noun:

• capital tie-up; capital alliance; alliance with capital involvement

noun:

• hearing-impaired person; person with hearing difficulties; deaf person

noun:

• Edo-period hairstyle for the common man (the entire head shaved just above the ear, with the remainder tied up in the back) - archaism

expression:

• first; firstly; first of all; to begin with; in the beginning; at the beginning
• Introduction; Preface - as section heading of a book, etc. - usually written using kana alone

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to catch; to stop the blow
• to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept; to come to grips with

noun / ~する noun:

• seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles

noun:

• kokedama; moss ball; plant grown in a ball of soil covered in moss, held together with string

noun / suffix noun:

• high-status Shinto shrine with connection to imperial family; imperial Shinto shrine

noun / ~する noun:

• being incident to; being accompanied by; being collateral with; being attached to

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to have a hole; to be pierced (with a hole)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to employ the right person; to choose somebody with the right qualities

noun:

• pork miso soup; miso soup with pork and vegetables

expression / adjective:

• flush with money; have a full purse; have a full handbag

noun:

• one's face turning red; with a flush on one's face - four character idiom

adjectival noun / ~の noun / adverb / noun:

• brimming with health (vigor, vigour); full of vitality; full of health

expression / godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to become blue; to turn green
• to turn pale; to blanch (with fear)

noun:

• cherry tree with edible fruit (esp. sweet cherry or Nanking cherry); cherry (fruit) ➜ 桜桃【おうとう】

godan ~る verb:

• to well up; to be overcome with emotion; to be close to tears

godan ~く verb / expression:

• to grow fond of; to grow attached to; to become enamoured with

noun / ~する noun:

• getting tired from dealing with people; getting tired of being around people

noun:

• soba made with two parts udon flour to eight parts soba flour

noun:

• a cold in the throat; common cold with a sore throat

godan ~く verb / transitive / intransitive verb:

• to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to be struck with an idea
• to remember; to recall

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• rustling - onomatopoeia

adjectival noun / ~の noun / adverb / ~する noun:

• dry; rough feeling; rough to the touch - onomatopoeia

adverb / ~する noun:

• rough (of a person); course; crude; unrefined; uncouth - onomatopoeia

noun / ~する noun:

• catching fish with a net

noun:

• cutting; tearing off; cutting off; clipping
• cutting (for a railroad, highway, etc.); cut
• robbery with assault; burglary