godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to begin to like something (one did not initially like); to gradually become enamoured with something; to have something grow on you - slang - abbreviation ➜ じわじわ・じわじわ来る

expression / ~くる verb (spec.):

• to begin to like something (one did not initially like); to gradually become enamoured with something; to have something grow on you - colloquialism ➜ じわじわ

adverbial noun:

• in the first place; to begin with; from the start; originally; ab initio

conjunction:

• after all; anyway; actually; well, ...; ... on earth (e.g. "what on earth?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?") - used when bringing up something already mentioned

noun / ~の noun:

• beginning; start

adjectival noun / noun:

• standing on formality; in a reserved manner; treating a friend as a stranger; unduly distant; formal - four character idiom

noun:

• Lamnidae; family of large, fast-swimming sharks known as mackerel sharks or white sharks

noun:

• setting off the night before one normally would have departed, travelling in a different direction, spending the night there, and leaving for one's destination in the morning (done to avoid travelling in an unlucky direction; a common practice during the Heian period) - archaism ➜ 方塞がり・方違へ所

noun:

• setting off the night before one normally would have departed, travelling in a different direction, spending the night there, and leaving for one's destination in the morning (done to avoid travelling in an unlucky direction; a common practice during the Heian period) - archaism ➜ 方塞がり

expression:

• size isn't everything; something might be small but still pack a punch; Japanese pepper is small-grained but has a tongue-numbing tingle [literal] - proverb

noun / ~の noun:

• the two views (of an object) referring to the same thing; being inseparable like the two sides of an object; two sides of the same coin - four character idiom

noun:

• various forms of arts (e.g. acrobatics, magic, puppetry, sarugaku acrobatics performance) ➜ 猿楽【さるがく】
• miscellaneous songs popular from the end of the Heian period to the Kamakura period ➜ 歌謡

noun:

• iron (Fe)

~の noun / noun:

• strong and hard (as iron)

noun / suffix noun / prefix noun:

• railway - abbreviation ➜ 鉄道

noun / prefix noun:

• railway enthusiast - colloquialism

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to smoke (a cigarette)
• to behave as ... ➜ 先輩風を吹かす
• to accelerate; to rev up ➜ エンジンを吹かす

noun / ~する noun:

• spin (as in 'take a car for a spin'); run

~の noun / adverb:

• two by two; by twos; as a couple

noun:

• sick house (as in "sick house syndrome")

expression / godan -いく／-ゆく verb (spec.):

• to be adopted; to enter a family as an adopted child

noun:

• rental mobile phone; rental cell phone; cell phone that is rented

expression:

• in order to be(come)... ➜ となる
• since it amounts to...
• since it is advantageous to...

expression / ~の noun:

• as a child; when one was a child; childhood

noun:

• person given as a reference; witness
• potential suspect; person of interest
• witness

noun / ~する noun:

• acting as a group; doing something together (in a group); collective action Antonym: 別行動【べつこうどう】

suffix / ~する verb (irregular):

• to take a view or perspective; to regard as; to consider to be

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to make merry and forget one's troubles; to do as one pleases - colloquialism

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to summon; to invite; to call; to have as one's guest

expression:

• I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ... - indicates hearsay
• it appears as if ... - expresses conjecture about another person's feelings or mindset