adverbial noun:

• in the first place; to begin with; from the start; originally; ab initio

conjunction:

• after all; anyway; actually; well, ...; ... on earth (e.g. "what on earth?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?") - used when bringing up something already mentioned

noun / ~の noun:

• beginning; start

noun / ~する noun:

• participation in a war; going to war
• "taking part in a competition or contest" [figurative]

noun / adjectival noun / ~の noun:

• lacking enough gravity for (a position, task); being an insignificant figure for (a position) - four character idiom

noun:

• young boy or girl being trained as a geisha or as a kabuki actor

noun:

• ghostleg lottery; ladder lottery; lottery in which participants trace a line across a lattice pattern to determine the winner

noun:

• tunnel

~する noun:

• to tunnel (through a potential barrier) - Physics term

noun / ~する noun:

• letting a grounder go through one's legs - Baseball term

noun / ~する noun:

• being elected
• being selected (to win a prize, etc.)
• winning (in a lottery, raffle, etc.) ➜ 当籤

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to lift (a person) in one's arms; to help (a person) sit up

noun:

• the right to bear a surname and to wear a sword (during the Edo period) - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• turning a suspect over to the public prosecutor's office; committing a suspect to trial - four character idiom

noun:

• the right to bear a surname and to wear a sword (during the Edo period) - four character idiom

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to have a family (e.g. wife or husband and children); to raise a family ➜ 所帯を持つ

noun:

• car using a fan to create a ground effect; fan car

noun / ~の noun:

• walk-in; person who walks into a hotel, etc. without a reservation

noun:

• walk-in closet - abbreviation ➜ ウオークインクロゼット

expression / ichidan verb:

• to give a command (e.g. in a loud voice); to give an order

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to accomplish something; to leave a mark; to make an impression; to build a track record

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to suddenly break with a snap; to suddenly get cut off
• to snap; to become furious

noun:

• salted Pacific cod entrails in spicy sauce

noun:

• hemp rope fastened from the bow of a Japanese ship to the tip of the mast ➜ 筈

noun:

• arriving at the final stop (of a bus, train, etc.); reaching the end of the line

noun:

• seen in the dark or at a distance; (a woman) looking prettier when seen in the dark or at a distance - four character idiom

noun:

• starting point; beginning; outset
• drawing (e.g. of a bill); issuing; draft; draught
• shaking out
• throw (of dice); toss
• infusion - abbreviation ➜ 振り出し薬

pronoun:

• he; she; him; her - derogatory or familiar

noun:

• samurai's attendant (in a var. of origami)
• type of popular song accompanied by dance from the Edo period

noun:

• behaving in a way characteristic of teenagers going through puberty, esp. by being overly self-conscious; 2nd year of junior high sickness [literal] - slang - humorous term

expression / godan ~う verb:

• (for a nobleman) to bestow one of the kanji in his name upon someone (e.g. meritorious retainer, boy coming of age, etc.) - archaism