expression:

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

noun:

• launching; launch
• end (of a theatrical run, etc.)
• closing party (e.g. a theater show); cast party; party to celebrate successful completion of a project ➜ 打ち上げ会【うちあげかい】

noun:

• tattoo (esp. a tattoo of a flame-wreathed dragon wrapped around and swallowing the tip of an upright sword); person with a tattoo ➜ 倶利迦羅

expression:

• A single seed can eventually produce a great harvest; Even the smallest beginning can generate a greatest profit; Watch the pennies, and the pounds will look after themselves - four character idiom

noun:

• this world; present world (as opposed to the realm of the dead)

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

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to tread on thin ice; to go out on a limb; to walk a tightrope; to take risks; to cross a dangerous bridge [literal]

noun / ~する noun:

• serving concurrently as; holding the additional post of

noun:

• additional post

noun / ~の noun:

• the world; the earth

noun:

• this world (as opposed to heaven) - Buddhism term

~する verb (spec.) / transitive:

• to use as an intermediary ➜ を介して
• to worry; to mind; to care - in the form 意に介する ➜ 意に介する

noun:

• live wire; hot line (as in electrical hot-line working)

noun:

• body and mind as one; mind-body unity - four character idiom

noun:

• paper medium; print medium (as opposed to other media)

~の noun:

• print

noun:

• sending a ship to the bottom; sinking (a ship)

~する noun:

• to sink a ship

noun:

• mutual mourning; when one is in mourning, one doesn not make condolence calls or offers of help to others in mourning

expression / ichidan verb:

• to take a stab at arousing someone's interest - idiom
• (for a shrine maiden) to present water to spirits while invoking them
• to offer water before a grave

noun:

• yakitori; chicken pieces (or sometimes beef or pork offal) grilled on a skewer
• grilled and skewered bird (esp. sparrow) - obsolete term
• failing to win a single hand during a half-game - Mahjong term

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to take a rest under a tree; to rest in the shade of a tree

noun:

• declaring that one is one tile away from winning on one's first discard and before any tiles have been called or kongs declared - Mahjong term ➜ 立直【リーチ】

noun:

• rising no more (as in illness and death); returning no more; dying

noun:

• law; rule; commandment
• the Torah (the law of God as revealed to Moses) ➜ モーセ五書

noun:

• one's wishes; one's expectations
• just as expected

noun / ~する noun:

• sending material to press (as in printing); uploading material to print service provider