noun:

• the "ta" column of the Japanese syllabary table (ta, chi, tsu, te, to)

noun:

• daughter of the home; unmarried woman who owns (the future rights to) a home

noun:

• guide melody (karaoke melody to help the singer hold the tune)

noun:

• happy trail (line of hair from the navel to the genitals); pubic hair

expression / adjective:

• being unable to leave the work at hand; being right in the middle of something - idiom

expression:

• the wolf knows what the ill beast thinks; it takes one to know one - proverb

expression:

• leaving the remaining corrections up to the printer after having finished proofreading; OK with corrections - abbreviation

expression / noun:

• leaving the remaining corrections up to the printer after having finished proofreading; OK with corrections ➜ 責了

noun:

• twisting of the truth in one's writing; playing with text to distort the truth

noun:

• confidential report to the ruler of the country of astronomical events and their astrological interpretation - archaism

noun:

• arranging beforehand to tell the same story; getting the stories straight; coordinating one's stories ➜ 口裏を合わせる

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to knock (someone) to their feet; to knock down
• to send flying; to strike; to fling; to fire
• to drive away (one's sorrows, worries, etc.); to dispel
• to drive at terrific speed; to barrel along

noun / ~する noun:

• stretching pieces of a kimono on boards to dry after they have been washed and starched

noun:

• sensitivity to the times; sense of the times - four character idiom

noun:

• sense of the times; sensitivity to the times ➜ 時勢感覚

noun:

• Yatagarasu (mythical raven who aided Emperor Jimmu on his eastern expedition)
• three-legged crow inhabiting the sun in Chinese mythology

noun / ~の noun:

• with an interesting history (story); with a shady history; with circumstances that are difficult to explain

adverb / noun or verb acting prenominally:

• a little; partially; somewhat; slightly; semi-; -ish; on the ... side; a short time; a while

noun:

• world view; outlook on the world; Weltanschauung (philosophy)
• appearance of a world (e.g. in fiction)

noun:

• arm wrestling; Indian wrestling
• wrestling relying on brute strength (of the arms), rather than skill - Sumo term

noun:

• hill; height; knoll; rising ground ［丘・岡・壟］
• bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game ［丘・陸符］ - usually written using kana alone - Mahjong term

noun / ~する noun:

• make a choice among many; select the good (desirable, necessary, relevant) and discard the rest; decision to adopt or reject - four character idiom

noun:

• person who estimates the variety and quantity of wood necessary to build a house from looking at the plans

noun:

• sailing windward
• land division in the Ryukyu Kingdom equivalent to modern prefectures (but the size of cities or towns) - obsolete term ➜ 村

godan ~く verb / transitive / intransitive verb:

• to blow (e.g. wind); to play a wind instrument
• to whistle
• to laugh; to burst into laughter - often as 吹いた - slang ➜ 吹き出す【ふきだす】

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to smelt; to mint
• to brag; to talk big