noun:

• stopping a sword stroke between one's bare hands ➜ 白刃取り【しらはどり】

noun:

• pharmacy right outside a doctor's office or hospital

noun:

• British disease; Britain's 1970s economic and labour problems

noun / ~する noun:

• leaving the nest; "becoming independent of one's parents" [figurative] ➜ 巣立つ【すだつ】

noun / ~する noun:

• returning to one's base (after a fly ball) - Baseball term

noun:

• upsetting others with one's odour (strong perfume, etc.)

expression:

• there's no smoke without fire - proverb

noun:

• gate in the middle of the corridor connecting an annex to a pond-side building (in traditional palatial-style architecture) ➜ 寝殿造り・対の屋・釣り殿
• central gate (between the main gate and main hall of a temple)
• central gate (separating the inner and outer gardens of a teahouse)

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be added to; to be appended
• to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate
• to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence); to grow; to gather (speed)
• to be applied (e.g. heat, pressure); to be exerted

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to throw; to cast (e.g. vote, light, shadow)
• to devote oneself (e.g. to a cause) - in the form of 身を投じる ➜ 身を投じる
• to invest; to put in
• to administer (medicine); to give

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to surrender
• to take advantage of; to make full use of
• to fit well with; to match with; to be in tune with
• to stay (at a lodging)

ichidan ~ずる verb (alt. form of じる verbs):

• to throw; to cast (e.g. vote, light, shadow) - usu. 投じる ➜ 投じる

ichidan ~ずる verb (alt. form of じる verbs) / transitive:

• to devote oneself (e.g. to a cause) - in the form of 身を投ずる
• to invest; to put in
• to administer (medicine); to give

ichidan ~ずる verb (alt. form of じる verbs) / intransitive verb:

• to surrender
• to take advantage of; to make full use of
• to fit well with; to match with; to be in tune with
• to stay (at a lodging)

noun:

• Heian era court lady's song (accompanying men's oouta); court lady singing a kouta ➜ 大歌
• ditty; ballad; short, hummable, popular tune from Muromachi era to early Edo era ➜ 小唄・端唄
• kyogen kouta; style of kyogen song based on the Muromachi songs, often love ballad
• noh kouta; unusual style of noh song based on the Muromachi songs

noun:

• model; type (e.g. of machine, goods, etc.)
• type; style; pattern - がた when a suffix ➜ 朝型
• mold (mould); template; model
• kata (standard form of a movement, posture, etc. in martial arts, sport, etc.)
• form (i.e. customary procedure)
• size (i.e. clothing, shoes)
• inch (in diagonal display size)
• (taxonomical) form - obscure term ➜ 品種

ichidan ~ずる verb (alt. form of じる verbs) / intransitive verb:

• to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to communicate (with) ➜ 通じる
• to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to get through to
• to be understood; to be comprehended
• to be honored; to be good
• to be well versed in; to be well-informed
• to communicate clandestinely; to keep in touch (e.g. with the enemy)
• to form a liaison; to be intimate

expression / interjection / adverb:

• I see; that's right; indeed

pronoun:

• you; buddy; pal - also used colloquially by young females - male language - familiar language

noun:

• monarch; ruler; sovereign; (one's) master - orig. meaning

noun / ~する noun:

• operation; management; handling
• manipulating (to one's benefit); manipulation; influencing

noun / ~する noun:

• going out; outing; leaving (one's home, office, etc.)

noun:

• (good) result; outcome; fruits (of one's labors); product; accomplishment

~の noun / adjectival noun / noun:

• original; unique; distinctive; characteristic; peculiar
• independent; one's own; personal

noun:

• being too late; losing one's final chance

adverb / noun:

• truth; reality
• sincerity; honesty; integrity; fidelity
• that's right - used when recalling forgotten information, suddenly changing the subject, etc. - archaism

noun:

• trump card
• ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon

noun:

• soup containing rice cakes and vegetables (New Year's dish)

noun:

• food served during the New Year's Holidays