expression / godan ~く verb:

• to leave a trail; to leave traces; to have a lasting effect

expression / ichidan verb:

• to pose a riddle
• to hint (at); to drop a hint

ichidan verb:

• to make a habit of; to make it a practice to

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to be in a different genre; to belong to a different category ➜ 異にする

noun:

• manzai; comic dialogue; two-person comedy act (usu. presented as a fast-paced dialogue, occ. presented as a skit) ➜ 万歳【まんざい】

noun:

• meddling; interference; making a pass at someone ➜ ちょっかいを出す
• extending a paw to drag something closer
• hand; arm; wrist - derogatory term - archaism
• disfigured arm; disfigured hand - archaism

noun:

• business center of a city (centre)
• business center of a hotel (providing fax & copy services, etc.)

noun / ~する noun:

• official seal; verification seal; affixing a seal to an official document ［あいはん・あいばん］
• making a joint signature or seal ➜ 連判

noun:

• approx. 80% of the way up a mountainside
• view of a light green mountain; mountain that appears green from afar

noun / ~の noun:

• charity; benevolence; philanthropy; (love for) humanity; fraternity; brotherhood; brotherly love; love of fellow man

noun:

• sophism; chop logic; far-fetched argument; quibble; cavil; argument for argument's sake

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to yearn for; to pine; to be deeply in love with

noun:

• in itself; the thing itself; this itself; for its own sake; per se

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to pass through; to pass by; to go beyond
• to pass (i.e. of time); to elapse
• to have expired; to have ended; to be over
• to exceed; to surpass; to be above
• to be no more than ... - as 〜に過ぎない, etc.

ichidan verb / intransitive verb / suffix:

• to be excessive; to be too much; to be too ... - often used after adjective stems or the -masu stems of verbs - usually written using kana alone

noun:

• room; chamber
• monk in charge of business in the monks' quarters
• bedroom (of a married couple)
• locule (in a plant ovary)
• atria and ventricles

noun:

• being inseparable as a form and its shadow; a person's deed mirrors the good or evil of his mind; husband and wife being never apart - four character idiom

expression:

• a great distance does not detract from the feeling (relationship) of endearment; feeling as though a dear one faraway were living in one's close neighborhood - four character idiom

expression:

• you cannot win against someone who doesn't listen to reason (e.g. a crying child or a violent lord); you can't fight City Hall - idiom ➜ 泣く子と地頭には勝てない【なくことじとうにはかてない】

expression:

• you cannot win against someone who doesn't listen to reason (e.g. a crying child or a violent lord); you can't fight City Hall - proverb

noun / ~する noun:

• assignment (of a person to somewhere); attachment (of a person to another unit, organization, etc.)

noun:

• focus (of a lens); focal point - From Dutch "brandpunt"
• point (of a discussion, e.g. on-point, off-point)

noun:

• first 17-syllable verse of a renga ➜ 揚げ句【あげく】
• haiku
• first five-syllable line of a tanka

expression / ichidan verb:

• to look at from a biased viewpoint; to look at with a prejudiced eye - idiom

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to make a blunder; to bungle; to mess up; to make a foolish mistake

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to take an attitude; to take a stance; to commit oneself; to assume a position