noun:

• Druze; Druse; Islamic sect primarily found in Syria and Lebanon

expression / ichidan verb:

• to give up; to admit defeat; to throw in the towel

expression:

• words can lead to disaster; the tongue is the root of calamities; the more you open your mouth the more likely you are to put your foot in it - proverb

noun / ~する noun:

• selling to traders; wholesaling; trade sales

expression / adverb:

• affectionately; with love; soulfully; putting in one's all ➜ 込める【こめる】

temporal noun:

• today; this day; used in theater (kyogen, noh song, kabuki) when emphasizing ➜ 今日
• these days; recently; nowadays ➜ 今日

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to work hard at; to devote oneself to; to be diligent in

adjectival noun:

• insane; mad; crazy; light in the head

noun:

• hearthfire; ingle; open fire in a fireplace

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• with colors flying and band playing; triumphantly; in splendid array

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to concede a point; to yield; to give in

expression / adjective:

• well-versed (in); profoundly knowledgeable (about); high in the attainment (of) - usu. as ”～に造詣が深い

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to grieve; to lament; to sigh in admiration ➜ 歎ずる

noun:

• jiangshi; Chinese hopping vampire; reanimated corpse in Chinese legends and folklore - From Chinese "goeng-si"

expression / adverb:

• timely; opportune; conveniently; in good season

noun:

• representative director; managing director; president; someone chosen by the board of directors from among the directors to actually represent the company in its dealings with the outside world

noun:

• enterprise union; company union; in-house union ➜ 企業内組合

noun:

• double-dealer; timeserver; moving back and forth between two sides in a conflict - four character idiom

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to narrow the focus; to focus attention (on); to concentrate (on); to zero in

noun:

• sounding stone; qing; ancient Chinese chime shaped like a chevron (inverted 'v'), orig. of stone, today often metal, in Japan primarily used at Buddhist temples

noun:

• phrase; clause; basic linguistic unit in Japanese grammar - Linguistics term

ichidan ~ずる verb (alt. form of じる verbs) / intransitive verb:

• to grieve; to lament; to sigh in admiration ➜ 歎じる

adverb:

• besides; moreover; in addition - usu. negative nuance

noun:

• autotomy; self amputation; act of cutting off a part of one's own body in order to escape a predator

adjectival noun / noun:

• extremely healthy; lively; in good spirits