noun:

• foot of a mountain; plain at the foot of a mountain
• range; spread; extent; encompassing circle

noun:

• index fossil (fossil which suggests a date of the formation of a rock stratum); key fossil; leading fossil

noun:

• particle; atom; little piece

noun / ~の noun:

• not at all; not the slightest - used with neg. verb, often as 微塵も〜ない

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case
• to scold; to take (a person) to task

noun or verb acting prenominally / ~する noun:

• resident in Japan (of a foreigner); situated in Japan (e.g. of an embassy)

noun:

• Korean living in Japan - abbreviation - sensitive ➜ 在日韓国人・在日朝鮮人

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to stir; to mix ➜ 掻き混ぜる
• to banter; to make fun of (what a person says); to stir up; to jeer at; to interfere (when one talks)

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to stir; to mix ➜ 混ぜ返す
• to banter; to make fun of (what a person says); to stir up; to jeer at; to interfere (when one talks) ➜ 混ぜ返す

noun:

• mutual mourning; when one is in mourning, one doesn not make condolence calls or offers of help to others in mourning

noun:

• subject (of a portrait or bust); a person posing for a portrait or bust - obscure term
• (historically) patron; someone who commissions a Buddhist temple or work of art

noun:

• origin; source - usu. 元
• base; basis; foundation; root - esp. 基
• cause - also 因, 原
• ingredient; material - esp. 素
• (somebody's) side; (somebody's) location ［元］
• original cost (or capital, principal, etc.)
• (plant) root; (tree) trunk
• first section of a waka ➜ 和歌

counter:

• counter for blades of grass, tree trunks, etc., and for falcons (in falconry) ［本］

noun:

• handle (chopsticks, brush, etc.); grip

noun:

• arm-barring force out; locking arms around an opponent and pushing him out of the ring - Sumo term

noun / ~する noun:

• studying in the morning (by oneself); brief "self-study" period before morning classes begin

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to use (as a tool) for one's own advantage; to use as a pretext; to use as an excuse

noun:

• Pokemon seizure incident (Dec. 16, 1997); incident in which flashing lights in a Pokemon episode induced seizures in hundreds of viewers - From English "Pokemon shock"

noun:

• Golden Week (early-May holiday season in Japan)

expression:

• pride goes before a fall; pride comes before a fall; the proud Heike family does not last long [literal] - proverb

expression:

• pride goes before a fall; pride comes before a fall; the proud Heike family does not last long [literal] - proverb ➜ 奢る平家久しからず【おごるへいけひさしからず】

noun:

• approx. 80% of the way up a mountainside
• view of a light green mountain; mountain that appears green from afar

adverb:

• suddenly and forcefully (e.g. jerk, poke, shove) - onomatopoeia
• in a single gulp; in one go - onomatopoeia

expression:

• small mercy (from some misfortune); silver lining of a dark cloud; consolation in sadness; blessing in disguise

noun:

• the dots of i's and the crosses of t's; (not neglecting) the slightest details - four character idiom ➜ 一点一画もおろそかにしない

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to behave like a spoiled child; to behave like a spoilt child; to fawn on - has a more negative nuance than 甘える ➜ 甘える
• to depend and presume upon another's benevolence ➜ 甘える

noun:

• thin sheet of silver; silver foil; silverleaf
• censer; incense burner made of a sheet of mica hemmed by silver and placed on charcoal embers, used in incense-smelling ceremony ➜ 香道【こうどう】
• Japanese mountain ash (Sorbus japonica); Japanese whitebeam ➜ 裏白の木【うらじろのき】

expression:

• always dot the i's and cross the t's; don't neglect the slightest detail; be punctilious - proverb

noun:

• front company set up to hide someone's true profession by pretending to employ them (often used by call girls) ➜ ダミー会社