ichidan verb:

• to arrange; to manage (to find time)

particle:

• particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.)

noun:

• street performance by itinerant entertainers featuring a tumbling act in which a child performer wears a carved lion's head

noun:

• incarcerating a criminal in a temple as a form of punishment (popular during the latter Muromachi and Azuchi-Momoyama periods) - obscure term ➜ 寺入り

noun:

• kotatsu; table over an electric heater (orig. a charcoal brazier in a floor well) with a hanging quilt that retains heat - polite language - female language ➜ 炬燵【こたつ】

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to carry something out of a place
• to elevate (someone) to a high position; to convince someone to accept a post (esp. through flattery)
• to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject); to raise (an issue); to mention

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to meet unexpected difficulties; to take time; to be delayed

expression:

• at the same time as; while; as well as (multiple roles)

adverb:

• hence; from now; from the present moment; from this time forward ➜ 今まで

expression / ichidan verb:

• to try to have it both ways; to try to sit on two stools ➜ 両天秤に掛ける

expression / ichidan verb:

• to try to have it both ways; to try to sit on two stools ➜ 両天秤を掛ける

conjunction:

• as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)

conjunction:

• as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.) ➜ に連れて

expression / ichidan verb:

• to want something desperately; to want something (so badly one can taste it)

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to take a meal; to have a meal; to catch a meal; to get grub; to grub; to break bread; to chow down; to eat dinner; to have a bite; to strap on a feed-bag

expression / godan ~る verb:

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

particle:

• I wonder - at sentence end
• should I?; is it? - at sentence end
• I wish that; I hope that - at sentence end; with a negative

expression:

• what is it (that); the meaning of something; what something is about

adverbial noun / noun:

• in these times; in times like these; the season being what it is

noun:

• in these times; in times likes these; the season being what it is ➜ 時節柄

~の noun / adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• side; edge; beside; besides; nearby ➜ 傍らに

adverbial noun:

• while (doing); in addition to; at the same time - usually written using kana alone

noun:

• tedious job; troublesome job; time-consuming job; piecework - four character idiom

noun:

• sun and moon
• time; days and months; years
• Sunday and Monday ［にちげつ］

noun:

• passing of time; age

~の noun:

• chronological; successive; metachronic; age-related; age-based; aging

noun / ~の noun:

• all-time low (e.g. in trading, shopping); record low; new low Antonym: 最高値