noun / ~の noun:

• having leaves and branches loaded with snow

noun:

• snow guard (to prevent snow from sliding off of a roof); snow stop ➜ 雪止め

noun:

• tiles matching both the round wind and one's seat wind - Mahjong term ➜ 圏風牌・門風牌
• pung (or kong) of these tiles (yaku) - Mahjong term ➜ 役牌

noun:

• the full scope of the heavens; 360 degrees; one full revolution of the earth
• twelve years; one full cycle of the Chinese calendar

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to observe the reasons and types of faults a person makes is to come to know whether they are virtuous or not

noun:

• blue-tailed monitor (Varanus doreanus, species of carnivorous monitor lizard found in Australia, New Guinea, and the Bismarck Archipelago); Kalabeck's monitor

noun:

• game of chance similar to rock, paper scissors, where the different hand gestures symbolize a fox, a hunter and a village head

noun:

• person in the same business; the profession; the trade

noun:

• approximate age; apparent age ➜ 年の頃

noun / ~の noun:

• marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; age of adulthood

noun:

• appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...) - after modifying phrase

noun / adverbial noun:

• past few years; for some years - archaism ➜ 年来

noun:

• the seven luminaries (sun, moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn) - Astronomy term
• the seven days of the week

noun:

• tō-on; Tang reading; on reading of a kanji based on Song dynasty and later Chinese ➜ 呉音【ごおん】・漢音【かんおん】・唐【とう】

noun / ~する noun:

• kneeling with the balls of the feet on the floor and sitting on one's heels ➜ 正座【せいざ】

noun:

• Japanese league; ri; old Japanese unit of distance, approx. 3.927km or 2.44 miles
• neighbourhood (under the ritsuryo system; orig. of 50 homes) ➜ 郷里制・国郡里制
• unit of area (approx. 654m by 654m) ➜ 条里制

noun:

• winning without fighting; method used to win without fighting - four character idiom
• one's own way of doing things (i.e. as different from that of one's instructor)
• Shinto-ryu (school of kenjutsu) - colloquialism ➜ 新当流

noun:

• arraying a number of reference books in order to compose poetry; literary composition crammed with maxims, ancient episodes, legends, etc.
• otters lining a catch of fish on a river bank; (people) making offerings (esp. of fish) - orig. meaning

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to repeat the mistake of somebody; to make the same mistake as that of ...; to follow the rut of the preceding cart [literal] ➜ 轍を踏む

noun:

• they (of people); gentlemen (of the ...) - honorific language
• you (usu. plural) - honorific language

adverb:

• various

noun:

• pulse
• vein
• chain (of mountains, etc.)
• hope
• thread (of an argument)

noun:

• ridge (of roof) - often むな as a prefix
• back of a sword ➜ 刀背

suffix / counter:

• counter for buildings, apartments, etc.

noun:

• emperor (of Japan); mikado
• (the gates of an) imperial residence ［御門］ - honorific language

noun:

• deck cargo; upper layer of goods

noun or verb acting prenominally:

• extra

~する noun:

• to pile on top of

noun:

• agency; commission; distributor; intermediation ➜ 取り次ぐ【とりつぐ】
• reception (of guests) ➜ 取り次ぐ
• conveyance (of messages) ➜ 取り次ぐ

noun:

• notice of personnel change (appointment, dismissal, etc.)
• wording; choice of language; phraseology

noun:

• congeries of many households; scratch (combined) team; hodge podge of parties - four character idiom

noun:

• beginning of spring
• first month of the lunar calendar; New Year ➜ 睦月

noun / ~する noun:

• flushing (of one's cheeks); dizziness; rush of blood to the head