expression / adjective:

• simple (e.g. matter); problem free
• hopeless; the end (i.e. leaving one at a loss of words); dumbfounding

expression:

• matter being discussed (e.g. in a private conversation) - colloquialism ➜ こちらの話
• our side of the story (in contrast to another's version)

noun:

• home territory of a powerful figure; Imperial Court; businessman's turf; Shogun's headquarters ➜ 膝元【ひざもと】

noun:

• person who estimates the variety and quantity of wood necessary to build a house from looking at the plans

noun:

• carrying (on one's shoulder); bearing; shouldering; taking responsibility for
• bucket carried on either end of a pole - abbreviation ➜ 担い桶

noun:

• children's lunch box of cooked rice and a Western-style side dish (popular late Meiji and Taisho periods)

noun / ~する noun / intransitive verb / prefix noun:

• occurring frequently; being susceptible; age, body part, group of people, etc. in which a disease or condition occurs especially frequently - Medicine term

noun:

• wait to turn either of two pairs into a pung to finish one's hand - Mahjong term

noun:

• (rocky) seashore party; seashore festival ➜ 磯遊び
• celebration in honor of the dragon god by fishermen after a good haul

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to form a circle; to move in a circle
• to draw a circle [literal]

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to make a sound; to give off a sound - often XXX(と)音がする
• to hear a sound

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:

• choosing a site (e.g. for industry); deciding on a location

noun:

• standpoint; position

temporal noun / adverbial noun:

• moment; a (short) time; a while
• former times ［ひととき］
• two-hour period - archaism

~と adverb / ~する noun:

• dimly; faintly; with a faint light
• warmly; friendly; in a heartwarming manner - esp. とした

noun:

• thick illustrated publication on a single topic printed to look like a magazine - from "magazine" and "book" - From English "mook"

noun:

• "gentleman" who escorts a woman home, only to make a pass at her

noun / ~する noun:

• offering a wand with hemp and paper streamers to a Shinto god

noun / ~する noun:

• stealing a march on; getting a head start; secretly acting before others

noun:

• public bathhouse
• building with a bath (esp. in a shrine or temple)

expression:

• to have a comeback (i.e. a reason, or rationalization) for every remark - idiom

noun:

• clasp or ring for attaching a pendant to a chain

expression:

• the smartest thing in a tight situation is to beat a retreat - proverb ➜ 三十六計

noun:

• alms-giver; person who donates to a monk or a temple; dana-pati

noun:

• having a small mouth; eating only a little - female language
• topmouth gudgeon (Pseudorasbora parva) ➜ 持子
• barracuda ➜ 梭魚