noun:

• dominant local newspaper in the prefecture

expression / noun:

• (child in the) terrible twos

expression / noun:

• (child in the) terrifying threes

noun / adverbial noun:

• as it is; as one likes; because; as

noun:

• condition; state
• sic; sic erat scriptum; the quoted matter has been transcribed exactly as found in the source text ［ママ］ - abbreviation ➜ 原文ママ【げんぶんママ】

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to make a slip of the tongue; to let something slip

noun:

• written report to the gods; imperial edict; written appeal to a superior

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to pin the enemy down; to glare another down (and render impotent)

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to bring a complaint to a person (who is responsible for the problem)

expression / godan ~ぐ verb:

• to pick up the thread of a story; to resume a conversation

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be away from home; to be out of the house

noun:

• meat of a fish (e.g. tuna) that is dark red with blood, usu. coming from the parts close to the spine

noun:

• tactic of avoiding hitting the ball (e.g. to tire out the pitcher) - Baseball term - From English "waiting"
• waiting; holding back; refraining

expression / ichidan verb:

• to cut off a finger (as an act of apology) ➜ 指詰め
• to catch one's finger (in a door, etc.) - Kansai dialect

expression / ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• (a woman) to lose her roughness and become urbane and good-looking; to become experienced in worldly affairs

noun / ~する noun:

• quitting one's job as a government official to return to live quietly in one's own native region

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to hear; to be told; to know - humble language
• to receive (order); to undertake; to comply; to take (a reservation, etc.)

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to wither (of flowers, dreams, etc.); to wilt; to droop; to shrivel; to fade (away); to sag; to deflate

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to stir up trouble for oneself; to scare out a snake by poking at the brush [literal] ➜ やぶ蛇

noun:

• mizuchi; mythical dragon-like beast, believed to ascend to the heavens through rain
• unfulfilled genius; dormant talent

noun:

• nirmanakaya (response body, form taken by a buddha according to the capabilities of those who are to be saved) - Buddhism term ➜ 三身

noun:

• side house (to the east, west, or north of a main residence; home to women, children and servants) ➜ 寝殿造

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be at a loss; to be in a corner

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to attack all in a bunch; to attack all at once

expression / ichidan verb:

• to make contact with somebody; to get in touch with somebody