adjective:

• manageable; tractable; easy to care for; easy to deal with; easy to handle

noun:

• adding a crowning touch of beauty (to); giving added luster (to); crowning beauty (honor, grace) with even greater glory - four character idiom

expression / noun:

• what one has a mind to do; what one feels like (doing); being so minded; (with) that in mind

noun:

• protective covering for a book (often in the form of a folding case with clasps)

counter:

• counter for book covers

expression / ichidan verb:

• to look on enviously while doing nothing; to look on with a finger in one's mouth [literal] - often 〜て見る

expression / adjective:

• having no knowledge (of); knowing nothing about; coming from out of the blue; having no connection with oneself ➜ 身に覚えのある【みにおぼえのある】

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to be inferior to; to be outdone; to compare unfavourably with

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• orotund; smooth circular motion; spherical; rolling smoothly; (with) smooth circular motion

noun / ~する noun:

• salt and pepper; seasoning with salt and pepper

noun:

• soup made with red miso paste; red miso soup - Food term

noun:

• obstruction of business; interference of business; interference with somebody's duties - Law term

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to bedaub (with paint); to besmear; to paint heavily; to spread thickly

noun:

• an old woman's gray hair - four character idiom
• old woman with white hair

noun:

• chalybeate spring; ferruginous spring; iron spring; hot spring with high iron content

adverb / ~と adverb:

• completely submerged (e.g. in water) - onomatopoeia ➜ どっぷり
• completely soaked (e.g. with rain) - onomatopoeia

noun:

• profit motive; (with) the intention to profit; profit-making intention; for profit

expression:

• together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)

expression:

• to not see the wood for the trees; to be caught up with trivial matters and lose sight of the big picture - proverb

noun:

• knob; handle; button
• (file) handle - IT term
• snack (to have with a drink); side dish

suffix:

• a pinch (e.g. of salt)

noun / suffix noun:

• picking; harvesting

adverb / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• soft and flaky (pie, potatoes, squash, etc.); fluffy; crumbly; fresh-baked; fresh from the oven - onomatopoeia

adverb / ~する noun:

• being pleased with oneself; beaming happily; chuckling to oneself - onomatopoeia

noun:

• being preoccupied with immediate (superficial) differences without realizing that there are no differences in substance; six of one and half a dozen of another - four character idiom

noun:

• postcards with the bottom third of the front side reserved for an advertisement, and sold at a lower cost than regular postcards

noun:

• black vinegar, usu. produced from unpolished rice
• charred kelp or shiitake mushrooms ground and mixed with vinegar, used to dress raw fish and vegetables

noun:

• judicial decision made with human kindness and warmth in a fair manner (from the decisions of Ōoka Tadasuke, a jurist in 17th century Japan)

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be thoughtful (of a gift, etc.); to be from the heart; to be made with loving care