expression / ~くる verb (spec.):

• to come along; to come around; to turn up
• to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)

expression:

• natural state; being unspoilt by human touch; willows are green, flowers are crimson [literal] - from a quote by Su Shi - idiom
• spring is beautiful - proverb
• things are different by nature; all things have their characteristics - proverb

expression / adjective:

• cannot avoid doing; cannot help but (do); is compelled to do; (feel) obliged to (do); has to do ➜ ざる

expression:

• inscrutable are the ways people are brought together; there is no telling how people are brought together ➜ 縁は異なもの味なもの

expression:

• cannot avoid doing; cannot help but (do); is compelled to do; (feel) obliged to (do); has to do ➜ せざるを得ない

expression / adjective:

• cannot avoid doing; cannot help but (do); is compelled to do; (feel) obliged to (do); has to do ➜ ざる・せざるを得ない

noun:

• tag; label
• game of tag
• tag-team match - abbreviation ➜ タッグマッチ
• working together as a team - abbreviation ➜ タッグチーム

noun:

• service with a samurai family; serving in a samurai household (as a valet, chambermaid, etc.) - four character idiom

noun:

• real cake (as opposed to fake ) ➜ セレモニーケーキ
• fresh cake; cake baked with fresh ingredients

noun:

• having an open hand and no end or honor tiles (yaku, not allowed in some rules); having only suited tiles between 2 and 8 inclusive and having called tiles - Mahjong term ➜ 断ヤオ九

noun:

• Anabantoidei (suborder of the order Perciformes known as labyrinth fish that are defined by having an accessory breathing organ for respiration in air)

noun:

• Anabantoidei (suborder of the order Perciformes known as labyrinth fish that are defined by having an accessory breathing organ for respiration in air) ➜ キノボリウオ亜目【キノボリウオあもく】

noun:

• gourmet food; delicious food

noun / ~する noun:

• dining on gourmet food; following a lavish diet; living as an epicure

noun:

• the Twenty-Two Shrines; the 22 most important Shinto shrines, as designated during the Heian period - Shintō term

expression:

• something very unexpected; something said as a joke actually happening; a horse comes from a gourd [literal]

noun:

• Imperial surname; title borne by a prince of the blood as a head of a house ➜ 宮家【みやけ】

noun:

• inferior goods; low-quality article
• trifling gift ［粗品］ - humble language
• gift given out by companies to customers as a token of gratitude; marketing incentive ［粗品］

noun:

• Chinese moonseed (Sinomenium acutum)
• complex inter-relationship (as in the struggle between two types of vine over one piece of land)

noun:

• macrobiotics; prevention and cure of disease through diet (as expounded by Sagen Ishizuka (1850-1909))
• taking nourishing food; eating a balanced diet - abbreviation ➜ 食養生【しょくようじょう】
• dietetics ➜ 食事療法学

noun:

• dish of potatoes first boiled, then spun around while fried in a bowl (making them look as if covered in powder) - Food term

noun:

• alley; alleyway; lane ［路地・露路］
• bare earth (i.e. ground not covered by a roof); open field; outdoors (non-greenhouse cultivation of crops) ［露地］
• teahouse garden ［路地・露地］
• path through a gate (or through a garden, etc.)

expression:

• honey is sweet, but the bee stings; I would like to taste fugu, but I value my life [literal]; hesitating from doing something because of fear of consequences - proverb ➜ フグ

noun:

• lady-killer (i.e. a man who is popular with women); knocking a woman dead (with sex appeal)
• murderer of women
• murder of women

noun:

• man's appearance; man's behaviour; someone disguised as a man

noun:

• woman's appearance; woman's behaviour; someone dressed as a woman ➜ 男姿