noun:

• mekuri karuta (card game popular in the late Edo period)
• hanafuda; Japanese playing cards (12 suits of 4 cards, each suit representing a month indicated by a flower) ➜ 花札

noun / ~する noun:

• cover; covering; dust jacket
• cover song; cover version
• coverage

~する noun:

• to compensate for (a loss); to offset (a weakness); to back up

noun / ~する noun:

• leaping; activity
• leapfrog (over a problem); making a leap (e.g. in logic)
• making great strides; making rapid progress
• emerging
• becoming active; playing an active part

expression:

• a wise man changes his mind, a fool never; the wise adapt themselves to changed circumstances - proverb ➜ 君子豹変【くんしひょうへん】
• the wise make no scruple in suddenly changing their demeanor - proverb - colloquialism

expression / noun:

• match made in heaven; perfect match; great coupling; bush warbler in a plum tree (a common motif in poetry and classical Japanese painting) [literal] - idiom

noun:

• bathing

~する noun:

• to bathe; to take a bath; to enter a bath

noun:

• word for word; verbatim; a single word and a single phrase

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• last third of a month; 21st to the last day of a month

noun:

• voice; speech; sound of a voice
• sound (e.g. of a TV) ［おんせい］

noun / ~する noun:

• visit to a shrine or temple; paying homage at a shrine or temple

noun:

• wooden floor; room with a wooden floor
• changing room at a public bath

godan ~す verb / intransitive verb:

• to contribute; to play a part in; to have a hand in ➜ 資する
• to finance

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to be effeminate; to be a fop
• to break into a smile; to grin - colloquialism ➜ にやにや

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to make a bold speech; to make a bold statement

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to go on a trip with someone; to accompany on a trip - often ...と行を共に...

noun:

• (written) resignation from a political party; notice of resignation from a party

noun / ~する noun:

• die cutting; cutting with a cutter; shaping with a mold

noun:

• cookie cutter - usually written using kana alone

noun:

• course of a thrown ball - Baseball term
• course of a hit ball (golf, tennis, etc.) - Sports term

noun / ~の noun:

• unilaterality (e.g. of a contract); one-sidedness (e.g. of a treaty)

noun / ~の noun:

• bilaterality (e.g. of a contract); two-sidedness (e.g. of a treaty)

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to approach; to draw near; to come near; to be close to
• to gather (in one place); to come together; to meet
• to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to make a short visit
• to grow old; to grow high (number, etc.) ➜ 年が寄る
• to grow (wrinkly) - in the form of しわが寄る
• to lean against; to recline on - also written as 倚る, 凭る
• to push one's opponent while holding their belt - Sumo term
• to decide on a price and come to a deal
• to be swayed by (a person); to yield to - archaism

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be a good match for; to stand a chance against; to be able to compete with; to hold one's own - often in neg.

noun:

• shuttle bus; pickup bus; courtesy bus; hotel bus; bus service connecting a station, airport, etc. to a hotel or tourist attraction

noun:

• way of writing; manner of writing
• penmanship (esp. used in old textbooks); calligraphy
• format (e.g. of a report)
• stroke order of a character

noun:

• presence (of a nobleman, the emperor, etc.) ➜ おまえ
• outrider (person riding horseback in the lead position of a cavalcade) ➜ 前駆

noun / suffix noun:

• My Lord; My Lady