noun:

• belief that where there's a will, there's a way

noun:

• angular Solomon's seal (Polygonatum odoratum); scented Solomon's seal

noun:

• pothole; giant's kettle; giant's cauldron - Geology term ➜ 甌穴
• pothole (road, pavement, etc.) ➜ 穴ぼこ【あなぼこ】

expression / ichidan verb:

• to run out of breath; to be short of breath; to lose one's breath
• to run out of steam; to be unable to continue; to collapse
• to die

noun:

• master (of a house, shop, etc.)
• husband (informal)
• sir; boss; master; governor; word used to address a male patron, customer, or person of high status
• patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy ➜ パトロン
• alms; almsgiving; almsgiver - orig. meaning; usu. written as 檀那 - Buddhism term - From Sanskrit "dāna" ➜ 檀越・檀家

godan ~つ verb:

• to hold (in one's hand); to take; to carry
• to possess; to have; to own
• to maintain; to keep
• to last; to be durable; to keep; to survive
• to take charge of; to be in charge of

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to permit; to allow; to approve; to consent to
• to forgive; to pardon; to excuse; to tolerate
• to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to release; to let off
• to acknowledge; to admit ➜ 自他ともに許す
• to trust; to confide in; to let one's guard down ➜ 心を許す・気を許す
• to give up (points in a game, distance in a race, etc.); to yield

noun:

• manager (e.g. of a business, an idol, etc.)
• in a sports team (esp. at school) someone who does the routine drudge work

noun:

• welling (up); gushing forth (of water); springing out; surging
• appearing (esp. suddenly)
• frothing of water (due to an advancing school of fish)

noun:

• treasure chest (in the story of Urashima Taro); Urashima's casket; Pandora's box
• important secret that is not easily revealed to others

noun:

• seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; kind; variety; quality; tone
• material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); subject; theme; (news) copy
• ingredient; leaven (bread); main ingredient of a sushi - Food term
• cause; source
• trick; secret; magician's trick; inside story
• paternal blood; lineage ➜ 胤
• breed (of a stock); sperm; semen

expression:

• that's right; that's so - polite language - colloquialism

noun:

• adoration which is performed three times or repeatedly; act of worship which is performed three times or repeatedly

noun:

• Akita ranga; short-lived school of Western-style painting that originated in the Akita feudal domain in the mid Edo period

noun:

• Collections of the Twenty-One Eras; twenty-one collections of waka compiled by imperial command (early Heian to early Muromachi) ➜ 勅撰和歌集

expression:

• each and every one of them; every last one of them; all a bunch of

expression:

• surely; clearly; without a doubt; in all probability; no matter how one slices it; no matter how one looks at it

noun:

• way of writing; manner of writing
• penmanship (esp. used in old textbooks); calligraphy
• format (e.g. of a report)
• stroke order of a character

noun:

• one jō and six shaku (4.85m)
• statue of Buddha measuring one jō and six shaku
• sitting cross-legged

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to complain of itching; to be bothered by an itch (or rash, etc.); to feel itchy; to have an itch (or rash, etc.); to itch

noun / suffix noun:

• section (i.e. of text); sentence; passage; paragraph
• phrase - Linguistics term
• verse (of 5 or 7 mora in Japanese poetry; of 4, 5, or 7 characters in Chinese poetry)
• haiku; first 17 morae of a renga, etc.
• maxim; saying; idiom; expression

noun:

• one who is obsessed with (getting into, holding on to) political power; one who is obsessed with the idea of taking over government - four character idiom

adverb:

• as many as one likes; as much as one likes; any amount

noun:

• law office; lawyer's office; attorney's office

noun:

• children's game in which the aim is to occupy the other's home base
• taking a place; securing a position