noun:

• handling fee; commission

noun:

• greeting card

noun:

• opposing role; partner

noun / adverb:

• as ever; as usual; the same - often derog. ➜ 相変らず

expression / noun or verb acting prenominally:

• surprising; shocking; jaw-dropping ➜ あいた口が塞がらぬ

expression:

• charming; attractive

noun:

• partner country; other country (in a dispute, arrangement, etc.); opponent (country)

noun:

• lightly re-dyeing something with indigo

noun:

• brown tinged with olive green and indigo

noun:

• fat greenling (Hexagrammos otakii)

noun:

• fuzzy logic - IT term

noun:

• Maitreya (bodhisattva) - Buddhism term ➜ 弥勒菩薩
• Ajita (one of the sixteen arhats) - Buddhism term ➜ 十六羅漢

adjective:

• equal to each other

noun / ~する noun:

• pity; compassion

noun:

• two people riding in a palanquin together (esp. a man and a woman) - archaism

noun:

• double pine; twin pines

godan ~ぶ verb:

• to line up with

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to make oneself pleasant to everybody; to smile at everybody; to try to please everybody; to make things pleasant - common error is 愛想を振りまく

noun / ~する noun:

• halving; scarfing; halving joint

noun:

• door between the rooms

noun:

• patriotic movement

adjective:

• affable; amiable; sociable; agreeable ➜ 愛想のいい【あいそのいい】

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (in) - polite language ➜ 勤める

godan ~う verb:

• to accompany

interjection:

• hey!; excuse me!; wait a moment