noun:

• return to the palace (usu. of the empress, crown prince, etc.) - archaism

noun:

• pregnant woman; woman on the point of childbirth

noun:

• car (running) on the opposite lane; oncoming car

noun:

• budget travel; penniless travel; travelling on the cheap

noun:

• one's views on the family; family values

expression / adjective:

• slow-witted; dull; slow on the uptake ➜ 頭の回転【あたまのかいてん】

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to search (for something desired, needed); to look for - esp. 探す
• to search (for something lost); to seek (a suspect in a crime) - esp. 捜す

adverbial noun:

• just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that

noun / ~する noun:

• entry; entering; applying to take part; registering to participate (in a competition, etc.)

noun:

• non-smokers' rights; right for nonsmokers to not be exposed to smoking in public space

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to open one's eyes wide (as in fear or anger) ➜ 白目【しろめ】
• to faint

noun:

• kun (in Chinese mythology, giant fish said to be able to turn into a bird) - archaism ➜ 鵬

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to open one's eyes wide (in anger, surprise, etc.); to goggle at

noun:

• scarlet kadsura (Kadsura japonica) ➜ 実葛【さねかずら】
• white sash tied around the head, with ends hanging down and tucked into belt, worn in kyogen to indicate a female character being played by a man

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to highlight something; to bring something to the forefront

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to drift together; to drift to the shore

expression:

• every man knows his own business best; one should go to specialists for the best results; for rice cakes, (go to) the rice cake shop [literal] - proverb ➜ 餠

expression / ichidan verb:

• to make one's story to seem coherent; to adjust one's story to fit the situation ➜ 辻褄を合わせる

noun:

• stone placed on railway track (by children)
• decorative garden stone
• handicap stone (in go) ➜ 置き碁【おきご】

noun:

• typographical error caused by selecting wrong kanji when word-processing

noun:

• book in Japanese
• book bound in the Japanese style ➜ 和本

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to divert (e.g. one's mind); to distract; to relieve (e.g. boredom)
• to conceal (e.g. one's sorrow with a smile); to shift (the conversation)

noun:

• one's registered domicile (as recorded in the family register); one's legal domicile (as opposed to where one lives) ➜ 戸籍【こせき】

noun:

• attitude that with the state as one's boss, normal fiscal accountability can be dispensed with; dependence on the central government; attitude of those who assume their jobs are safe because they are government employees

noun:

• the two sects of Buddhism introduced to Japan during the Heian period (Tiantai and Shingon) and the six sects introduced during the Nara period ➜ 南都六宗