noun:

• cup of sake used to drink to the establishment of a partnership, commitment to marriage, etc.; nuptial cup of sake

noun:

• figure; design
• twill weave; pattern of diagonal stripes ［綾］
• style (of writing); figure (of speech)
• design; plot; plan
• minor market fluctuation; technical correction
• cat's cradle - abbreviation ➜ 綾取り【あやとり】
• lease rod (in a loom) - abbreviation ➜ 綾竹

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing ➜ 無くなる【なくなる】
• to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed ➜ 無くなる【なくなる】
• to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence) ➜ 無くなる【なくなる】

noun:

• Yemen monitor (Varanus yemenensis, species of carnivorous monitor lizard found at the base of the Tihama mountains along the western coast of Yemen)

noun:

• near one's knee
• under the protection of (e.g. one's parents); under the care of
• territory of a powerful person ［ひざもと］ ➜ お膝元
• address used after the names of one's parents, grandparents, etc. in a letter ［しっか］

noun:

• hardships and joys; tasting the sweets and bitters of life; (having seen much of life) being well-versed in the ways of the world - four character idiom

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• middle of a month; second third of a month; 11th to 20th day of a month

adverb:

• sound of a small wave hitting the shore; sound of a whip; sound of a slap - onomatopoeia

noun:

• late autumn (fall) windstorm in the countryside; typhoon, esp. one that blows from the 210th to the 220th day of the year ➜ 二百十日・二百二十日・台風
• name of the 28th roll of the Genji monogatari

noun:

• book of poetry
• The Classic of Poetry and The Classic of History (Chinese texts)

noun:

• notification of separation from family register; notification of creation of a new family register

noun:

• group of languages (i.e. the Romance languages, considered as a subset of the Italic languages)
• group of words

noun:

• son (of others); boy; young master - honorific language
• green young man from a well-to-do family; young man innocent of the ways of the world

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to look out on; to overlook; to front onto
• to face (a situation, crisis, etc.); to meet (e.g. death); to be confronted by
• to deal with (an issue)
• to attend (e.g. a function); to appear (e.g. in court); to be present at; to take part in

noun / suffix noun / ~の noun:

• gold (Au); golden (color); gold (medal, cup)

~の noun / noun:

• valuable; of highest value

noun:

• money; gold coin
• Friday - abbreviation ➜ 金曜
• metal (fourth of the five elements) ➜ 五行
• Jin (dynasty of China; 1115-1234 CE)

noun / suffix noun:

• gold general - abbreviation - Shōgi term ➜ 金将

noun:

• testicles - abbreviation - colloquialism ➜ 金玉【きんたま】

suffix / counter:

• karat; carat

noun:

• west wind in the early spring (traditionally on the night of the 20th day of the second month of the lunar calendar); wind that blows seashells ashore [literal]

noun:

• vital part (of the body); tender spot; weak point; vitals
• key point; essential point; crux (of a problem); heart (of a matter)
• male crotch (as a target in fighting) - colloquialism ➜ 金的

expression:

• complete reversal of values or ways of thinking (over time); What appeared wrong in the past now appears right; realizing and regretting the past errors of one's ways - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• end of work day
• end of school term; end of school year

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing
• to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to be reduced to zero; to not occur any more
• to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)

expression / noun:

• the way of the world; the lay of the land; the inescapable circumstances (of life); (just) the way things are ➜ 浮世

noun:

• large cut (e.g. of meat) ［大切り・大切］
• last piece of the day's programme; last act of a play; comic dialogue as the last item in vaudeville, music hall, etc.

noun:

• Yezo (northern part of Meiji-era Japan, esp. Hokkaido, but also Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands)
• Edo-period realm of the Ainu (as opposed to the Japanese) comprising most of Hokkaido ➜ 和人地

noun:

• son (of others); boy; young master - honorific language
• green young man from a well-to-do family; young man innocent of the ways of the world

noun:

• son (of others); boy; young master - honorific language ➜ 坊ちゃん【ぼっちゃん】
• green young man from a well-to-do family; young man innocent of the ways of the world ➜ 坊ちゃん【ぼっちゃん】