noun:

• judicial decision made with human kindness and warmth in a fair manner (from the decisions of Ōoka Tadasuke, a jurist in 17th century Japan)

noun:

• karayuki-san; young Japanese women who were sent to work (mainly as prostitutes) in foreign countries, esp. in Southeast Asia (Meiji to early Showa)

adverb:

• in a line; in a row - onomatopoeia

~する noun / ~の noun:

• to contact; to get in touch ➜ ご連絡

noun:

• contacting; getting in touch; communication; call; message ➜ ご連絡
• connection; coordination; junction

~の noun:

• intercalary; intercalaris; internuncial

noun:

• dried codfish soaked in water for few days, and cooked almost to dryness in soy sauce and water (Kyoto speciality)

noun:

• finishing reading

noun / ~の noun:

• non-serialised story (e.g. in a magazine); complete story

noun:

• breaks and pauses (in a sentence) ➜ 句読

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to say in a round-about way (not to upset); to cushion the blow; to wrap in wafer paper [literal] - idiom

noun:

• in calligraphy, an abbreviated or mistaken form of a character, or a work written in more than one calligraphic style

noun:

• Tochū tea (high in minerals and reputed to be beneficial for weight loss and in cases of high blood pressure) ➜ 杜仲

noun:

• (in Japan) 6th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. G) ➜ 十二律・仲呂
• (in gagaku) scale similar to Mixolydian mode on G ➜ 呂旋・六調子

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to stick into (of something with a sharp point); to prick; to pierce; to get stuck (in); to lodge (in)

noun / ~の noun:

• predictable; repetitive; being in a rut; set in one's ways - From English "one pattern"

noun:

• small fish sliced open and pickled in a mixture of vinegar, sake, and salt - Food term
• seafood pickled in soy (esp. squid) - Food term

noun:

• division of a shrine's tutelary deity, in order to share it with another shrine; spirit divided in such a manner

noun / ~する noun:

• going in the opposite direction
• going against the wind
• running or operating a machine in reverse (such as an electric motor)

noun:

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

noun / ~する noun:

• bursting through the surface; suddenly surfacing; rapid ascent
• sudden increase (e.g. in public interest)
• fast rise (e.g. in rank)

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to fall in public esteem; to fall in value (stocks)

noun:

• one's in-laws (esp. a woman's in-laws)

expression / godan ~る verb (irregular):

• to be in opposition; to be in private life

noun:

• as is; in (its) present state; in (its) present condition

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to narrow in (on); to home in; to focus; to target

noun:

• crow cawing in the morning; crows crying in the morning - obscure term ➜ 明け烏

noun:

• chink (e.g. in fence); gap (e.g. in hedge) ➜ 垣間見る

expression:

• in one go; all at once; altogether; all in one piece ➜ 纏める【まとめる】・纏める【まとめる】