noun / ~する noun:

• beginning one's studies with something familiar and gradually increasing the depth of learning - four character idiom

noun:

• corner; nook; recess
• shadow; shade
• dark circles (e.g. around one's eyes)

noun:

• food (meat, fish, vegetables, etc.) cooked separately but served together on one dish

noun:

• transfer ceremony (wherein a shrine's sacred object is moved from one building to another) ➜ 式年遷宮祭

adverb:

• at the mercy of (e.g. wind, waves); (act) as one is told (by) - in form 〜のまにまに ➜ ままに

noun:

• Heterodontidae (family with one genus, Heterodontus, containing 9 living species of bullhead sharks)

noun:

• Luvaridae; family containing one extant species of perciform fish similar to a surgeonfish

noun:

• place where one spends the night to avoid travelling in an unlucky direction - the へ is pronounced as え in this word - archaism ➜ 方違え・方塞がり

noun:

• koto erected in one's yard as decoration during the Festival to Plead for Skills - archaism ➜ 乞巧奠

noun:

• throwaway match (i.e. one played after a tournament has already been decided); dead rubber

noun:

• diagnostic sphygmopalpation (in traditional Chinese medicine); medical diagnosis performed by feeling one's pulse

adverb:

• anyway; anyhow; as one likes
• by all means; at any cost; no matter what it takes

noun:

• thirteen orphans; winning hand containing one of each terminal and honor tile - Mahjong term - From Chinese ➜ 国士無双

expression / noun:

• situation in which one can move neither forward nor backward; Benkei's last stand [literal] - idiom

noun:

• direct retribution; body and mind one is born into because of karma in previous lives - Buddhism term ➜ 依報

noun:

• period (of life) when one is enjoying more romantic attention than usual - colloquialism

expression / godan ~す verb:

• what a hoot!; joke of the century!; one's navel boils water [literal] - idiom ➜ へそで茶を沸かす【へそでちゃをわかす】

noun:

• year
• age; years
• past one's prime; old age

adverbial noun / noun:

• now; the present time; just now; soon; immediately; (one) more

expression / adverb:

• just as one thought; as usual; sure enough

noun:

• mistake; error; discrepancy
• discrepancy between one's actions and intentions - Law term

godan ~ぐ verb:

• to follow in succession; to happen one after another

noun:

• speck; dot; point; only a little; particle; only one

noun:

• one's dearest wish; Buddha's vow to save humanity

noun / ~する noun:

• washing; cleansing; cleaning; laundering
• cleansing (one's mind and body) - Buddhism term