noun:

• string tied to the chest of one's kimono or haori
• childhood (period where one would wear such a string) - archaism

noun / ~する noun:

• blink (of eyes); wink
• twinkling (of stars); flicker (of light); blink (of light) ［またたき・まだたき］

noun:

• blessings of heaven; favour of emperor; favor of emperor; divination's luckiest day; blessings of nature

noun / ~の noun:

• major company; big company
• front castle gate
• force attacking the front of a castle

noun:

• this duty; this task; this job

pronoun:

• I (as the person in charge of this task)

noun / ~の noun:

• (a woman of) unparalleled beauty; (a woman's beauty being) matchless throughout the land - four character idiom

noun:

• the happiness (good fortune) of being an actor; feeling blessed for being an actor - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• base isolation; seismic base isolation; base isolating; vibration damping at the base of a building

noun:

• Mikawa manzai; style of manzai originating in the Mikawa region in Aichi prefecture ➜ 万歳【まんざい】

~の noun / noun:

• related to the teachings of Buddha; able to be saved by Buddha - Buddhism term Antonym: 無縁【むえん】
• related; relevant Antonym: 無縁【むえん】

noun:

• China and foreign countries (from the perspective of China); civilized land and uncivilized land

adjectival noun / ~の noun:

• somewhat large; of a larger size; on the large size ➜ 小振り

noun / ~する noun:

• large swing (bat, racquet, etc.); long sweeping stroke

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to weigh one thing against the other; to act in consideration of; to compare and take into consideration

noun:

• existence (as we perceive it) is as mutable and incorporeal as is the morning dew or a flash of lightning - obscure term - four character idiom - Buddhism term

noun:

• Ubume; birthing woman ghost in Japanese folklore
• woman in late pregnancy; woman on the point of giving birth ［産女・孕女］ - obscure term

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to just appear; to be half out; to be on the tip of one's tongue

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to extol; to sing the praises of; to celebrate
• to declare; to stipulate; to express; to state; to insist

noun / ~する noun:

• shaking one's legs (usu. unconsciously); tapping one's foot; fidgeting (of the legs)

noun:

• (small) red dragonfly
• darter (dragonfly of genus Sympetrum, esp. the autumn darter, Sympetrum frequens)

noun / ~する noun:

• join one's hands in prayer; pray with (the palms of) one's hands together - four character idiom

expression / noun or verb acting prenominally:

• outblooming even a flower (of a young girl); even the flower blushes (before her beauty) [literal] - idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• reduction in the number of vehicles, carriages, etc.; reduction in vehicle runs (bus, taxi, etc.) ➜ 増車

noun:

• explosion of the Space Shuttle Challenger (Jan. 28, 1986); Space Shuttle Challenger disaster

expression:

• deep down; special place in one's heart; in the back of one's mind

expression / ~の noun:

• as much as possible; as far as possible; to the best of one's abilities ➜ 出来る限り【できるかぎり】