noun:

• choucroute; sauerkraut - Food term - From French ➜ ザワークラウト
• choucroute garnie; sauerkraut cooked and served with meat - Food term

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be very clear
• to be keenly cold; to be cold and clear

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to assert; to declare; to claim; to state; to insist; to maintain
• to list (one by one); to enumerate; to count off
• to spread rumours (rumors); to go on and on (about)
• to use as an excuse - archaism

auxiliary:

• seeming to be; appearing to be - usu. at sentence-end
• like; similar to ➜ ような
• in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that ➜ ように
• indicates hope, wish, request or mild command - as ように at sentence-end

noun:

• grounds of a Shinto shrine
• enchanted land; abode of immortals and gods

noun / ~する noun:

• not giving up; keeping at it until one succeeds; falling seven times, getting up eight times [literal] - idiom

noun:

• the vicissitudes of life; ups and downs in life - idiom

noun:

• wolf ➜ 狼【おおかみ】・山犬【やまいぬ】
• rapacious person; merciless and greedy person

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to trick; to cheat; to deceive
• to coax; to wheedle; to soothe and humor (humour) ➜ 宥め賺す

noun:

• humanity; empathy; kindness; sympathy
• human nature; common sense; customs and manners

noun / ~の noun:

• expert; professional; master; connoisseur Antonym: 素人【しろうと】
• woman in the nightlife business; demimondaine; geisha and prostitutes ➜ 素人

noun / ~の noun:

• black person

noun:

• woman in the nightlife business; demimondaine; geisha and prostitutes - archaism ➜ 玄人

noun / ~する noun:

• electric short-circuit
• drawing a hasty inference between two events; jumping to a quick conclusion; dealing with matters quickly and carelessly

particle:

• indicates sentence subject (occasionally object)
• indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions)

conjunction:

• but; however; still; and
• regardless of; whether (or not) - after the volitional form of a verb

noun:

• chinaberry; Japanese bead tree (Melia azedarach) - archaism ➜ 栴檀【せんだん】
• light purple outside, green inside; purple outside, light purple inside; type of garment layering color scheme, worn in April and May

noun:

• slat (window blind, aircraft wing component, etc.)
• slut; eggslut; breakfast dish based on coddled egg and pureed potato - Food term ➜ エッグスラット

noun:

• there; that situation; that occasion
• the spot (i.e. "on the spot"); immediately; then and there

adverb / ~と adverb:

• little-by-little; gradually; slowly; soon - onomatopoeia ➜ ぼつぼつ

adjectival noun:

• not bad; passable; so-so - Kansai dialect

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to be well-kneaded
• to be seasoned; to be experienced; to be mature and well-rounded

noun:

• mamba (snake of the genus Dendroaspis)
• yamanba; manba; girl or young woman adhering to a fashion trend often characterized by extremely gaudy and colourful facial make up, heavily tanned skin and hair dyed in a bright hue - abbreviation ➜ ヤマンバ

adverb:

• just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; now, now - when urging or consoling
• tolerably; passably; moderately; reasonably; fairly; rather; somewhat
• well...; I think...; it would seem...; you might say...; Hmmm, I guess so... - when hesitating to express an opinion

interjection:

• oh!; oh dear!; oh, my!; wow!; goodness gracious!; good heavens! - female language

adverb:

• crisp; crunchy - onomatopoeia
• refreshing; straight; firm; sharp; smart and stylish - onomatopoeia

noun / suffix noun:

• playing
• play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect) - usually written using kana alone

noun:

• oni; ogre; demon
• spirit of a deceased person ➜ 亡魂
• ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.) ［おに］
• it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.) ［おに］ ➜ 鬼ごっこ【おにごっこ】
• Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) ［き］ - Astronomy term ➜ 二十八宿・朱雀【すざく】

prefix:

• very; extremely; super- ［おに］ - slang ➜ 超

adjective:

• poor; needy
• lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty; skimpy; slight; inadequate

noun:

• surname; family name
• hereditary title (used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing) ［せい］ ➜ 姓【かばね】