noun:

• resting one's chin in one's hands ➜ 頬杖をつく
• brace (in construction); angle brace ［ほおづえ］ ➜ 方杖

noun:

• paper-covered folded fan used in noh and storytelling
• paper fan used in slapstick comedy ［はりせん］ ➜ ハリセン

noun:

• rock (in rock, paper, scissors game) ➜ じゃん拳・グー

adverb / noun:

• sound made through constricted throat - onomatopoeia ➜ ぐうの音も出ない
• sound made in suffering or under adversity - onomatopoeia

~の noun / noun:

• once in an emperor's reign; event that takes place only once in a sovereign's reign - four character idiom

noun:

• three noble families (Kan'in, Kazan'in, and Nakanoin or Koga)
• three branch Tokugawa families (Owari, Kii, and Mito) ➜ 御三家

noun:

• stir-frying then boiling in liquid sauce; food that has been stir-fried and boiled in liquid sauce - Ryūkyū dialect ➜ 炒め煮

~する noun:

• to contact; to get in touch - honorific language ➜ 連絡

noun:

• contacting; getting in touch; communication; (your) call; (your) message ➜ 連絡

godan ~む verb:

• to get stuck in; to be mired in
• to be addicted to

noun:

• being absorbed in writing popular novels (cheap fiction); being absorbed in writing something to amuse oneself - four character idiom

adjectival noun / noun:

• magnanimous in one's attitude of mind; grand in one's idea or mind-set

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.)
• to face (e.g. east); to look out on
• to point to
• to be suited to; to be fit for
• to go in the direction of; to lean towards (of a feeling)

noun / ~の noun:

• hanging in midair; suspended in midair

noun:

• midair stunt; aerial stunt ➜ 宙乗り

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to rise in esteem; to become popular - idiom
• to rise in value (stocks)

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to be reflected (in); to be mirrored (in) ➜ 映ずる
• to impress (a person) ➜ 映ずる

noun:

• combined unit; two-in-one unit; many-in-one unit; integrated model

ichidan ~ずる verb (alt. form of じる verbs) / intransitive verb:

• to be reflected (in); to be mirrored (in) ➜ 映じる
• to impress (a person) ➜ 映じる

expression / noun:

• changing seasons; season's transition; transition from one season to the next; turn of the seasons; turning of the seasons ➜ 移り変わり【うつりかわり】

~する verb (spec.) / transitive:

• to keep in mind and do as one has been told; to learn and obey; to act in accordance; to comply

noun:

• king of the hill; king of the castle; king of the mountain

noun:

• diligence in studying (e.g. continuing to study even in such poor light as offered by a firefly or that reflected by snow); diligent study

noun / adjectival noun:

• magnanimous in one's attitude of mind; grand in one's idea or mind-set - four character idiom

noun:

• first year (pupil) in junior middle school; second year (pupil) in lower secondary school ➜ 中学校

noun:

• (of a woman) divorcing and moving back in with her parents - sensitive
• (of an employee) leaving a position only to return to it later
• (of a ship) leaving from and returning to the same port

noun:

• outline of the sun (esp. represented as a red circle)
• the Japanese flag - abbreviation ➜ 日の丸の旗

noun:

• eighth sign of the Chinese zodiac (The Ram, 1pm-3pm, south-southwest, June)