ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to be brought to mind; to come to mind ➜ 偲ぶ

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to begin to wither; to begin to dry out

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to suck on; to cling to; to chew on

noun:

• professional go players' championship series; professional shogi players' championship series

noun:

• pacifist constitution (often applied to the Japanese constitution); constitution which outlaws use of arms ➜ 日本国憲法

adjectival noun / noun:

• chic; smart; stylish; tasteful; refined; sophisticated; worldly (esp. in terms of being familiar with the red light district, geishas and actors) - いき is also written as 意気 Antonym: 野暮
• considerate; understanding; sympathetic

noun / adjectival noun:

• essence; the best; the cream ［すい］

expression:

• attempting two tasks at the same time, accomplishing neither; falling between two stools; catching neither the horsefly nor the bee [literal] - proverb

noun:

• chivalrous man who helps the weak and fights the strong; knight in shining armor
• ruffians who act under the pretence of being chivalrous ➜ 任侠・侠客

noun:

• fanqie; traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone

noun / ~する noun:

• notification; official notice; directive (e.g. from higher to lower levels of the administration)
• being well versed (in something) ➜ 精通

noun:

• useless book learning; knowing the theory but being able to put it into practice; practising swimming on a tatami mat [literal] - idiom - humorous term

noun:

• useless book learning; knowing the theory but being unable to put it into practice; practising swimming on a tatami mat [literal] - idiom - humorous term

noun:

• one's course of action; deciding what to do with oneself, whether staying in the present position or leaving it - four character idiom

expression:

• twilight; time for disasters (similar to 'the witching hour' but not midnight) ➜ 大禍時

noun:

• plane with a blade at ninety degrees to its base used for maintaining the bases of other wooden planes

noun:

• bai ze (mythical chinese animal able to understand human speech, having the body of a lion and eight eyes)

noun:

• unloading a barge
• small pieces of fried tofu
• palanquin that carried guests to and from the red light district

expression:

• (I'm fine) thank you; thanks to you; fortunately; under the gods' shadow [literal] - polite language

noun:

• transmission of the secrets of an art, craft, trade or learning from father to only one child - four character idiom

noun / ~の noun:

• Apocrypha (i.e. as opposed to the Biblical canon) ➜ 正典
• non-Buddhist writings (esp. Confucian writings) - usu. げてん - Buddhism term ➜ 内典

noun:

• land which one visits; alien land; topsoil brought from another place to mix with the soil

adverb:

• even at the best of times; already; (even) under normal circumstances; in addition to; as it is

noun:

• apprenticeship in the running of a household; prospective bride who undertakes an apprenticeship to learn housekeeping - four character idiom

expression:

• "laugh and grow fat" [figurative]; good fortune and happiness will come to the home of those who smile [literal] - from Chi: 打開笑門福自來 - proverb

expression:

• to only look the part (but otherwise be wholly unsuited for it); a monkey wearing a crown - idiom