noun:

• wiping with a dry cloth after wiping with a wet cloth

noun:

• homely woman (esp. one with a small low nose, high flat forehead, and bulging cheeks); plain woman - derogatory term ➜ お多福・ひょっとこ
• soba in soup with slices of boiled fish paste, shiitake mushrooms, greens, seaweed, etc. - abbreviation ➜ お亀蕎麦

noun:

• lady-killer (i.e. a man who is popular with women); knocking a woman dead (with sex appeal)
• murderer of women
• murder of women

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to place persons opposite; to come face to face with
• to compare (with); to check (against); to match; to tally

expression / ichidan verb:

• to drag things out; to creep up slowly on the point; to strangle (execute) slowly with a silk cord (instead of quickly with a rope) [literal]

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to be cloying; to be sick and tired with; to be disgusted with; to get up someone's nose
• to stink

~する verb (spec.) / intransitive verb:

• to get along well together; to be in tune with one another; to harmonize with each other; to go well together

noun:

• bright red tinged with yellow
• variety of sweet potato with red skin and sweet yellow flesh (product of the Kawagoe region) ➜ 川越芋

adverb / ~と adverb:

• with a meaningless laugh; with a hollow laugh - onomatopoeia

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to be playful; to gambol; to be amused (with something); to play; to sport; to frolic; to joke
• to flirt with

noun:

• sauteed vegetables with fish or poultry made into a stew
• poultry or fish stew with chili peppers and Welsh onions mixed in

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to commiserate; to pity; to have mercy on; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
• to enjoy the beauty of; to appreciate (e.g. the moon, flowers) ［哀れむ］ - archaism

noun:

• one who is obsessed with (getting into, holding on to) political power; one who is obsessed with the idea of taking over government - four character idiom

adjectival noun:

• with all one's strength; with all one's might

noun:

• peep show; device with lens mounted on a stand or in a box to view enlarged pictures ➜ 覗き機関【のぞきからくり】
• water glass; hydroscope; box, etc. with glass bottom for viewing underwater ➜ 箱眼鏡【はこめがね】

noun:

• a matter for the police; with the police involved; a brush with the law - four character idiom

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to be crowded (with); to be packed ➜ 建て込む
• to be piled up (of work); to be busy (with)

noun:

• one's wife (when speaking with a close friend)
• your wife (when speaking with a junior)

expression:

• fight fire with fire; set a thief to catch a thief; fight one evil with another - idiom

expression / ichidan verb:

• to season (e.g. with salt); to flavour; to flavor; to lace (e.g. with whisky) - Food term

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• refreshingly; with a feeling of relief; pleasantly; (a weight) off one's shoulder - onomatopoeia ➜ さっぱり
• shapely; neatly; refinedly
• cleanly; without trouble
• clearly; plainly; distinctly ➜ はっきり
• completely; thoroughly ➜ すっかり
• not at all (with negative sentence); not even slightly ➜ さっぱり

noun:

• chilled syrup; soft drink of malt syrup mixed with boiling water, ginger juice, grated ginger, sometimes sprinkled with cinnamon (used as a refreshing summer drink, similar to ginger ale) - Food term ➜ 飴湯

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to turn yellow; to become tinged with yellow; to yellow (with age)

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be affected; to be influenced
• to be concerned with; to have to do with
• to stick to (opinions)

noun:

• ukiyo-e print produced with various shades of indigo (and sometimes small amounts of vermilion or yellow)
• staining a pattern on fabric or paper by rubbing it with indigo leaves