noun:

• celebration of a birth (usu. approx. one month after birth)
• gift at the birth of a child; baby gift

expression:

• availing myself of your kind offer; taking you at your word

noun:

• God's word; word of God ［みことば］

noun / ~する noun:

• taking a spectacular photograph (often of the female form); taking a photo at just the right moment - colloquialism

noun:

• powerful photograph; intense photograph

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to meddle; to poke one's nose into; to interfere
• to make a pass at; to flirt with; to make a move on

noun:

• nursery school sleepover; one night sleepover at school in summer vacation of last year of nursery school

noun:

• Palace of the Dragon King; palace from the story of Urashima Taro (said to be located at the bottom of the sea)

noun:

• Palace of the Dragon King; palace from the story of Urashima Taro (said to be located at the bottom of the sea) ➜ 竜宮【りゅうぐう】

expression / ~くる verb (spec.):

• to come along; to come around; to turn up
• to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)

noun:

• folding paper-case; kimono wrapping paper
• paper folded and tucked inside the front of one's kimono (esp. for use at the tea ceremony) ➜ 懐紙【かいし】

godan ~ぐ verb / transitive:

• to earn (income); to make (money)
• to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to play (for time)

godan ~ぐ verb / intransitive verb:

• to work hard (at one's job); to labor; to labour; to toil

noun:

• wife (esp. one's own wife)
• court lady; female court attache; woman who served at the imperial palace ［にょうぼう・にゅうぼう］
• woman (esp. as a love interest) ［にょうぼう・にゅうぼう］ - archaism

noun:

• numbered ticket (e.g. to determine order of service in shop, etc.)
• zone ticket; boarding ticket; bus ticket dispensed at boarding, used to show where one boarded

noun:

• self-responsibility; on one's own responsibility; at one's own risk

noun:

• year-end bonus; bonus salary given at the end of the year

noun / ~の noun:

• large part; greater part; majority
• people in general; general public; public at large

adverb:

• mostly; for the most part; almost; nearly
• probably; maybe; perhaps

noun / ~する noun:

• looking straight ahead; looking in the face
• looking squarely at (e.g. a problem); facing (e.g. the truth); confronting

noun:

• normal vision; emmetropia

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to strike; to throw; to slap something onto; to dash (e.g. to the floor)
• to thrust at someone (e.g. a letter)

noun:

• construction of a new shrine and transfer of the enshrined object from the old to the new, occurring at a regular, preordained time

adverbial noun:

• in the first place; to begin with; from the start; originally; ab initio

conjunction:

• after all; anyway; actually; well, ...; ... on earth (e.g. "what on earth?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?") - used when bringing up something already mentioned

noun / ~の noun:

• beginning; start

noun:

• square (shape) ［ますがた］
• square bearing block (at the top of a pillar) ［斗形］
• (in a castle) rectangular space between the inner and outer gates (where troops can gather) ［ますがた］

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to attend a meeting; to have the honor of being present at a meeting; to soil the lowest seat by one's presence [literal] - humble language

noun:

• pot of chicken or seafood, and vegetables in a dashi broth, usu. cooked at the table (traditionally a winter meal); seafood and vegetable stew or chowder ➜ 寄せ

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to look up at; to raise one's eyes
• to look up to; to admire; to respect

expression / ichidan verb:

• to set one's sights on; to take aim (at); to have one's mind on

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to avert one's eyes; to avoid looking straight at something; to cover one's eyes