noun:

• being narrow in the middle; something narrow in the middle - obscure term
• mallet - archaism ➜ 杵

noun:

• first wind of the season (esp. the first wind of autumn) - archaism

noun:

• the Seven Wise Men (of Greece); the Seven Sages of Greece ➜ 七賢

expression / godan ~る verb (irregular) / intransitive verb:

• to be worth the effort; to be worth the trouble

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to disdain; to look down on; to make light of; to hold in contempt; to scorn; to despise

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to revel in trouble and discord; to be bent on making trouble; to like starting fights

noun:

• primary nursing care; nursing care level (with number between 1 and 5 based on assessed care needs) ➜ 要介護度・要介護認定

expression / ichidan verb:

• to lay hands on; to touch
• to care for; to look after
• to make off with; to steal

noun / adverbial noun:

• as it is; as one likes; because; as

noun:

• condition; state
• sic; sic erat scriptum; the quoted matter has been transcribed exactly as found in the source text ［ママ］ - abbreviation ➜ 原文ママ【げんぶんママ】

noun:

• empty air; sky
• shunyata; emptiness; the lack of an immutable intrinsic nature within any phenomenon - Buddhism term
• air force - abbreviation ➜ 空軍

noun / adjectival noun:

• fruitlessness; meaninglessness
• void (one of the five elements) ➜ 五大

~の noun:

• empty (e.g. set) - Mathematics term

expression:

• family members should fall into line with the head of the family even if his taste is a little odd, like wearing a red eboshi, which is ordinarily black - proverb ➜ 烏帽子

noun:

• place containing a Buddhist image
• place containing a buddha (e.g. the pure land) ➜ 極楽・浄土
• independent workshop of Buddhist sculptors (from the Heian period onward) ➜ 造仏所

noun / adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• end leaves; top leaves; last leaves ［うらば・うれは・すえば］

noun:

• the last descendant; the last days of any age; end; close ［すえば・ばつよう・まつよう］

expression / godan ~る verb (irregular):

• to have both the looks and the substance; to be a compassionate and just person; to be interesting and instructive - idiom

suffix noun:

• a little over; a little more than
• powerhouse; one of the biggest; one of the most powerful

expression / noun or verb acting prenominally:

• at the height of one's power or influence; at the peak of one's popularity

adverb:

• unsparingly; without listening to the other party; without giving the other party a chance to explain ➜ 頭ごなし

noun:

• pin (e.g. hairpin, bowling pin, golf pin, etc.)
• one (on dice, in cards, etc.) - From Portuguese "pinta"
• beginning; best ➜ キリ
• kickback

noun / ~する noun:

• payment in advance; advance payment; prepayment ➜ 前払い
• payment on delivery (e.g. business-reply mail, collect phone calls) ➜ 着払い【ちゃくばらい】

noun:

• forerunner

adverb / ~と adverb:

• lightly (floating); buoyantly - onomatopoeia
• puffing (on a pipe, cigarette, etc.) - onomatopoeia
• tooting (a trumpet, horn, etc.); blowing (a flute, whistle) - onomatopoeia

noun:

• book cover; outer wrapper for a book (put on by a bookseller before being handed to a customer) ➜ ブックカバー

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to cherish; to treasure; to prize; to set a high value on
• to take good care of; to look after

godan ~つ verb / transitive / intransitive verb:

• to wait ［待つ］
• to await; to look forward to; to anticipate
• to depend on; to need - usu. in negative form

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to be lured; to be attracted; to get hooked (on)

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to illuminate; to shine a light on; to light up