noun:

• without intermission for ten (long) years; with constancy of purpose for ten (long) years; in the same old rut for years on end - four character idiom

noun:

• pilgrim's song; pilgrim's hymn; song in praise of the Buddha - Buddhism term

expression / noun:

• what one has a mind to do; what one feels like (doing); being so minded; (with) that in mind

noun:

• blankety-blank; bleep; used in place of sensitive word (often sexually related) - sometimes also **, ○○, etc. - manga slang ➜ 伏せ字

noun:

• results-oriented approach; resultism; belief in results

adverb / ~と adverb:

• gushingly; copiously; profusely; in a steady stream - onomatopoeia

~の noun:

• while running; while moving; in motion

expression:

• great vigor; tremendous energy; forceful enough to knock down birds in flight [literal] - idiom ➜ 飛ぶ鳥を落とす勢い

expression:

• openly; publicly; in public

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to have a taste for; to be fond of; to have an interest in (e.g. a hobby)
• to be modest; to be prudent

noun:

• short rows (in knitting); short row shaping; knitting in short rows

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to only make work for oneself; to stir up a hornet's nest; to put one's foot in one's mouth - idiom

noun:

• Far East Command; FEC; United States military headquarters in the western Pacific after World War II

expression / noun:

• omoiyari yosan; appreciation payment; financial support towards welfare benefits and allowances of U.S. forces stationed in Japan

noun:

• three-day weekend; long weekend; three holidays in a row

noun:

• battlecry; cheer; cry where one breathes in a large volume of air and then releases it suddenly in a loud cry ➜ 鬨の声

noun / ~する noun:

• rushing at the enemy ➜ 突貫

expression / noun / ~する noun:

• seeing eye to eye; reaching an agreement; coinciding in opinion

noun:

• news media; news organization; newspeople; people in the press

adjective:

• flashy; gaudy; wrapped in cheap flattery ➜ チャラチャラ

expression / adjectival noun / adverb:

• what kind; what sort; how; in what way - Kansai dialect ➜ どんな・如何【どう】・どの様に【どのように】

noun:

• owner of a hermitage; abbess; prioress; nun in charge of a Buddhist convent

noun:

• popularization; simplification; explaining in simple language
• adaptation of history for popular reading (esp. Chinese); historical novel writing

adjective:

• far; distant; far away; a long way off; in the distance
• distant (past); remote (in time); remote; far-removed (in time)
• distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone)
• far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.); not similar; way off
• hard (of hearing) - as 耳が遠い
• nearsighted - as 目が遠い

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to fall down; to drop; to fall (e.g. rain); to sink (e.g. sun or moon); to fall onto (e.g. light or one's gaze); to be used in a certain place (e.g. money)
• to be omitted; to be missing
• to decrease; to sink
• to fail (e.g. exam or class); to lose (contest, election, etc.)
• to crash; to degenerate; to degrade; to fall behind
• to become indecent (of a conversation)
• to be ruined; to go under
• to fade; to come out (e.g. a stain); to come off (e.g. makeup); to be removed (e.g. illness, possessing spirit, name on a list) ➜ 狐が落ちる【きつねがおちる】
• to fall (into someone's hands); to become someone's possession
• to fall (into a trap); to fall (for a trick)
• to give in; to give up; to confess; to flee
• to fall; to be defeated; to surrender
• to come to (in the end); to end in
• to fall (in love, asleep, etc.) ➜ 恋に落ちる【こいにおちる】・眠りに落ちる【ねむりにおちる】
• to swoon (judo)
• to consent; to understand ➜ 腑に落ちない【ふにおちない】
• to crash; to freeze - IT term
• to die - of animals
• to move to the depths - of fish when it gets cold

noun / ~する noun:

• presentation (of documents); submission (of an application, report, etc.); production (e.g. of evidence); introduction (e.g. of a bill); filing; turning in