noun:

• (Platonic) ideal (of how things ought to be, e.g. human rights); foundational principle; idea; conception (e.g. of the university); doctrine; ideology

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to get (much) colder; to deepen (cold)
• to feel cold (of the body); to be chilled to the bones
• to worsen (of relations, economic conditions, etc.)

adverb / noun:

• (how) many times; (how) often

noun:

• ornamental garden stone (seemingly placed randomly to give the garden a more natural appearance)
• sacrificed stone (in the game of go) ➜ 捨て駒

noun:

• real union (between two or more states) ➜ 人的同君連合

expression:

• as (much) as possible; as (far) as possible

noun:

• life-saving sword (a killing sword may be a sword of life depending on how it is used)

noun:

• decorating the alcove of a tea room with a hanging scroll and flowers (in more formal tea ceremonies, during only the first and second half respectively)
• style of decorating a traditional Japanese room (esp. a study) in which incense, a pair of vases and a pair of candlesticks are placed on a table in front of a trio of hanging scrolls - orig. meaning

noun:

• magnet school (public school offering special instruction in order to attract a more diverse student body)

noun:

• polymastia (having more than one pair of mammae or breasts); pleomastia; hypermastia

noun / ~する noun:

• team-translation (e.g. carried out by more than one person); joint translation

noun:

• thixotropy (property of being more fluid when shaken)

noun:

• syncretism (interworking of two or more cultural perspectives into one system)

noun / ~する noun:

• fishing (i.e. needing one more tile for completion) - Mahjong term - From Chinese "tingpai"

noun:

• motorcycle (with a displacement of 50cc or more); motorbike

noun:

• rugged mountain (of the more rugged mountain of a pair of mountains) ➜ 女山

noun:

• sense for (how to use) money; money sense - four character idiom

godan ~う verb:

• to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty
• to say well; to say cleverly; to say elegantly
• to say often; to say frequently
• to say without shame; to say impudently - oft. as an admonition in the form of よく言うよ

noun:

• favorite book (worn with much handling); favourite book

noun:

• ancient Japanese characters (regarded today as created at a much more recent date)

noun:

• three-part joke, where the first two parts are similar and mundane, while the third is the punchline (e.g. How do you get to my place? Go down to the corner, turn left, and get lost.); rule of three (in comedy writing) ➜ 落ち【おち】

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to have a flag set (indicates the setting of a variable that determines, for example, how a game will end) - slang - IT term

noun:

• nine-tailed kitsune (fox spirit, kitsune are said to be more powerful the more tails they have) ➜ 天狐

noun:

• split election (where two or more candidates from the same party stand)

noun:

• safety glasses (esp. more fashionable models used in public for protection against pollen, UV rays, etc.) - From English "eye-care glass"