adverb:

• by both oneself and others - often as 自他共に

noun:

• appeal by permission; permitted appeal; permitted complaint - Law term

noun:

• bit by bit

noun:

• practicing by oneself; self-instruction

noun:

• forgetting one's serious objectives by becoming engrossed in trivial pursuits; being distracted by trivial objects and losing sight of one's original goal - four character idiom

noun / ~の noun:

• division by 1000; one-thousandth

noun:

• practice of grouping students by popularity according to their appearance, interests, personality, etc. - From English "school caste"

noun:

• short-sleeved (or sleeveless) undergarment worn by aristocratic men

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to make something (e.g. paper) from wet, pulpy material by spreading it thin and drying it

noun:

• rent paid by a tenant farmer

noun / ~する noun:

• buying up plots of land by force to resell at a large profit; land sharking
• raising the ground level (with fill)

noun:

• step by step; by degrees - four character idiom

ichidan verb:

• to give by tossing or throwing

noun:

• student hostel partly managed by the residents

noun:

• new release of a song by the original artist or composer - From English "self cover"

noun:

• anesthesia by acupuncture

noun:

• bare ground revealed by melting snow

noun:

• punishment by Buddha; divine retribution

expression:

• influenced by; in response to; in the wake of; triggered by; following

noun:

• debt cancellation order issued by the Emperor or the Shogun (during the Muromachi and Kamakura periods) - archaism

expression:

• don't judge a book by its cover; a mountain is not to be honoured just because it is high [literal] - proverb

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to fill one's own pocket by taking advantage of a position

~の noun / adverb:

• two by two; by twos; as a couple

noun / ~の noun:

• orange color traditionally worn by the crown prince ➜ 禁色・皇太子

noun:

• plastic food models used by restaurants