adverb:

• now; soon; shortly; before long; presently
• already; yet; by now; (not) anymore ➜ すでに
• further; more; again; another; the other

interjection:

• tsk; dammit; jeez; come on - used to strengthen expression of an emotion (often exasperation)

noun:

• curved wooden support on top of the main beam of a house, now mainly decorative (shape evocates an open-legged frog)

noun:

• killing a would-be avenger
• having the tables turned on someone (e.g. by a challenger); being beaten at one's own game

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be believed to; to be expected to; to be feared to; to be poised to; to be considered to; to be likely to - often preceded by verb

noun:

• making adjustments based on experience; doing something by feel; skill; knack

noun / ~する noun:

• going easy on someone; making allowances; using discretion; taking various circumstances into account

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to garnish; to accompany (as a card does a gift)
• to add to as support; to prop up
• to accompany (as an aid, guide, translator, etc.)
• to mimic; to imitate - archaism
• to draw something near to oneself; to approach nearby - archaism

noun:

• the four great families of the age (esp. the Minamoto clan, the Taira clan, the Fujiwara clan and the Tachibana clan)
• varna (each of the four Hindu castes) ➜ ヴァルナ

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to cool (from room temperature); to chill; to refrigerate
• to calm down; to cool off; to regain one's composure; to relax
• to be frightened (at); to be scared (of)

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to go through; to pierce; to penetrate ➜ 貫く【つらぬく】
• to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out; to persist with; to keep (e.g. faith); to maintain (e.g. independence) ➜ 貫く【つらぬく】

expression:

• the poor can't afford manners; only when basic needs for living are met can people spare the effort to be polite - proverb

noun / ~の noun:

• on an island; on-island ➜ 島外

expression:

• in crowds; in a group; in swarms ➜ なして

expression:

• in all conscience; in honour; in duty bound - often with negative verb

noun:

• written work (esp. a bound text, as opposed to a scroll)
• a text written entirely in kana
• graphic novel (esp. one created between the 12th and 19th centuries)
• notebook (for practicing kana, drawing pictures, etc.)
• rough draft

noun / ~の noun:

• in operation (of a machine, especially security cameras); in use; in action

noun:

• foot - esp. 足
• leg - esp. 脚,肢
• gait
• pace
• bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji - usu. 脚
• means of transportation ［足］
• money; coin - archaism ➜ お足

noun:

• transferring a shintai in a portable shrine, e.g. to another shrine or to a ceremony - Shintō term ➜ 神体

noun:

• piggybacking marketing; the method of making sales by jumping on a bandwagon (like that of a boom, popularity, disaster, etc.) - four character idiom

noun:

• divorce of a couple who have been married for a long time (often brought on by retirement of the husband) - colloquialism - four character idiom

adverbial noun:

• one turn; one round
• (a) size

~する noun:

• to go around; to make a circuit; to take a turn

adverbial noun:

• twelve years; one cycle of the Chinese zodiac

noun:

• practical language; language used for day-to-day activity (in contrast to official languages); facility language

noun:

• projecting part (of a headland, etc.) ［でばな・出鼻］
• moment of departure; (on the) point of going out
• outset; start; beginning

adverb:

• at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much (far) as possible

noun:

• the whole enormous extent of Edo; from one side of Edo to the other - four character idiom

noun:

• mass culture; pop culture; popular culture; culture of the people (as opposed to the elite)