expression / godan ~る verb:

• to coquet (of a woman); to entice a customer (of a prostitute)
• to flatter; to butter up

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to take someone down a peg; to cut someone down to size; to dampen someone's confidence

adjectival noun / ~の noun / noun:

• worst Antonym: 最良

adjectival noun / interjection:

• horrible; horrid; awful; terrible - colloquialism

adverb:

• in the worst case; if worst comes to worst - colloquialism

noun / ~する noun:

• founding a country
• opening of a country (e.g. Japan) to the world ➜ 鎖国

noun:

• strong feelings of loyalty to one's old school; the old school tie - four character idiom

noun:

• ancient Chinese pitch pipe (12 pipes corresponding to the ancient Chinese chromatic scale) ➜ 十二律

noun:

• return of government (to Kyoto); making former capital (esp. Kyoto) the capital again

noun:

• number (on its own, without considering its proportion to the whole); overall number

expression / noun:

• a blink of time; the time it takes to say "Ah!" [literal] ➜ あっと言う間に

noun:

• cause; factor
• hetu (direct cause, esp. as opposed to indirect conditions) - Buddhism term ➜ 縁【えん】
• the basis of one's argument (in hetuvidya) ➜ 因明

noun:

• killing an enemy soldier before the start of a battle to raise spirits; blood offering
• killing violently; bloodbath; victimizing

noun:

• the beauty to be found in poverty and simplicity; subdued taste; quiet refinement; sober refinement; wabi

noun:

• all worldly phenomena; meritorious acts leading to enlightenment - Buddhism term
• (Jodo school) all practices other than recitation of the nembutsu prayer

expression:

• a burnt child dreads the fire; once bitten twice shy; to become over cautious from a bad experience - proverb

expression:

• There isn't a moment to be wasted; Every moment is precious; Make hay while the sun shines - proverb

noun:

• "tsuchinoe" day that falls closest to the vernal or autumnal equinox (a day of religious significance for harvests) ➜ 戊

noun:

• field affiliated with a shrine (the tax-exempt proceeds of its harvest going to pay for shrine operations) - archaism

noun:

• buddy system; the idea that divers always dive with a buddy to assist each other

noun:

• standing by at home (e.g. to prevent the spread of illness)
• being on furlough; being temporarily laid off

noun:

• kanji reading that has not been approved by the government (and is not to be taught in public schools)

noun:

• initial response (e.g. to a crisis); action in the earliest stages
• initial shock (of an earthquake); preliminary tremor

noun:

• luo han guo (Siraitia grosvenorii); herbaceous perennial vine native to China and Thailand; fruit of the Siraita grosvenorii

noun:

• Jaws of Life (apparatus used to pry apart the wreckage of crashed vehicles) - trademark

noun:

• polished gyaru; girl or young woman adhering to a toned down version of the gyaru fashion trend - colloquialism ➜ ギャル

noun:

• German silver; nickel silver
• silver coinage imported to Japan during the late Edo and early Meiji periods