noun:

• kanji composed entirely of duplicate radicals - e.g. 林 or 森 - Linguistics term

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to leave nothing undone; to do all in one's might; to do everything possible

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to become extremely serious (in attitude); to look solemn; to assume a solemn air - usu. as 真面目くさった or 真面目くさって

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to take down in notes (meeting minutes, etc)
• to apply concepts, ideas, etc. to specific processes or methods

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to get a lump in one's throat; to overflow with feelings; to be overwhelmed with emotion ➜ 胸一杯

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to become hard and fibrous; to go to seed; to have passed one's prime; to have lost the first bloom of one's youth

expression / ichidan verb:

• to leave one's post; to walk out on one's job

noun:

• exposing fully; uncovering completely; being in full view; putting on display; not disguising

~の noun / ~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• outspoken; arguing (heatedly) what one believes in; insisting on something without restraint - four character idiom

noun:

• kakekotoba; pivot word; play on words (esp. in poetry); pun

noun:

• cards with words or phrases written on them, used in Japanese karuta games ➜ 取り札

noun:

• Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora; CITES

noun:

• mashed rice pressed on a cryptomeria skewer and toasted (used as dumplings in soups)

noun:

• raigan (Omphalia lapidescens); parasitic fungus which grows on bamboo, used in Chinese medicine

ichidan verb:

• to bind together (e.g. the pages of a book); to sew up; to tape together; to stitch together

expression:

• anybody can look good with the right clothes; clothes make the man; fine feathers make fine birds; clothes on a packhorse driver [literal] - proverb

expression:

• the child is father to the man; the soul of a child of three (is the same) at 100 [literal]

ichidan verb:

• to impose (printing); to lay out the page order
• to assemble (e.g. components)

adverb:

• in the face of; in defiance of ➜ 物ともしない

noun:

• making use of the surrounding landscape as a part of the design of a garden; natural scenery used as the background in the landscaping of a garden

expression:

• I am writing to you; I am (taking the liberty of) getting in touch with you - template phrase used in business writing - polite language

noun:

• favourable position (esp. in horse racing, e.g. in 3rd to 5th place during a race) - abbreviation ➜ 好位置

noun:

• the descent to earth of the grandson of the sun goddess - four character idiom

ichidan verb:

• to be used to doing; to be experienced in

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to cover up; to hush up; to shroud in darkness