noun:

• Chinese "Three Stars" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) - Astronomy term ➜ 二十八宿・白虎【びゃっこ】

noun:

• (one's) initials; first letter (of a name, sentence, etc.)

noun / ~の noun:

• initial; first

noun:

• metal fake sword (esp. one that greatly resembles a real sword)

noun:

• (lying on one's belly and) basking in the sun; sunbathing (e.g. on a beach)

noun:

• stage of ennui (esp. in one's married life); period of lassitude; lethargic period; rut

noun:

• Akshobhya (one of the Five Wisdom Buddhas)

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to strain (one's ears, eyes); to prick up (one's ears)

expression / suffix:

• -th (e.g. one fifth) - indicates a fraction, e.g. ５分の１ signifies one fifth

noun:

• a (one) box

noun:

• fur (on one's tongue)

noun / ~する noun:

• reconciliation (with one's spouse, adopted child, etc.)

expression / godan ~る verb:

• (for one's stomach) to rumble ➜ 腹の虫が鳴く【はらのむしがなく】

noun:

• extinction of contamination (one of the six supernormal Buddhist powers) - Buddhism term ➜ 六神通

noun:

• compound ideograph (one of the six kanji classifications); kanji made up of meaningful parts (e.g. "mountain pass" is up + down + mountain)

noun:

• Chinese "Three Stars" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) - obscure term ➜ 参【しん】

noun:

• celebration of a birth (usu. approx. one month after birth)
• gift at the birth of a child; baby gift

noun / ~する noun:

• looking on with folded arms (with one's hands in one's sleeves); remaining a passive onlooker - four character idiom

expression:

• as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me") ➜ 儘【まま】・儘【まま】

noun:

• Chinese "Dipper" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) - obscure term ➜ 斗宿

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to depend on somebody else's (financial) support (usu. one's parents') ➜ 親のすねをかじる

ichidan verb:

• to stay on (e.g. at one's friends house); to remain in the same neighborhood

noun:

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

noun / ~する noun:

• changing (one's job, loyalties, stance, etc.); switching over
• changing quarters (geisha, prostitute, etc.)

noun:

• bad friend (who leads one away from Buddhism) ➜ 善知識

noun:

• walleyes (from London-Paris, i.e. "One eye looks at London, one eye looks at Paris"); squint; divergent strabismus - colloquialism