adverb:

• involuntarily; reluctantly; against one's inclination; against one's will; as a matter of unpleasant necessity; despite oneself

expression / ~くる verb (spec.):

• to show one's age (e.g. to start creaking at the joints); to wear out (e.g. machinery) ➜ ガタガタ

noun:

• four gods said to rule over the four directions
• (in China) four gods said to rule over the four seasons

expression / noun:

• collecting herbs and pulling out young pine trees by the roots (annual event held on the first Day of the Rat of the New Year)

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to incur the wrath of god (e.g. by speaking ill of somebody behind their back); to get into trouble
• to warp one's mouth

~の noun / adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• side; edge; beside; besides; nearby ➜ 傍らに

adverbial noun:

• while (doing); in addition to; at the same time - usually written using kana alone

noun / ~する noun:

• riding together; sharing a car (taxi, etc.)
• doing in collaboration
• backing of the same candidate by different political parties

noun:

• texture (cloth, fabric, paper)
• market tone; undertone
• balance between the position of white and black stones (in go) ➜ 囲碁

noun:

• dish of vegetables, konnyaku, etc. simmered in soy sauce and water until the liquid is almost gone - Food term

noun:

• large cloth sack
• baggy trousers (worn in the late-Edo and early-Meiji periods by samurai while practising)

noun:

• countryside dialect - Linguistics term
• sociolect or secret language used by prostitutes in red-light districts during the Edo period - Linguistics term

noun:

• useless book learning; knowing the theory but being able to put it into practice; practising swimming in a field [literal] - idiom - humorous term

noun:

• cross-grips (situation in which each rikishi has an underarm grip on the other) - Sumo term
• kimono made for young children

noun / suffix:

• including; inclusive of ［こみ］

noun:

• komi; extra points given to the white player as compensation for playing second (in go) - usu. コミ - usually written using kana alone - abbreviation ➜ コミ出し【コミだし】

noun:

• iteration mark shaped like the hiragana "ku" (used in vertical writing to represent repetition of two or more characters) ➜ 踊り字

noun:

• sarugaku (form of theatre popular in Japan during the 11th to 14th centuries) - archaism
• noh ［さるがく］ ➜ 能楽
• fooling around ［さるごう］

noun:

• Chinese bronze inscriptions; type of lettering used on metal objects, especially in China during the Yin and Zhou dynasties

noun:

• children's game in which a wooden stick driven into the ground is dislodged by sticks thrown at it

noun:

• children's game in which a wooden stick driven into the ground is dislodged by sticks thrown at it ➜ 根っ木

noun:

• vienna sausage cut in the shape of an octopus

noun:

• platter; serving plate ➜ さらばち・皿鉢料理
• crown of the head - archaism
• flower arrangement in a shallow vase, using sand ［砂鉢］

proper noun:

• Chinese Taipei; name used by the Republic of China (Taiwan) when participating in international competitions

noun / ~する noun:

• ignoring a text message by leaving it unopened and marked as "unread" (in the chat application LINE) - colloquialism ➜ スルー

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to get over a bad mood; to get back in a good mood; to brighten up; to recover one's temper; to feel oneself again

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• wild; growing wild; living in the wild

pronoun:

• I - archaism - male language