noun:

• dish of potatoes first boiled, then spun around while fried in a bowl (making them look as if covered in powder) - Food term

particle:

• too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence)
• both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence) - as ＡもＢも
• even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than - used for emphasis or to express absence of doubt regarding a quantity, etc.
• even if; even though; although; in spite of - often as 〜ても, 〜でも, 〜とも, etc.

adverb:

• further; more; again; another; the other - colloquialism - abbreviation ➜ もう

godan ~ぶ verb:

• to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in

adverbial noun / noun:

• in the middle of; height of; in course of; midst

noun:

• in name and in reality; nominally and virtually; form and contents

expression:

• in any case; in either case; whichever the case may be

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to conspire; to act in collusion; to be hand-in-glove

godan ~う verb:

• to co-operate (in enterprises); to hold in common; to share - archaism

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to fold in; to bear deep in mind; to follow up

noun:

• bagua mirror (mirror used in divination in fengshui); pa kua mirror

noun:

• conventions to be followed in composing Japanese poetry; phraseology; diction ➜ 句形
• rules of grammar and syntax when reading kanbun in Japanese ➜ 句形

noun:

• distance in the standings between two teams expressed as the difference in number of games won or lost - Baseball term

noun:

• children's game in which three or more stand back-to-back in a circle and jostle ➜ 押し競べ【おしくらべ】

noun:

• plastic toy (e.g. fish) suspended in a sealed glass tube filled with fluid; toy for use in the bath - obscure term

noun:

• assistant in a duel (e.g. a cockfight, poetry contest, etc.) (Heian period)
• older male in an homosexual relationship ➜ 念者

noun:

• wooden rods (square, used in a pair) used in Kansai-area rakugo (e.g. to mark scene changes); small clapper

expression / adjective:

• glib; slick (sounds good but no substance); all talk - derogatory term ➜ 調子がいい【ちょうしがいい】
• in good form; in great shape; having things progress well ➜ 調子がいい【ちょうしがいい】

suffix noun:

• pupil in ... year; student in ... year

particle:

• for (in regard to); in order to ➜ に・は

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to show in; to usher in

noun / ~する noun:

• death in jail; death in gaol

noun:

• in the town; in the street

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to shut in; to lock in

expression:

• nothing in particular; none in particular

noun:

• cat in heat; cat in season