expression:

• birds of a feather flock together; don't mix your horses with your cows - proverb

expression:

• sleep brings up a child well; a well-slept child is a well-kept child - proverb

noun:

• model; dummy; mock-up
• model (profession); fashion model
• model (of a car, etc.); make; version
• model; example; template; standard
• model (in model theory); theory
• person a fictional character was modeled on; inspiration

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to mistake one thing for another; to mix up two things; to confuse two things; to take by mistake
• to misunderstand; to misapprehend

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to keep a fine house; to put up a front; to make the front of the house nice (and be pretentious about it)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to pin one's hope on; to look forward to; to look toward; to get one's hopes up - often ...に期待を...

noun / ~する noun:

• disposal; throwing away; selling off
• dealing with (a problem); measure
• punishment; penalty
• putting down (e.g. diseased animal)

noun:

• gyoza; pot sticker; crescent-shaped pan-fried dumplings stuffed with minced pork and vegetables - Food term - From Chinese "jiǎozi"

noun / ~する noun:

• being lost for words; becoming speechless
• jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables) ➜ 五言絶句・七言絶句

noun:

• Alice band; horseshoe-shaped hairband made of metal or plastic (often covered with cloth) - named after a character in Tolstoy's novel "Resurrection" - From Russian "Katyusha"
• Katyusha rocket launcher (Soviet)

noun:

• minivan; people-mover; 6-8 seat automobile with sliding door or doors - From English "one box car"

noun:

• traditional square chair with armrests and a torii-shaped back (used by the emperor, etc. during ceremonies)

noun:

• simple chicken and rice stir fry dish (usu. flavoured with ketchup or tomato pure) - Food term - From English "chicken rice"

noun:

• apostille; stamp or certificate of public document authentication in accordance with Hague Convention XII

noun:

• recouping one's strength for a renewed attack (on); making another attempt with redoubled efforts - four character idiom

noun:

• not being obsessed with something very long (just as clouds and haze pass swiftly before one's eyes) - four character idiom

noun:

• postcards associated with Respect-for-the-Aged Day, and sold every year starting in September - From English "heart mail"

expression:

• there is a great difference between being told about something and actually seeing it with your own eyes - proverb

noun:

• rectangular bugaku mask made of thick paper and white silk with facial features drawn on it ➜ 舞楽

noun:

• mooncake; disc-shaped confection of wheat-flour dough filled with bean paste, usu. eaten during Autumn in China

expression:

• mnemonic for remembering the months with fewer than 31 days (ni, shi, mu, ku, etc.)

adjectival noun:

• selfish; with disregard for order or rules - archaism
• reckless; rash; careless - archaism
• loose; bawdy - archaism ➜ みだら
• irrational; illogical - archaism

noun:

• seal

~する noun:

• to seal (e.g. a letter); to affix a seal; to seal up

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to stay bottled up inside oneself; to be introverted
• to have a melancholic appearance, atmosphere (of a person, object, place); to have a gloomy appearance

godan ~つ verb / transitive:

• to set one's mind on doing; to get the idea of doing; to make up one's mind