noun:

• word created by retaining the first syllable (or two) of a word and suffixing it with the word "moji" ➜ 女房詞

noun:

• mediation; good offices; intervention; mediator; middleman
• influential person; person of influence
• eloquence; eloquent person - archaism
• way of speaking - original meaning - archaism

expression:

• all's grist that comes to his mill; turn everything to good account; turn anything to profit - proverb ➜ 転んでもただでは起きない

expression:

• all's grist that comes to his mill; turn everything to good account; turn anything to profit - proverb

expression:

• all's grist that comes to his mill; turn everything to good account; turn anything to profit - proverb ➜ 転んでもただでは起きない

expression:

• all's grist that comes to his mill; turn everything to good account; turn anything to profit - proverb ➜ 転んでもただでは起きない

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to cherish; to treasure; to prize; to set a high value on
• to take good care of; to look after

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to let the tension out of one's shoulders; to relax; to not take oneself too seriously

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to take care doing something; to be prudent; to take no chances; to play it safe

noun:

• (finger) ring ➜ 指輪
• metal thimble ➜ 指貫【ゆびぬき】
• ring used to constrict a finger to make it small and beautiful - archaism

noun:

• cooking (something) to a golden brown; something cooked until it's golden brown - obscure term

noun:

• methods of writing; rules of good writing; writing style guide - four character idiom

noun:

• shop; store

counter:

• counter for foldable things such as maps, etc. ➜ 畳物

noun:

• grhapati (layman; sometimes used as a posthumous suffix) - Buddhism term ➜ 大姉【だいし】
• private-sector scholar

noun:

• everyday articles which have come to be regarded as folk art

noun:

• once-in-a-lifetime encounter (hence should be cherished as such) - four character idiom

noun:

• wayside teahouse; tea house used as a resting place

adverb:

• arbitrarily; of its own accord; voluntarily; wilfully; willfully; as one pleases

noun:

• nephew (like a son); another child considered as one's own

expression:

• this impure world (as opposed to the pure land) - Buddhism term ➜ 浄土
• feces; faeces - archaism

noun:

• younger pupil (under the same master as oneself); new disciple

noun:

• maggot
• worm (as a term of abuse); scum - derogatory term

noun / ~する noun:

• solidarity; banding together and working as one for a common cause - four character idiom

noun:

• fish that are called by different names as they grow larger

noun:

• poppy seed

noun or verb acting prenominally:

• pinhead-like; small as ants