expression / noun:

• class teacher; homeroom teacher; form teacher

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be playful; to gambol; to be amused (with something); to play; to sport; to frolic; to joke - archaism ➜ 戯れる

noun:

• another fief

noun:

• anti-aircraft fire; flak

noun:

• red ocher (ochre)

noun:

• countermeasures headquarters; task force; countermeasures office; emergency headquarters

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to take a position (e.g. on an issue); to adopt a stance

adjectival noun / noun:

• short and insufficient

noun:

• first stools passed by a newborn baby; meconium

expression / ichidan verb:

• to shorten (a garment); to take in ➜ 丈【たけ】

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to challenge (a person) to a fight

noun:

• jeweler

expression:

• great human beings never lose the innocence of childhood; a virtuous ruler never loses the spirit of the common people - from Mencius - proverb

noun:

• tare sauce; dipping sauce ➜ 垂れ

noun:

• barb fitting; barbed tubing connection

noun:

• standing long jump

ichidan verb:

• to gather and bundle together

noun:

• short-term loans payable; short-term debt; short-term borrowing

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to fill (with); to be filled with
• to express (an emotion); to project (sadness, joy, etc.); to wear (e.g. a smile)

adjectival noun / noun:

• feeble; faint

noun:

• hot rice served with tenkasu and tempura dipping sauce on top - Food term ➜ 天かす

noun:

• duo (ancient Chinese bell with a clapper and a long handle) ➜ 鈴
• large wind bell ［たく］ ➜ 風鈴

noun:

• body wall

noun:

• minor third - Music term ➜ 長三度

noun / ~する noun:

• checking (e.g. result of calculation)