adverb:

• instead of; for; as; in exchange for; in return (for); to make up for ➜ 代わり【かわり】・代わり【かわり】・代わり【かわり】

noun:

• extremely important or once in a lifetime (request); only once in one's lifetime - four character idiom

noun:

• Mikawa manzai; style of manzai originating in the Mikawa region in Aichi prefecture ➜ 万歳【まんざい】

noun / ~する noun:

• having deep knowledge of; being expert in; being well versed in; being conversant with
• (a boy's) first ejaculation; semenarche

noun:

• Ubume; birthing woman ghost in Japanese folklore
• woman in late pregnancy; woman on the point of giving birth ［産女・孕女］ - obscure term

noun:

• swimming in the ocean; sea bathing; seawater bath; going for a dip in the ocean

noun:

• trouble; bother
• number of moves (in go, shogi, etc.) ［てかず］
• number of punches (in boxing) ［てかず］

noun / ~する noun:

• being reduced to poverty; living in poverty; coming down in the world; straitened (reduced) circumstances

noun / ~する noun:

• radical change in mentality; radically changing one's way of thinking; radical change in consciousness - four character idiom

noun / adjectival noun:

• knowing how to get on in the world; knowing the secret of success in life - four character idiom

noun / adjectival noun:

• knowing how to get on in the world; knowing the secret of success in life - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• reduction in the number of vehicles, carriages, etc.; reduction in vehicle runs (bus, taxi, etc.) ➜ 増車

noun:

• black-dyed leather
• leather dyed in deep indigo
• edible mushroom in the Thelephoraceae family

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to put oneself in; to enter; to serve (e.g. in the army); to be enlisted

expression:

• deep down; special place in one's heart; in the back of one's mind

expression / adjective:

• in bad shape; not doing well; not going well; out of condition; in poor form ➜ 調子がいい【ちょうしがいい】

noun / ~の noun:

• walk-in; person who walks into a hotel, etc. without a reservation

noun:

• walk-in closet - abbreviation ➜ ウオークインクロゼット

noun:

• origin; source - usu. 元
• base; basis; foundation; root - esp. 基
• cause - also 因, 原
• ingredient; material - esp. 素
• (somebody's) side; (somebody's) location ［元］
• original cost (or capital, principal, etc.)
• (plant) root; (tree) trunk
• first section of a waka ➜ 和歌

counter:

• counter for blades of grass, tree trunks, etc., and for falcons (in falconry) ［本］

noun:

• handle (chopsticks, brush, etc.); grip

noun / ~する noun:

• receiving in advance; taking before others
• prefetch - IT term
• anticipatory completion; finishing another person's sentence in anticipation of what likely to be said next - Linguistics term

expression / noun:

• good thing; nice thing
• good excuse; good grounds; good opportunity - usu. as 〜をいいことに(して)

interjection:

• interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response - female language

expression:

• something or other; what-do-you-call-it; what-do-you-call-them - onomatopoeia
• blah blah blah; yada yada yada - onomatopoeia

~の noun / noun:

• out of office; out of power; in opposition
• unaffiliated (e.g. researcher, scientist); in private practice ➜ 在朝

noun:

• classmate; graduates in the same class
• wrestlers who began their professional careers in the same tournament - Sumo term

noun:

• shellfish cooked in its own shell (esp. turban shell) - abbreviation ➜ 栄螺の壺焼き
• food cooked in a crockpot

expression / adverb:

• in truth; in actuality; at heart

expression / noun:

• the truth; the real story