noun / ~する noun:

• toughening the law; making the law stricter

noun:

• the Four Beginnings (Mencius); the Four Sprouts

noun:

• between the leaves; through the leaves

noun:

• piece of paper; slip of paper; strip of paper; scrap of paper

noun:

• number of revolutions (i.e. as an engine speed); number of rotations; speed of revolution; speed of rotation

particle:

• indicates direct object of action
• indicates subject of causative expression
• indicates an area traversed
• indicates time (period) over which action takes place
• indicates point of departure or separation of action
• indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc. ➜ が・が・が

noun:

• manager; steward; person next in rank to the chief retainer and in charge of general management and accounting in a samurai family (Edo period) - honorific language ➜ 用人

noun:

• chrysanthemum sake; rice wine infused with chrysanthemum, served on the Chrysanthemum Festival (September 9th, 9/9) - Food term ➜ 重陽
• strong mirin, typical of Kaga and Higo provinces - Food term ➜ 味醂【みりん】

noun:

• going through a cave, grass ring or the interior of a large Buddhistic statue, etc. (symbolizing rebirth)
• narrow grotto (into which a person can barely fit)

noun:

• kyogen; farce presented between noh plays or during the interlude of a noh play ➜ 本狂言・間狂言
• kabuki play; kabuki performance
• make-believe; ruse; trick

noun:

• leading a group of people; someone who leads others into a song by singing the leading notes ➜ 音頭を取る【おんどをとる】
• workmen's songs; marching songs

adverb / ~と adverb:

• in a crowd; in droves; in a stream; in succession - onomatopoeia
• crawling (of insects); swarming - onomatopoeia
• dragging (e.g. along the ground); trailing; stretching out - onomatopoeia

noun:

• dance hall; dance floor
• landing (stairs)
• leveling off (e.g. in the economy); period of stagnation; cooling-off period; lull; plateau

noun:

• Fukko Shinto; Restoration Shinto; Reform Shinto (prominent 18th century form of Shinto, based on the classics, and free from Confucian and Buddhist influences)

noun:

• pressing the top of a pickle vat by hanging a weight on a staff, used as a lever (in Kyoto suguki pickle making) - obscure term

expression / adjectival noun / noun / ~の noun:

• paying for one's mistakes; getting one's just deserts; suffering the consequences (of one's own actions); reap what you sow - four character idiom

expression:

• paying for one's mistakes; getting one's just deserts; suffering the consequences (of one's own actions); reaping what you sow - idiom

noun:

• amicus curiae; friend of the court - Law term

noun:

• structure; construction; appearance
• posture (e.g. in martial arts); pose; stance
• readiness; determination; preparedness
• kanji enclosure type radical (must enclose at least two sides of the kanji) - e.g. 門

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to attach; to join; to add; to append; to affix; to stick; to glue; to fasten; to sew on; to apply (ointment)
• to furnish (a house with)
• to wear; to put on
• to keep a diary; to make an entry
• to appraise; to set (a price)
• to allot; to budget; to assign
• to bring alongside
• to place (under guard or doctor)
• to follow; to shadow ➜ 跡をつける
• to load; to give (courage to)
• to keep (an eye on)
• to establish (relations or understanding)
• to turn on (light) ➜ 点ける
• to produce flowers; to produce fruit - of a plant

noun:

• 100% buckwheat noodles; buckwheat noodles made from buckwheat flour only, without the addition of wheat flour ➜ 生そば【なまそば】

noun:

• senior high school (esp. the senior high school section of a school that also encompasses other grades)

adverb:

• along the road (e.g. following its curves without turning off at any intersection); along the street

expression:

• inability to discern the truth due to conflicting testimony (name derived the Akutagawa Ryūnosuke story "In A Grove")

expression:

• the doting parent's purse is plundered; the thief caught turns out to be one's own son [literal] - proverb