noun:

• alliance (of the Six Kingdoms against the Qin dynasty, and of individual Kingdoms with the Qin dynasty) - four character idiom ➜ 合従・連衡
• (tactic of) making & breaking alliances (to benefit oneself as the occasion demands); resorting to alliances as a diplomatic expedient - four character idiom

noun / adjectival noun:

• calm, cool, and collected; level and calm - four character idiom

noun / adjectival noun:

• calm, cool, and collected; level and calm - four character idiom

noun:

• boss and his henchmen; boss and underlings

noun:

• horsefly and bee; horsefly and wasp ➜ 虻蜂取らず【あぶはちとらず】

ichidan verb:

• to begin to write; to begin writing - esp. 書き始める
• to begin to draw; to begin drawing; to begin painting - esp. 描き始める

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to lose a battle to win the war; to incur damage so as to inflict greater damage on a foe; to allow one's flesh to be cut in order to sever another's bone [literal] - idiom

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to lose a battle to win the war; to incur damage so as to inflict greater damage on a foe; to allow one's flesh to be cut in order to sever another's bone [literal] - idiom

noun:

• pitch (i.e. pace, speed, angle, space, field, sound, etc.)
• pitch (from distilling petroleum, tar, etc.)
• pitch (football, rugby); playing field
• PHS portable phone - colloquialism - abbreviation ➜ ＰＨＳ

noun:

• chuff-chuff (sound of a steam engine); choo-choo; chug-chug; puff-puff - colloquialism - onomatopoeia ➜ 汽車ポッポ【きしゃポッポ】・ぽっぽ

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to appear on the market; to be in season (e.g fruit)
• to circulate widely; to make the rounds; to go around; to float around

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to take care of - archaism
• to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with - archaism ➜ 持て余す

noun:

• katakana-hiragana prolonged sound mark; macron (indicating a long vowel); circumflex (indicating a long vowel); modifier letter triangular colon (IPA diacritical)

noun / ~する noun:

• order (esp. to a number of people); command
• ritual of bowing at start and end of school class

expression:

• a balanced diet leads to a healthy body; healthy food both prevents and cures sickness - four character idiom

noun:

• dustless desk by a well-lit window; well-lit and clean study conducive to learning - four character idiom

noun:

• sukiyaki stock; stock mixed with soy sauce, mirin and sugar (used to flavor sukiyaki) - abbreviation - Food term ➜ 割り下地

noun:

• wait-and-see; sitting on the fence; waiting to see which way the wind blows

noun:

• confidential report to the ruler of the country of astronomical events and their astrological interpretation - archaism

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to get dark; to grow dark
• to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to close
• to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought); to be overcome with

noun / ~の noun:

• mid-to-long term; medium and long term

expression / ichidan verb:

• to think about; to send one's heart out to; to give more than a passing thought to; to think of something far away; to think nostalgically upon (esp. one's hometown) ➜ 思いを致す

expression / ~する verb (spec.):

• to appear the same; to be like; to seem to be; to be similar to

noun:

• miniature shrine with double doors (used to store important Buddhist items such as sutras, etc.)
• cabinet with double doors (used by the nobility to store books, etc.) ➜ 厨子棚
• (in Okinawa) carved and decorated stone container for storing the bones of one's ancestors ➜ 厨子甕

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to be able to possess (hold, get, etc.) ➜ 持つ
• to be well liked; to be popular; to be pampered (spoiled, doted upon, etc.); to be welcomed ➜ モテる
• to endure (the tests of time, the elements, etc.); to last

noun or verb acting prenominally:

• possessed; held
• rich; wealthy; affluent