noun / ~する noun:

• assistance (in a fight); help; aid; backup

noun:

• helper; supporter

noun:

• human vegetable (i.e. someone in a vegetative state) - sensitive - four character idiom

noun:

• node; nodal point
• joint (e.g. in a framework)

noun:

• theism; belief in existence of a god or gods

noun:

• food cooked on a grill in front of customers - Food term

expression:

• in a quarrel, both parties are to blame

noun:

• progressive form - Linguistics term
• in progress (e.g. of a project)

noun:

• tout
• arbitrator (esp. in a play)

adverb / ~と adverb:

• noisily; with loud footsteps - onomatopoeia
• in a crowd; incessantly; all together

noun / ~する noun:

• discussion (argument) becoming heated; debate being in a ferment - four character idiom

noun:

• unqualified (incompetent) person; square peg in a round hole - four character idiom

noun:

• (a) multiple birth; childbirth resulting in twins, triplets, etc.

noun:

• educational facility established in affiliation with a government agency

noun:

• gap (in a mountain ridge)

noun:

• yunluo (10 small gongs mounted in a wooden frame)

noun:

• electoral quota (e.g. in a proportional representation system)

~する noun:

• getting stuck in a rut; becoming stereotyped ➜ マンネリ

noun:

• organization of shrine parishioners in a hamlet; parish guild

noun:

• thread guard (e.g. in a spinning machine)

noun:

• someone engaged in a certain pursuit; practitioner; worker; employee

noun:

• imperial edict (written in a classical grandiose style) ➜ 宣命体

noun:

• young lady (in ref. to a maid, etc.) - familiar language

noun:

• circle painted with a single stroke in Zen calligraphy

~たる adjective / ~と adverb / ~の noun:

• dispersed (of citizens in a war-torn country, etc.)

noun:

• (in gagaku or noh) middle section of a song ➜ 序破急