noun:

• type of sōmen made without added oil; specialty of Miyagi prefecture, usu. eaten in broth, esp. warm in winter - Food term ➜ 素麺【そうめん】

noun:

• category killer; retailer that sells a wide selection of a given category of goods - Business term

noun / ~する noun:

• participation in a war; going to war
• "taking part in a competition or contest" [figurative]

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to pull into; to draw in; to bring in
• to win over

expression:

• in consideration of; in deference to; out of respect for; for (someone's) sake - as ...に免じて

adverb:

• instead of; for; as; in exchange for; in return (for); to make up for ➜ 代わり【かわり】・代わり【かわり】・代わり【かわり】

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to keep in contact (e.g. by phone, mail, etc.); to keep in touch

noun / ~する noun:

• having deep knowledge of; being expert in; being well versed in; being conversant with
• (a boy's) first ejaculation; semenarche

noun:

• trouble; bother
• number of moves (in go, shogi, etc.) ［てかず］
• number of punches (in boxing) ［てかず］

noun:

• (as used in Northern Japan) greenling ➜ 鮎魚女
• (as used in Kochi and surrounds) medaka ricefish ➜ 目高

expression / adjective:

• in bad shape; not doing well; not going well; out of condition; in poor form ➜ 調子がいい【ちょうしがいい】

noun:

• home economists in business; HEIB; home economists working in businesses (on advice, marketing, etc.)

noun / ~の noun:

• walk-in; person who walks into a hotel, etc. without a reservation

noun:

• walk-in closet - abbreviation ➜ ウオークインクロゼット

noun / ~する noun:

• receiving in advance; taking before others
• prefetch - IT term
• anticipatory completion; finishing another person's sentence in anticipation of what likely to be said next - Linguistics term

interjection:

• ah!; oh!; alas! - also written as 於乎, 於戯, 嗟乎, 嗟夫, 吁, etc.
• yes; indeed; that is correct
• aah; gah; argh - in exasperation
• hey!; yo!
• uh huh; yeah yeah; right; gotcha

noun / ~の noun:

• the two views (of an object) referring to the same thing; being inseparable like the two sides of an object; two sides of the same coin - four character idiom

~の noun / noun:

• out of office; out of power; in opposition
• unaffiliated (e.g. researcher, scientist); in private practice ➜ 在朝

noun:

• shellfish cooked in its own shell (esp. turban shell) - abbreviation ➜ 栄螺の壺焼き
• food cooked in a crockpot

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to sit down (and bask); to sit-in (in protest)

noun:

• legal point of contention; matter in dispute; subject of debate; issue in contention

~する verb (spec.):

• to take part in; to be implicated in; to side with; to support

noun:

• rice washed in cold water; dried rice soaked in water to soften

expression:

• a sound mind is in a sound body; mens sana in corpore sano - proverb

noun:

• various forms of arts (e.g. acrobatics, magic, puppetry, sarugaku acrobatics performance) ➜ 猿楽【さるがく】
• miscellaneous songs popular from the end of the Heian period to the Kamakura period ➜ 歌謡

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to call in; to invite; to bring in