noun:

• a lonely, spouseless life

~と adverb:

• with a snap; with a click (beep) - onomatopoeia ➜ ポチっ
• shortly; briefly; small - onomatopoeia ➜ プチ

noun / ~する noun:

• establishment of a university

noun:

• company with a committee governance structure (e.g. auditing, appointment, compensation)

noun:

• drums which announce the opening of a stage performance or commencement of bouts; the sound produced by such drums - Sumo term

noun:

• ritual gestures (squatting, clapping, etc.) indicating that a fight will be clean - Sumo term

expression / noun:

• thin person who eats a lot; big eater who stays thin ➜ 痩せ【やせ】

noun:

• instructor at a correctional facility (esp. juvenile detention centre)

noun / ~の noun:

• oldest member of a group; longest-serving member

ichidan verb:

• to buy as a gift

noun:

• wind blowing down from a mountain

noun:

• forest or grove of trees surrounding a residence

noun / ~の noun:

• expiration of a term; becoming overdue

noun:

• a speculative spirit

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to blow a conch; to blow a trumpet shell; to blow the war horn ➜ 法螺貝を吹く

expression:

• once a beggar, always a beggar; if one begs for three days, one cannot stop [literal] - proverb

expression / godan ~ぬ verb:

• to die a natural death; to die in one's own bed - sensitive

noun:

• wound suffered in a fight

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to keep (someone) at a distance

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to have a smattering knowledge of

noun:

• presentation of a draft bill (to parliament, diet, etc.)

adverb:

• as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to give flowers as a gift

noun:

• three sides of right triangle (minor cathetus, major cathetus & hypotenuse) - obscure term

noun / ~する noun:

• entering a village; moving to a village