noun:

• rhyming game; play on words; pun

adverb / noun:

• finally; in the end; on top of all that

noun:

• memorial service held on the seventh day following a person's death - Buddhism term

noun:

• grapple; scuffle; fight
• defeating one's enemy on the battlefield

noun:

• disposing of a case by placing an offender on probation or under supervision

noun:

• autograph or note of authentication written on a box containing an art work

noun:

• stool (stood on to reach high objects)
• stock (in grafting)

noun:

• bride's silk floss headdress
• clumps of snow (on tree branches, stones, etc.)

noun / ~する noun:

• (endlessly) doting (on someone); (constantly) petting (somebody) as if they were a pet - idiom

noun:

• left-over flesh on the spine of a fish (esp. tuna) or beef - Food term

noun:

• sprouting; budding

noun / interjection:

• crush (esp. on an imaginary character in manga, etc.); fascination; infatuation - also written 萌ゑ - slang

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• uninteresting; tending to spoil the fun (pleasure) (of); throwing a wet blanket (on) - four character idiom

noun:

• prevalence of arbitrariness; rife with arbitrary decisions (acting on one's own authority) - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• (engaging in a round of) mutual criticism; repeated attacks on each other - four character idiom

expression / adjective:

• easy to get on with; not needing reserve or formality; personable; affable; approachable ➜ 気の置けない

noun:

• hinomaru bento (contains plain white rice with a single red umeboshi on top)

noun:

• mufti; Muslim legal expert entitled to make decisions on points of Islamic law - From Arabic "mufti"

expression:

• being excessively cautious; knocking on a strong stone bridge before crossing it [literal] - idiom

noun:

• indicative (kanji whose shape is based on logical representation of an abstract idea)

adjectival noun:

• restless; on edge (and unable to concentrate); distracted

adverb:

• for some reason - of an emotional or psychological state ➜ そぞろに

noun:

• Bird Week (starting on May 10th of each year) ➜ 愛鳥週間

noun:

• neckband; round upright collar (on some traditional Japanese clothing)

noun:

• consumer; ordinary citizen; stakeholder

suffix:

• person who lives on (e.g. situation, income, place) ➜ 路上生活者

noun:

• leaving on time (e.g. as opposed to paid or unpaid overtime)

noun:

• couchette; non-private sleeper car or berth on a European train - From French