noun:

• one-to-one mapping; 1-to-1 mapping

noun:

• first and second volume (e.g. of a book); volume one and volume two; book one and book two

noun:

• bull's-eye (pattern); double ring (pattern)
• umbrella with bull's-eye pattern - abbreviation ➜ 蛇の目傘

noun:

• local public prosecutor's office; subdistrict public prosecutor's office

expression / ichidan verb:

• to raise someone's position; to raise someone's standing

noun:

• confirmation of someone's safety; ascertainment of someone's safety

noun:

• check of someone's ability; test of someone's ability

expression:

• smooth words make smooth ways; it's not what you say, it's how you say it - proverb

noun:

• Gould's monitor (Varanus gouldii, species of carnivorous monitor lizard native to Australia); sand goanna; sand monitor; Gould's goanna

expression:

• what's done is done; that's water under the bridge; it is no use crying over spilt milk; spilt water won't go back into its tray [literal] - proverb

expression:

• if everyone crosses against the red light, then there's nothing to be afraid of; there's no reason to feel guilty about doing something bad if everyone does it - proverb

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

expression:

• now that it's come to this; since it's come to this

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to read
• to count - now mostly used in idioms ➜ さばを読む
• to guess; to predict; to read (someone's thoughts); to see (e.g. into someone's heart); to divine

expression:

• Man's life vanishes like a dew; A person's life is as fleeting as a morning dew - four character idiom

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to remove; to take off; to detach; to unfasten; to undo
• to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to exclude; to expel
• to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from; to step out; to slip away
• to dodge (a question, blow, etc.); to evade; to sidestep; to avoid (e.g. peak season)
• to miss (a target, chance, punch, etc.) Antonym: 当たる

expression / adjective:

• it can't be helped; it's inevitable; it's no use; can't stand it; being impatient; being annoyed ➜ 仕方のない

expression / adjective:

• it can't be helped; it's inevitable; it's no use; can't stand it; being impatient; being annoyed ➜ 仕方がない

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to be temperate in; to refrain; to abstain; to hold back; to restrain oneself from excessive ...
• to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number)

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for
• to be soon; to be in the offing

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to be in a close relationship (e.g. as a backer, etc.)

noun:

• having only tiles of one suit and not having called any tiles (yaku); having only tiles of one suit and a concealed hand - Mahjong term - From Chinese ➜ メンゼン・清一色

conjunction:

• or

expression / suffix:

• or something - as Nか + なにか

noun:

• taking photographs for a volume at the request of a publisher
• photographs taken for a volume at the request of a publisher

noun:

• college of music; school of music; music college ➜ 音大

expression:

• out of the frying pan into the fire; out of the tiger's mouth into the dragon's den [literal] - proverb