noun / ~する noun:

• varsika (meditation retreat; usu. for 90 days starting on the 15th day of the 4th month of the lunisolar calendar) - Buddhism term

noun:

• wrap towel; towel wrap; large towel with fasteners (e.g. worn for privacy while changing clothes)

noun:

• title; subject; theme; topic
• problem (on a test); question

suffix noun / counter:

• counter for questions (on a test)

noun / ~する noun:

• attendance (at work); being at work; presence (in the office); going to work; reporting for work ➜ 退勤

noun:

• swimming in the ocean; sea bathing; seawater bath; going for a dip in the ocean

noun:

• purpose for which money is spent; the way money is spent; how goods are used

noun / ~する noun:

• preliminary loading of the (cargo) ship (in preparation for moving cargo around inside the ship)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to muster one's courage; to resolve oneself; to ready oneself for what is to come - obscure term ➜ 覚悟を決める

expression:

• condemn the offense, but not the offender; detest the sin, but weep for the sinner - proverb ➜ 罪を憎んで人を憎まず【つみをにくんでひとをにくまず】

expression:

• pay it forward; paying it forward; repaying a good deed by doing good for others

noun:

• women's bridal robe with trailing skirts worn over a kimono
• ending play for the day; leaving a game unfinished (esp. Go) ［打ち掛け］

noun:

• rim of a volcano, esp. Mt. Fuji
• wrestling ring - Sumo term
• dire or risky situation with no room for error; sink-or-swim position

noun:

• leniency policy; addition to Japan's antitrust law that allows lower fines for the first company involved in a cartel, etc. to admit their involvement - Law term ➜ 独占禁止法

expression:

• parents may risk life and limb for their children (like a pheasant when the plains are burning or a crane on a cold night) - obscure term

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to desire; to wish; to hope
• to beg; to request; to implore; to pray

auxiliary verb:

• to have something done for oneself

conjunction:

• and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless; for all that; notwithstanding that

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to draw near; to draw closer
• to press (e.g. for an answer); to hound

noun / ~する noun:

• tub bath; bathing in the open air; bathing or cleaning oneself
• cleaning oneself for religious purification

noun:

• being too clever (for one's own good); getting done in by one's own cleverness

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be caught in a trap (snare, etc.)
• to fall for (a trick, ambush, etc.)

noun:

• contact information (for inquiries) (e.g. corporate phone number)
• reference (e.g. personal reference)

noun:

• living only for one's work; a life with no other interest than one's work - four character idiom

conjunction:

• and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless; for all that; notwithstanding that ➜ それなのに

expression:

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

expression / ~の noun:

• distinctive of; characteristic of; uniquely applying to; special to

expression:

• but; except; without; but for - usu. accompanied by a verb in negative form