noun:

• not folding on a stitch but placing the fold (2mm) deeper past the stitch, folding the excess back to cover the stitch

noun / ~する noun:

• reading aloud Antonym: 黙読 ➜ 朗読
• reading a kanji by its Chinese-derived pronunciation ➜ 音読み

noun:

• Buddha triad; image of a Buddha attended by two Bodhisattvas - Buddhism term ➜ 三尊【さんぞん】

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to be tormented (by dreams); to have a nightmare ➜ 魘される

noun:

• educational visit (e.g. by a class); educational field trip

noun:

• part of a kanji for which the role is primarily to represent the meaning (as opposed to the pronunciation) ➜ 音符

expression:

• one calamity followed close on the heels of another; out of the frying pan into the fire; tiger in front, wolf in the back [literal] - four character idiom

noun:

• model; dummy; mock-up
• model (profession); fashion model
• model (of a car, etc.); make; version
• model; example; template; standard
• model (in model theory); theory
• person a fictional character was modeled on; inspiration

noun:

• warbler being in a valley - obscure term ➜ 鶯遷【おうせん】
• valley in which warblers live - obscure term
• remaining obscure and unsuccessful - obscure term ➜ 鶯遷【おうせん】

noun:

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

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to insert
• to interrupt; to slip in a word
• to harbor (e.g. doubts); to harbour; to entertain (e.g. a theory)

expression:

• despite having waited a long time; in spite of having waited a long time

noun:

• being closed; being blocked up; being occupied; hindrance; impedance ➜ 塞がる
• unlucky direction (in Onmyōdō; due to the presence of a god such as Ten'ichijin) ➜ 陰陽道・天一神

expression / noun / adjectival noun:

• real nuisance; becoming inconvenienced by someone else's problems (through no fault of one's own) - the いい is ironic

expression:

• the poor can't afford manners; only when basic needs for living are met can people spare the effort to be polite - proverb

noun:

• the spoken words of the emperor or a noble - honorific language

noun:

• grasping the (main) point; seizing the essence (of a matter) - four character idiom

noun:

• the part of a province furthest from the capital - archaism ➜ 道の口・道の中

expression / ichidan verb:

• to have grown tense (of a situation); to have become critical (and to be on the verge of a major upheaval)

~の noun / adjectival noun / noun / adverbial noun:

• a lot; lots; plenty; many; a large number; much; a great deal; a good deal
• enough; sufficient

suffix noun:

• enough; too many; too much - after a noun; usu. read as だくさん ➜ 沢山【だくさん】

noun:

• a kick; mounting a bar with a kick

adverb / ~の noun:

• more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion; pretty much; roughly; so far as it goes

adverb:

• tentatively; for the time being
• just in case
• once

expression / adverb:

• by choice; of one's own free will; on one's own initiative; off one's own bat

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.)
• to be blocked (road, pipe, etc.); to be clogged; to be plugged up ➜ 鼻が詰まる
• to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to narrow
• to be at a loss; to be hard pressed - often in the form …につまる ➜ 言葉に詰まる・気の詰まる【きのつまる】
• to end up; to be settled ➜ 詰まる所【つまるところ】
• to become a geminate consonant ➜ 促音【そくおん】
• to hit the ball near the handle of the bat - Baseball term

adverb:

• at last; at length ➜ やっと
• barely; just; by the skin of one's teeth

interjection:

• yo-ho!; heave-ho! ［やっとこさ・やっとこせ］ ➜ やっとこまかせ