noun:

• pattern; figure; design
• state; condition
• conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems
• model; pattern; example
• indicates that something seems likely (e.g. rain or storm) - after a noun
• framework (in go); territorial framework; moyo

noun:

• leader; boss
• upper part of a flag
• (Okinawa) bamboo poles with an attached vertical flag and an elaborate display at the top that are used during the annual fertility and thanks-giving festivals

noun / suffix noun:

• angle
• square (or cube)
• bishop - abbreviation - Shōgi term ➜ 角行【かくぎょう】
• third degree (of the Japanese & Chinese pentatonic scale) ➜ 五音
• Chinese "horn" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) - Astronomy term ➜ 角宿・二十八宿【にじゅうはっしゅく】・蒼竜【そうりょう】
• jiao (monetary unit of China; one-tenth of a yuan) ➜ 元【げん】

noun:

• young men who are not competitive as in the traditional male stereotype, including in the avid pursuit of money and sex, and who may also be kind, co-operative and family-oriented ➜ 草食男子【そうしょくだんし】

noun:

• the sum of the length, width, and height of a package; length + width + height

expression / godan ~ぐ verb:

• to extend from one year to the next; to go to the next year

noun:

• wearing a kasaya; wearing an article of clothing in the same manner as a kasaya (i.e. draped over one shoulder) ➜ 袈裟
• slashing a sword diagonally from the shoulder ➜ 袈裟切り

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to be on everyone's lips; to be well-known; to be famous

noun:

• thrust; stab; lunge; pass (in fencing)
• tsuki; thrust to the throat (in kendo) - Martial Arts term
• tsuki; thrust to the chest - Sumo term

noun:

• spring rain that falls around the time that flowers bloom; spring rain that hastens the blooming of flowers

noun:

• defeat; loss; losing (a game)

suffix:

• failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.) ➜ 名前負け【なまえまけ】

noun:

• discount; loss (on a sale)

expression:

• which reminds me ...; come to think of it ...; now that you mention it ...; on that subject ...; so, if you say ...

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to spring at; to leap upon; to swoop down on; to throw oneself upon (e.g. an enemy)

expression:

• which reminds me ...; come to think of it ...; now that you mention it ...; on that subject ...; so, if you say ... ➜ そう言えば【そういえば】

expression:

• you can't rely on parents and money to stay around forever; money comes and goes; so do parents - proverb

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be deeply impressed; to take to heart; to engrave on one's heart; to bear in mind - idiom

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to go through; to pass through
• to struggle through; to get through (difficulties, danger, etc.); to escape (through the cordon); to evade (the law)

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to get back; to regain; to recover; to make up (for); to catch up on

expression / ichidan verb:

• to polish up (on); to refine; to hone; to round out
• to polish (by rubbing)

noun:

• blue film; early (1950s-) type of hardcore pornographic film usually filmed on 8 or 16mm film and often in black market circulation

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to irritate; to grate on one's nerves; to aggravate; to be galling; to be invidious

expression:

• if there is a chance; if possible; if circumstances permit; if things go well; if luck is on my side

noun:

• number crossword (var. of kanji crossword puzzle with numbers where squares with the same number contain the same kanji)

noun / ~する noun / adjectival noun:

• rudeness; impoliteness; disrespect; impertinence

noun / ~する noun:

• leaving; going (on one's way); saying goodbye
• taking without permission; stealing; pinching; pilfering

interjection:

• My apologies; I must be going now; So long - male language

noun:

• aphid; plant louse
• cockroach - Kansai dialect ➜ ゴキブリ
• Japanese house bat (Pipistrellus abramus) - obscure term ➜ 油蝙蝠
• hanger-on; parasite
• visitor to a red-light district who's only there to look - archaism