expression / adjective:

• not funny; not a laughing matter; not a joke

expression:

• when one door is shut, another is open; the world is as kind as it is cruel - proverb

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to redeem; to take out of pawn
• to buy a geisha or prostitute out of bondage (by paying off her debt to her employer) ➜ 身請け

noun:

• life; life force - sometimes written as 生命 ➜ 生命
• lifetime; lifespan
• most important thing; foundation; core
• paired tattoos of the "life" kanji on the upper arms of a man and woman (indicating unwavering love) - archaism
• fate; destiny; karma - archaism

noun:

• pointed end; tip; point; cusp (of a leaf, crescent moon, etc.); apex (of a curve)
• forefront; vanguard; spearhead; leading edge

noun:

• large hole
• great deficit; heavy losses
• big and unexpected winnings; a killing (e.g. on a race)
• dark horse (horse racing)

noun:

• notched bamboo rod rubbed with an implement similar to a bamboo whisk (used as a percussion instrument) ➜ 簓
• wooden vertical batten

noun:

• one-night stand; taking home a woman from a bar, club, etc. - slang
• takeout (i.e. food); take-out; takeaway; take-away - polite language ➜ 持ち帰り【もちかえり】

noun:

• concealed winning hand consisting of chows, a pair that isn't a value pair, and an open wait - Mahjong term - From Chinese

noun:

• true character; true form; true colors (colours); identity; truth (of a mystery, phenomenon, etc.); origin
• consciousness; one's senses

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to make a display of one's originality (eccentricity); to deliberately act oddly (e.g. to get attention)

noun:

• Earth light (illumination of the moon by light reflected from the Earth); earthshine

adverb:

• unsparingly; without listening to the other party; without giving the other party a chance to explain ➜ 頭ごなし

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to draw back; to sink; to cave in
• to be set back (e.g. from a road)
• to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere); to stay indoors; to butt out; to stay out of it

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• greeting; greetings; salutation; salute; polite set phrase used when meeting or parting from somebody
• polite set phrase used to express apology, sympathy, congratulations, etc.
• speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address
• reply; response
• revenge; retaliation - slang

expression:

• a fine thing to say - used sarcastically as a response to a rude remark; usu. in the form of ご挨拶 - humorous term
• dialoging (with another Zen practitioner to ascertain their level of enlightenment) - orig. meaning ➜ 一挨一拶

noun:

• relationship (between people); connection - archaism
• intervention; mediation; mediator - archaism

noun / ~する noun:

• entering school; school attendance

noun / ~する noun:

• national isolation; closing the country (to foreigners) ➜ 開国

noun:

• sakoku; policy of national isolation enacted by the Tokugawa shogunate

noun:

• Triple Intervention (diplomatic intervention by Russia, Germany and France over the terms of the Treaty of Shimonoseki) ➜ 下関条約

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to draw a bow
• to oppose; to defy; to disobey one's superiors; to rebel - idiom

noun:

• bread; pastries (e.g. croissants); pastry-based products - originally written 麺麭 or 麪包 - From Portuguese "pão"
• pan; frying pan - From English "pan" ➜ フライパン

noun / ~する noun:

• panning (in a film)

noun:

• particle; postpositional word in Japanese grammar that functions as an auxiliary to a main word - Linguistics term

noun:

• extra (e.g. in a film); supernumerary - esp. エキストラ

noun or verb acting prenominally:

• extra; surplus; excess; additional; special; extraordinary - esp. エクストラ

noun:

• happi coat (esp. one designed in a western style); happy coat ➜ 法被

~の noun / noun:

• attractive to men; in a style (appearance, look, etc.) that men fall for

noun:

• amorous woman

noun:

• paper, cloth, wood, etc. representation of a sacred object
• paper doll used in purification rites - Shintō term