expression:

• to make a personal judgment on a problem with little insight; to look at the sky through a tube (Zhuangzi) [literal] ➜ 管窺【かんき】

adverb / noun:

• whatever; what; what sort of; any kind of
• nothing whatever (with neg. verb)

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)

noun:

• soft tennis; tennis played with soft rubber balls instead of hard yellow balls ➜ 硬式テニス【こうしきテニス】・ソフトテニス

noun / ~する noun:

• join one's hands in prayer; pray with (the palms of) one's hands together - four character idiom

noun:

• hot springs bath with simulated natural water supply and drainage; closed-loop hot springs bath

expression:

• desperately; to the full extent of one's power; with all of one's ability

noun:

• aim; object; purpose; end
• expectations; prospects; hopes
• something that can be relied upon
• snack served with alcoholic drink - Kansai dialect

suffix noun:

• pad; guard

suffix noun / prefix noun:

• blow; strike

suffix:

• addressed to ［宛・宛て］
• per - also written as 充て - usually written using kana alone

noun:

• women's bridal robe with trailing skirts worn over a kimono
• ending play for the day; leaving a game unfinished (esp. Go) ［打ち掛け］

noun:

• lying with one's head to the north (trad. position for dead bodies; taboo for sleeping)
• brown-lined puffer (species of pufferfish, Canthigaster rivulata) - usually written using kana alone

noun / ~する noun:

• attending someone through the night (guard, nurse)
• act of a woman sleeping with a man (at his bidding)
• keeping overnight vigil over body before burial

noun:

• bamboo stick used to strike meditators into greater wakefulness (in Zen Buddhism) - Buddhism term
• striking someone's wrist with one's index and middle finger - esp. しっぺ - usually written using kana alone

noun:

• rim of a volcano, esp. Mt. Fuji
• wrestling ring - Sumo term
• dire or risky situation with no room for error; sink-or-swim position

noun:

• carbonated alcohols; category of alcoholic beverages in liquor tax law which includes beer, happoshu and other drinks with an alcohol percentage of 10 or less ➜ 発泡酒

noun:

• Konaki Jijii (a ghost in Japanese folklore with the shape of a small old man and having a baby's cry)

noun:

• year in the Buddhist order (after the completion of the first meditation retreat) - Buddhism term
• becoming more experienced with age; social status based on this experience

godan ~ぐ verb / transitive:

• to shoulder; to carry on one's shoulder
• to nominate for a position; to choose as a representative
• to take (someone) for a ride; to deceive; to take in
• to be caught up in superstition

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to freeze (of one's body); to be frozen; to become numb (with cold); to be chilled

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to report to; to tell; to suggest; to submit; to request; to make an offer; to come forward with information

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to make sure of; to assure oneself of; to see with one's own eyes; to ascertain

noun / ~する noun:

• discharge (e.g. of water from a dam)
• liberation; stocking (e.g. a river with fish)

noun:

• Basic English; version of English with a maximum of 850 basic words

noun:

• living only for one's work; a life with no other interest than one's work - four character idiom

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to confuse someone; to befuddle someone; to create a smokescreen; to surround with smoke [literal] - idiom

expression:

• I am writing to you; I am (taking the liberty of) getting in touch with you - template phrase used in business writing - polite language