noun:

• beast (i.e. any animal other than man)
• person reborn into the animal realm - Buddhism term ➜ 畜生道
• brute (i.e. a contemptible human being)

interjection:

• damn it; damn; Christ; for Christ's sake - usually written using kana alone

noun:

• Hundred Schools of Thought; general term for the large number of scholars and controversialists, and their respective schools, that flourished during China's Spring and Autumn period and Warring States period - four character idiom

noun:

• weather wheel; pillar found near graveyards and temples with a wheel attached to it that can be used to communicate with the dead, as well as for divination
• sun pillar ➜ 太陽柱

noun:

• step; stair; (flight of) steps; (row of) stitches; columns (of print)

noun / counter:

• grade; rank; level

counter:

• counter for breaks in written language (or speech, etc.)
• dan; senior rank in martial arts, go, shogi, etc. ➜ 級【きゅう】

noun:

• oils; oil colors; oil colours; oil paints (colors, colours); oil-based paints (for artwork)

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to have a taste for; to be fond of; to have an interest in (e.g. a hobby)
• to be modest; to be prudent

godan ~う verb:

• to pray that one avoids disaster or illness; to pray - archaism
• to pray for the death or misfortune of another; to curse
• to treat illness with prayer

noun:

• being done for; giving up; being in a hopeless situation; not knowing what to do; being brought to one's knees; throwing up (one's) hands [literal]

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to use (as a tool) for one's own advantage; to use as a pretext; to use as an excuse

noun:

• wearing a kimono with the right side over the left (normally used only for the dead)
• going badly (one's business, one's fortune, the economy); being in a bad financial situation

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to do (something) to spite (someone); to rebuke indirectly; to make an insinuation; to have a dig at
• to make a display of affection (for each other); to show off a relationship

noun:

• tool for scrubbing wood to give it texture, traditionally made of dried grass bound together by hemp cord
• scrubbing wood to give it texture

noun:

• teapot-like object made typically of lacquerware and used to pour hot and cold liquids
• basin of water with two handles on either side used for washing one's face or hands ➜ 盥

noun:

• being possessed (by a spirit); possessed person
• child or doll used as a vessel for a spirit invoked by a shaman or miko ➜ 憑坐【よりまし】

noun:

• no wait state memory (memory the CPU can access without requiring wait states) - abbreviation - IT term
• instant (e.g. for display speed of text in computer games) - From English "no wait"

adjectival noun / noun:

• light (of movements); nimble; sprightly; springy
• light-hearted; cheerful; buoyant; jaunty; casual (e.g. clothing); rhythmical (e.g. melody)

noun / ~する noun:

• taking a turn for the better (of an illness); receding of symptoms; recovery; convalescence

noun:

• life; lifetime; career

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• for life; all one's life; throughout one's life; as long as one lives

~する verb (irregular):

• to do; to carry out; to perform
• to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into)
• to serve as; to act as; to work as
• to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
• to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as - as 〜にする,〜とする
• to decide on; to choose - as 〜にする

~する verb (irregular) / intransitive verb:

• to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.) - as 〜がする
• to be (in a state, condition, etc.)
• to be worth; to cost
• to pass (of time); to elapse

~する verb (irregular) / transitive:

• to place, or raise, person A to a post or status B - as AをBにする
• to transform A to B; to make A into B; to exchange A for B - as AをBにする
• to make use of A for B; to view A as B; to handle A as if it were B - as AをBにする
• to feel A about B - as AをBにする

suffix / ~する verb (irregular):

• verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs")

auxiliary verb / ~する verb (irregular):

• creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go") ➜ お願いします・御
• to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to - as 〜うとする,〜ようとする ➜ とする

noun / ~の noun:

• artificial product; man-made product; imitation; fake; sham
• fiction

noun:

• decoration (e.g. for a festival)
• theatrical prop (esp. a large prop in noh or kyogen, e.g. tree, well, etc.)
• crop

noun:

• representative of a board of directors; spokesperson for a board of directors

noun / ~する noun:

• self-satisfaction; self-complacency; complacency
• understanding (on one's own); realizing (through one's own ability)
• being paid back for one's deeds ➜ 自業自得【じごうじとく】

noun / suffix noun:

• degree; extent; amount; balance; state; condition

noun:

• (health) condition; state of health

noun / ~する noun:

• adjustment; moderation; regulation
• addition and subtraction

suffix noun:

• slight sign of ...; slight state of ...
• just right for ...

expression:

• one should not leave things unfinished; when a young Mencius returned home during the middle of school, his mother cut off the cloth she had been weaving on the loom to admonish him for stopping his studies midway - proverb ➜ 断機

noun:

• face; official stance; public position or attitude (as opposed to private thoughts) ［建て前・建前・立て前・立前］ Antonym: 本音
• ceremony for the erection of the framework of a house ［建て前・建前］
• tea ceremony procedures; tea ceremony etiquette ［立て前・立前・点て前・点前］

noun / ~する noun:

• lead; leading; taking the lead

noun:

• lead (of a newspaper, etc.); lede
• lead (wire)
• lead (e.g. dog); leash
• reed (of a woodwind, etc.)
• lied; German song, usu. for solo voice & piano - From German "Lied" ➜ リート

noun / ~する noun:

• read; reading