noun:

• double-sword fencing; two-sword fencer ➜ 使い【つかい】
• being skilled in two fields; (an) expert in two fields
• liking both alcohol and sweets; person who likes alcohol and sweets equally well
• bisexual (person)

noun:

• offering ceremony held on the third day of the dog after the winter solstice - Buddhism term
• twelfth month of the lunisolar calendar
• year in the Buddhist order (after the completion of the first meditation retreat) ➜ 臈

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to fix one's hair (hairdo) (esp. if disheveled); to straighten one's hair; to make an adjustment to one's hair; to do (up) one's hair

noun:

• probe into the truth (of the matter); dig into the real facts of the case; get at the root of a matter - four character idiom

expression:

• very fond of; more fond of than eating; so fond of that someone would rather not eat than go without; more important than three meals a day [literal]

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to match (rhythm, speed, etc.) ➜ 合わせる
• to join together; to unite; to combine; to add up
• to face; to be opposite (someone) ➜ 顔を合わせる
• to compare; to check with
• to cause to meet (e.g. an unpleasant fate) ➜ 遭う
• to place together; to connect; to overlap
• to mix; to combine
• to put blade to blade; to fight

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations) ［応える・報える］
• to affect; to take a toll; to strike home; to have an effect on; to be hard on someone (e.g. heat, cold, work, illness, etc.); to be a strain - sometimes 堪える ➜ 堪える

noun:

• identifying mark (esp. a mark of comradeship)
• mark placed where two pieces of cloth are to be sewn together (or two pieces of wood joined, etc.)
• verification seal; tally ➜ 合い印【あいいん】

noun / ~する noun:

• moving; relocation; change of address
• transfer (of deeds, property, etc.); demise

noun:

• purple; violet
• Lithospermum erythrorhizon (species of gromwell) - usually written using kana alone
• type of soy sauce ➜ 醤油

noun:

• protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story)
• head of household

noun / ~する noun:

• making light of; thinking little of; slighting; belittling; dismissing; contempt; disdain

noun / ~する noun:

• repayment; settlement (of a debt); paying off; reimbursement (of expenses)

noun:

• impression of a seal over the joint of two papers; tally

expression / noun:

• six of one, half a dozen of the other; scant difference - idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• implementation (e.g. of a feature); installation (of equipment); mounting; packaging

noun:

• reason of being; raison d'être; meaning of one's existence

noun:

• creditor; lender; credit side (of the ledger) ➜ 借り方
• method of lending

noun:

• hen-of-the-woods (species of polypore mushroom, Grifola frondosa)

noun / ~の noun:

• mutability (of worldly affairs); fleeting shifts and changes (of human life) - four character idiom

noun:

• compendium of laws; statute books; complete book of the Six Codes [literal]

noun:

• a great variety of; all sorts or kinds of; multifarious - four character idiom

noun:

• font of purifying water placed at the entrance of a shrine

noun:

• return of spring; long-awaited, favorable turn of fortune (favourable) - four character idiom

noun:

• the smoke of guns and a rain of bullets or shells - four character idiom