noun:

• method of learning through repetition conceived by Kageyama Hideo, which involves multiplying and other calculations carried out on a 10-by-10 grid of numbers

noun:

• humble samurai who served as a body guard on foot ➜ 徒侍
• bodyguards in service of the shogun who would walk ahead of him on an outing (Edo period) ➜ 徒士組【かちぐみ】

prefix:

• anti-

noun:

• antithesis ➜ 反定立
• fanqie; traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone - abbreviation ➜ 反切

noun:

• one's common name; one's popular name; alias
• house name

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to adhere to one's principles; to preserve one's chastity

noun:

• Kintaro; hero boy of Japanese folklore, who befriended animals and had supernatural strength - childhood name of late-Heian warrior Sakata no Kintoki
• Kintaro doll (usu. having a plump red face, carrying an axe, and wearing a red apron)
• diamond-shaped apron

noun / ~する noun:

• leaving (e.g. work at end of day); withdrawal (e.g. from a noble's or superior's presence); exit (e.g. from a market)

noun:

• (a) grain; (a) drop; (a) bead

noun / ~する noun:

• omitting crucial steps; cutting corners; skimping
• intentional negligence
• tenuki; taking the initiative by ignoring the opponent's last move and playing somewhere else (in go)

noun:

• the easy way; attaining rebirth in the Pure Land through the vows of Amitabha (as opposed to one's own efforts) - Buddhism term ➜ 難行道

adverb / noun or verb acting prenominally:

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

adjectival noun / noun:

• standing on formality; in a reserved manner; treating a friend as a stranger; unduly distant; formal - four character idiom

noun:

• batting eye; ability to judge whether a pitch will be called a ball or a strike - Baseball term

noun / ~する noun:

• forming a kong by adding a tile drawn from the wall to a declared pung - Mahjong term - From Chinese ➜ 槓

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be beyond one's capacities; to be beyond one's powers; to be beyond one's control; to be unmanageable

adjective:

• terrible; dreadful
• amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); wonderful; terrific
• to a great extent; vast (in numbers)

noun:

• proportional representation system in which votes are cast for a publicly available list of party members or for individual members of that list

noun:

• Japanese reading of a kanji (sometimes esp. in ref. to readings that do not correspond to the orig. Chinese meaning of the kanji)

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to insist on one's own ideas; to have one's own way

expression / noun:

• the most one can do; as much as one can; as hard as possible

expression / adverb:

• for oneself; for one's own sake; on one's own account ➜ 為に

expression:

• unable to suppress one's emotions ➜ 堪える
• unable to cope with one's responsibilities

expression / ichidan verb:

• to pay for one's transgression; to receive punishment for one's crime

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to be true to one's name; to live up to one's reputation

expression / ichidan verb:

• to have one's fun spoiled; to have one's enthusiasm dampened