to announce one's candidacy

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to ripen
• to give one's everything; to make one's best effort - idiom ➜ 身が入る

adverb / ~と adverb:

• lightly (floating); buoyantly - onomatopoeia
• puffing (on a pipe, cigarette, etc.) - onomatopoeia
• tooting (a trumpet, horn, etc.); blowing (a flute, whistle) - onomatopoeia

expression:

• many a little makes a mickle; every little helps; even dust becomes a mountain if piled together [literal] - proverb

noun:

• book cover; outer wrapper for a book (put on by a bookseller before being handed to a customer) ➜ ブックカバー

expression:

• better starve than fatten on ill-gotten wealth; don't lower yourself to unjust acts, no matter how desperate you are; refraining to drink from a spring called Robber's Spring even if thirsty [literal] - proverb

noun:

• figure; design
• twill weave; pattern of diagonal stripes ［綾］
• style (of writing); figure (of speech)
• design; plot; plan
• minor market fluctuation; technical correction
• cat's cradle - abbreviation ➜ 綾取り【あやとり】
• lease rod (in a loom) - abbreviation ➜ 綾竹

noun:

• red letter style; cutesy fashion style named after fashion magazines featuring it (whose cover titles are printed in red or pink) ➜ 青文字系

noun:

• (a) branch (of flowers); (a) cluster; (a) mass (of clouds)

~と adverb:

• with a clink; with a flop - onomatopoeia
• suddenly; all of a sudden - onomatopoeia ➜ ぱったり

noun / adverbial noun:

• (with) a flash of a drawn sword; brandishing a sword - four character idiom

noun:

• an ideal topography for the four Taoist gods, with a river in the east, a broad avenue in the west, a basin in the south, and a hill in the north - four character idiom

noun:

• lesson learned from someone's else mistake; object lesson; food for thought; stones from other mountains (can be used to polish one's own gems) [literal] - idiom ➜ 他山の石以て玉を攻むべし

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to place one's arms under those of the opponent and lift them up, in order to prevent an overhand grip on one's mawashi - Sumo term

noun:

• new moon - Astronomy term
• first day of the lunar month
• (in ancient China) next year's calendar and decrees (distributed by the Emperor at year's end)

expression:

• if you are so inclined; if it suits you; if you like ➜ 何だったら

expression:

• if you are so inclined; if it suits you; if you like ➜ 何なら