noun:

• carbuncle; red gemstone, esp. a garnet

expression / ichidan verb:

• to rest (from work, studying, etc.); to take a break

noun:

• novel of formation (education); novel of character development; novel which traces the intellectual, moral, spiritual or social development of a young person; Bildungsroman - four character idiom

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to cause; to induce; to bring about a result or state; to produce

noun:

• taking nourishing food; eating a balanced diet

expression / noun:

• demonym; name used to refer to the residents of a country, region, etc.

noun:

• stupid brat; son of a bitch - derogatory term

noun:

• dish placed on the far side of the serving table (kaiseki cuisine); side dishes at a banquet (e.g. sashimi, salad, vinegared dish; not rice or soup) - Food term ➜ 懐石
• resting one's forehead on the chest of one's opponent and grabbing his belt - Sumo term

noun:

• garden path; path through a park

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to farm; to cultivate a field

adverb:

• before long; in a few days

noun:

• placing ropes or wires around trees to protect them from the snow; ropes stretched from the top of a tree to the lower branches to prevent their breaking under heavy snow ➜ 雪折れ

noun / ~する noun:

• change again and again; seesaw back and forth; being in a state of flux; backtracking repeatedly - four character idiom

noun:

• (unscrupulous) business practices based on an appeal to one's social conscience; (unscrupulous) sales methods used by someone falsely claiming to represent a charitable (social welfare) organization - four character idiom

conjunction:

• if one were to speak of ..., then certainly; if it were the case that ..., then certainly; if it were a ..., then certainly; phrase used to indicate the inevitability of what follows it (based on what precedes it) ➜ 言う・言う
• so that means (when used in sentence-initial position)

noun / ~する noun:

• nest-building; making a hive, web, den, etc.

noun:

• soaked to the skin; like a drowned rat

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to encamp; to take up a position

noun:

• way of cooking; a cook

noun:

• general policy speech; speech held by the Prime Minister of Japan at the start of a special or extraordinary Diet session

expression / noun:

• jealous complaint; the loud bark of a talentless dog [literal] - idiom

noun:

• feeble anger (that one cannot act on because one is powerless); the clenching teeth of a dried sardine [literal] - idiom

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to raise oneself up to one's full height; to strike a daunting pose

noun:

• claw crane; arcade game in which a crane is used to pick up stuffed toys, etc. - From English "crane game"

noun:

• type of vessel; design of a ship