noun:

• furigana where kana is associated each character of a compound - From English "mono-ruby"

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to spend (money) like water; to spend (money) like it grows on trees; to throw around (one's money); to play ducks and drakes with

noun:

• cat tongue; thin cookie or chocolate shaped like a tongue - Food term - From French "langue de chat"

expression:

• there is no way that ... (expresses speaker's belief that something is impossible)
• easy; simple

noun:

• pretending to be more experienced than one actually is; acting as though one is knowledgeable about something - from エアプレイ(ヤー) - slang

expression:

• if you do a favor for somebody, you will get a return favor; if a fish is friendly toward water, water will be kind to the fish too [literal]; mutual back-scratching - proverb

noun:

• specialized course; specialised course
• something that is specialized for a certain field or application (e.g. a sauce specially made for zaru soba)

expression:

• is something up?; is something wrong?

expression:

• it is so; it is as such - archaism

expression:

• it is so; it is as such - archaism

auxiliary adjective:

• seeming ...; appearing ... - expresses judgement based on evidence, reason or trustworthy hearsay

suffix / adjective:

• -ish; like a ...; typical of ...; appropriate for ...; becoming of ...; worthy of the name ... - after a noun, adverb or adjective stem

noun:

• paper doll to which children pray for fine weather (usu. white, and shaped like a Buddhist priest)

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to resemble; to look like; to take after
• to be similar (in status, condition, etc.); to be close; to be alike; to be like

noun:

• universal life force (the source of animation for all things)
• free spirit (i.e. a mindset unencumbered with worldly concerns)

noun:

• retirement ceremony of a wrestler where his top-knot is cut - Sumo term

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to have a (rough) idea (of what the situation is) ➜ 見当がつかない

godan ~く verb:

• to have a (rough) idea (of what the situation is) - colloquialism ➜ 見当がつく

noun:

• somebody who is bad at horse-riding
• a fidgety, restless person

noun:

• female bedmate (whose body is likened to a fleshy cushion) - archaism

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to be unreasonable; to whine; to act like a baby

noun:

• servant (esp. a samurai's attendant)
• chivalrous man (c. Edo period)
• cubed tofu (often served cold) - abbreviation ➜ 奴豆腐
• kite shaped like a footman - abbreviation ➜ 奴凧
• Edo-period hairstyle worn by samurai's attendants - abbreviation ➜ 奴頭
• enslavement (of a woman; Edo-period punishment for her own or her husband's crime)

pronoun:

• he; she; him; her - archaism - derogatory term

noun:

• humble language in which an action or object is not directed toward the listener (or a third party); humble language used as a courtesy ➜ 謙譲語Ｉ

noun:

• cap cloud (cloud shaped like an Asian bamboo hat that forms at the peak of a tall mountain)

adjectival noun:

• comprador-like; being an underling to a foreign company to the detriment of one's own country

expression:

• the proof of the pudding is in the eating; evidence is better than debate [literal]