noun / ~する noun:

• playing the victim; playing the victim card

noun / ~する noun:

• tide watching (esp. in the Naruto Strait); watching the tide ➜ 鳴門【なると】

~の noun:

• towards the Soviet Union; with the Soviet Union

noun:

• notice or order handed down from above; announcement; notification ➜ 達し
• Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) to the concerned parties ➜ 御触書

noun:

• crossbow (incl. large models operated by a number of people)
• netted apparatus atop a wall containing large stones, which were dropped onto attackers by cutting the net
• slingshot; catapult

~する verb (spec.) / transitive:

• to hold back (e.g. emotions); to rein in (e.g. a horse, unruly people); to bridle
• to get the better of
• to control; to command

expression / ichidan verb:

• to put all one's skill (into doing something); to do something to the best of one's ability

noun:

• distance of eight sun (approx. 24 cm)
• dish or tray of this size (esp. used in kaiseki cuisine to serve several kinds of delicacies); food served in such a dish
• var. of thick, traditional Japanese paper

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to ascend; to go up; to climb
• to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the sun); to rise - usu. 昇る
• to go to (the capital)
• to be promoted
• to add up to
• to advance (in price)
• to swim up (a river); to sail up
• to come up (on the agenda)

noun:

• pot of chicken or seafood, and vegetables in a dashi broth, usu. cooked at the table (traditionally a winter meal); seafood and vegetable stew or chowder ➜ 寄せ

expression:

• going well together; good combination - idiom

noun:

• family crest featuring a ring of bamboo with a sparrow in the middle
• design featuring bamboo and sparrows (motif in Japanese painting)

noun:

• valuation; estimation; assessment; evaluation; rating

~する noun:

• to value; to assess; to rate; to estimate value
• to appreciate; to value highly; to acknowledge the value (of something)

noun / ~の noun:

• under the wing (esp. of an aircraft)
• under one's wing; under one's control

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to hate the very sight of; to hold a grudge against; to treat like an enemy; to bear constant enmity; to be gunning for; to have it in for

noun / suffix noun:

• clothes (esp. Western clothes)

suffix / counter:

• counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc. ➜ 一服

noun:

• global language; world language
• languages of the world; world languages

noun:

• road; path; street; route - abbreviation ➜ 道【みち】
• way; set of practices; rules for conducting oneself ➜ 道【みち】
• Buddhist teachings
• Taoism
• modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)
• historical administrative region of Japan (Tokaido, Tosando, etc.)
• province (Tang-era administrative region of China)
• province (modern administrative region of Korea)

expression:

• a wholesome household can not be disturbed from the outside; a house divided against itself cannot stand; a firm fence keeps the dogs out [literal] - proverb

particle:

• indicates location of action; at; in - にて is the formal literary form
• indicates time of action
• indicates means of action; cause of effect; by

conjunction:

• and then; so

auxiliary:

• indicates continuing action ［で］ - alternate form of 〜て used for some verb types ➜ て

particle:

• indicates certainty, emphasis, etc. ［で］ - at sentence-end - Kansai dialect ➜ よ

expression / ichidan verb:

• to drag things out; to creep up slowly on the point; to strangle (execute) slowly with a silk cord (instead of quickly with a rope) [literal]

temporal noun:

• one o'clock

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• once; at one time; formerly; before

adverbial noun / temporal noun / ~の noun:

• for a time; for a while; for the time being; for the present; for the moment; temporarily - in weather forecasts, indicates that a given condition will hold for less than one-quarter of the forecast period

noun:

• a time; one time; once ➜ 一時に

noun:

• one's own ground; one's own position; one's own area of the field (soccer, rugby, etc.)

noun:

• side out (e.g. volleyball); side-out; gaining the right to serve - Sports term
• ball going over the sideline (tennis) - Sports term

noun:

• the right to sunshine; in zoning, the right to have sunlight falling on one's building not be obstructed by new buildings

noun:

• Heian-period ceremony where a newlywed groom and bride eat a rice-cake on the third night after the wedding ceremony