expression / ichidan verb:

• to be meant for each other (of a man and woman); to be connected through fate; to be destined to marry (each other); to be tied by the red string (of fate) [literal] - idiom ➜ 赤い糸

adverb:

• to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; stubbornly; persistently; consistently; to the utmost
• after all; it must be remembered; only; purely; simply

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to weaken (of willpower, solidarity, etc.); to lose one's edge; to become less tense; to become lax (of discipline, rules, etc.)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to twist a thread
• to put all one's skill (into doing something); to do something to the best of one's ability - idiom - abbreviation ➜ 腕によりをかける

noun / ~の noun:

• farce; charade

noun:

• person who serves tea
• short and humorous improvised sketch (originating from Edo-era kabuki)

~の noun / noun:

• cased; boxed
• precious; cherished

noun:

• girl who has been sheltered from the world - abbreviation ➜ 箱入り娘
• one's special talent ➜ おはこ

noun:

• rain chain (hanging from a gutter and functioning as downspout, often made of ornamental cups)

adjective:

• uneasy; unsure; anxious
• unreliable; untrustworthy; erratic; undependable
• nervous; impatient; irritated from anxiety - archaism
• unclear; indistinct; vague - archaism

noun:

• snow, moon, and flowers; beauty of the four seasons (from a poem by Bai Juyi) ➜ 月雪花【つきゆきはな】

noun:

• harassment, e.g. in the workplace, from a position of power; bullying - From English "power harassment"

noun:

• Kristallnacht (night of concerted violence against Jews in Germany and Austria from November 9-10, 1938)

noun:

• Japanese lawsuit involving cases where hospitalized patients contracted Creutzfeld-Jakob disease from infected transplants

noun:

• soft, crumpled, unlacquered headwear (often worn by soldiers under their helmets from the Kamakura period onward) ➜ 烏帽子

noun:

• maar (broad, shallow volcanic crater) - From French or German "Maar"
• marc (brandy distilled from pomace wine)
• marl (unconsolidated lime-rich rock) ➜ 泥灰岩

noun:

• society where IT related gadgets are prevalent and their function transparent (from "ubiquitous computing")

noun:

• shoemaker spinefoot (Siganus sutor, species of rabbitfish from the western Indian Ocean)

noun:

• dusky spinefoot (Siganus luridus, species of rabbitfish from the Western Indian Ocean)

noun:

• marbled spinefoot (Siganus rivulatus, species of rabbitfish from the western Indian Ocean)

noun:

• balloon shark (Cephaloscyllium sufflans, species of catshark from the western Indian Ocean)

noun:

• stink bomb; foul odour emitted from the anal sacs of a frightened weasel
• final desperate tactic - idiom

noun:

• stink bomb; foul odour emitted from the anal sacs of a frightened weasel
• final desperate tactic - idiom

noun:

• green man; representation of a face surrounded by or made from leaves

noun:

• burning incense without making its source obvious; pleasant smell coming from an unknown location

noun:

• tangyuan; tang yuan; Chinese dumplings made from glutinous rice flour - Food term

expression / ichidan verb:

• to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes
• to die; to breathe one's last