noun:

• kokedama; moss ball; plant grown in a ball of soil covered in moss, held together with string

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to be rich in; to abound in; to be abundant in; to be full of
• to be rich; to be wealthy

expression / noun:

• good thing; nice thing ➜ いい事【いいこと】
• good excuse; good grounds; good opportunity - usu. as 〜を良いことに(して) ➜ いい事【いいこと】

interjection:

• interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response - female language ➜ いい事【いいこと】

noun / suffix noun:

• tuck (e.g. in a dress) ➜ 縫い揚げ【ぬいあげ】

noun:

• rise (e.g. in price) ［上げ］ Antonym: 下げ

noun:

• child's role in noh dance; child actor (in noh)
• henchman; follower ➜ 親方

suffix noun:

• shop; factory; mill; works (as in ironworks); plant (as in manufacturing plant)

noun:

• being deeply in debt; being up to one's ears in debt

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to find oneself in deep trouble; to be deep in the shit ➜ 土壺【どつぼ】

expression:

• out with the demon, in with fortune; devils out, good luck in - recital chanted on Setsubun during the bean-scattering ceremony ➜ 豆まき・節分

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be lost in thought; to be immersed in reverie

noun / ~する noun:

• going to and from school; path to and from school; way to school

noun:

• the four cardinal directions; north, east, south and west; all directions
• surroundings ［しほう・よほう］
• many countries; the whole world ［しほう］
• all around; here and there ［よも］
• square; quadrilateral; four-sided figure ［しほう・よほう］
• four sides (of a square)

godan ~る verb:

• to pile up and up; to pile up more and more; to mount (e.g. debts, concerns)

noun:

• scattering
• leaflets - esp. チラシ - usually written using kana alone
• sushi rice in a box or bowl with a variety of ingredients sprinkled on top - abbreviation ➜ 散らし寿司
• writing in an irregular hand - abbreviation ➜ 散らし書き

noun:

• muscle stiffness (esp. in shoulders)
• lump (in tissue, esp. breast); swelling; hardening; lesion ［しこり］ - Medicine term
• lingering discomfort; uneasiness; bad aftertaste; unpleasant feeling ［しこり］

noun:

• white sandbar; white sandbank
• area in a garden or entrance of a house laid with white sand or pebbles
• gravel separating a Noh stage from the audience
• court of law in the Edo period, in which the parties sat on white sand - archaism ➜ お白州

noun / ~する noun:

• putting money aside; savings; deposit (e.g. in a bank)
• accumulated surplus of wins; wins in the bank - Baseball term

noun / ~する noun:

• standing together in a disorderly fashion; standing close around; crowding together
• flooding in (applicants, election candidates, etc.)

expression:

• many irons in the fire; engaged in two trades at the same time; wearing two hats - idiom

noun:

• having free time to spare in the midst of busyness; leisure in the intervals of one's work - four character idiom

noun:

• Jizo Festival (child-focused religious festival, in which Jizo statues are decorated, esp. in Kyoto; 23-24 August)

expression:

• to the previous extent; as much as previously; as much as one used to - sometines written 前程

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to get used to one's work; to become accustomed to one's position
• to be at home (on the stage)

noun:

• kōji; malted rice; malt; malt-like material from growing mold on rice, barley, beans, etc. (used as a starter to make sake, miso, soy sauce, etc.)

noun:

• swift's nest (used to make bird's nest soup); edible bird's nest - obscure term ➜ ツバメの巣