noun:

• udumbara (mythical Indian plant often identified with the cluster fig, Ficus glomerata)
• something very rare (from the legend that it flowers once in 3000 years)
• Japanese fiber banana flower ➜ 芭蕉
• green lacewing eggs ➜ 草蜉蝣

noun:

• strong person; person putting on a brave front - after the name of a 12th-century warrior monk
• bamboo tube with holes drilled in it (used as a stand for kitchen utensils, fans, etc.)
• checks; plaid; checked pattern - abbreviation ➜ 弁慶縞

expression:

• in order to be(come)... ➜ となる
• since it amounts to...
• since it is advantageous to...

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to turn inside out; to turn the other way; to turn (something) over ➜ 裏返す
• to look at it from another perspective - usu. as 裏を返せば
• to visit the same prostitute or geisha for a second time

expression / prefix:

• to allow oneself to ...; to take the liberty of ... - with noun+する or noun+をverb

expression:

• it is presumed that; (I, we) presume that
• on one's own accord; by one's arbitrary decision ➜ 勝手に

noun / ~する noun:

• swallowing whole; swallowing without chewing
• taking something in without fully understanding it
• accepting without reservation; accepting something as-is

noun:

• seed of Buddhahood - Buddhism term
• something that makes it possible to attain Buddhahood
• teaching of Buddha which make it possible to be enlightened

noun:

• (of a woman) divorcing and moving back in with her parents - sensitive
• (of an employee) leaving a position only to return to it later
• (of a ship) leaving from and returning to the same port

adjective:

• unthinkable; unexpected; outrageous; offensive; terrible

expression:

• absolutely not!; not at all!; far from it!; impossible!; preposterous!; what a thing to say!; no way!; bullshit - colloquialism
• don't mention it; you're welcome

expression:

• unthinkable; unexpected; outrageous; offensive ➜ とんでもない
• absolutely not!; not at all!; far from it!; impossible!; preposterous!; what a thing to say!; no way! - colloquialism ➜ とんでもない
• don't mention it; you're welcome ➜ とんでもない

noun:

• pattern; figure; design
• state; condition
• conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems
• model; pattern; example
• indicates that something seems likely (e.g. rain or storm) - after a noun
• framework (in go); territorial framework; moyo

noun / ~する noun:

• planting a field with the same crop each year; repeated cultivation
• collaborative literary work; story made up by several writers working on it in turn
• series (of novels); cycle (of poems, songs); sequence

particle:

• I wonder - at sentence end
• should I?; is it? - at sentence end
• I wish that; I hope that - at sentence end; with a negative

noun:

• ping-pong; table tennis ［ピンポン］

interjection:

• exactly!; surely!; that's it!

noun / ~する noun:

• ding dong (sound of door bell, chime, etc.) - onomatopoeia

noun / ~の noun / adverbial noun:

• near; neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity ➜ 近い

suffix noun:

• nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to

adverb:

• shortly; soon

conjunction:

• even if
• (it doesn't matter) whether (A or B or ...); whatever
• should - imperative form of である

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to tie up; to tie together; to bind; to bundle; to fasten
• to hang (oneself) - also written as 縊る ➜ 首を括る
• to summarize; to put (it all) together; to consolidate
• to estimate; to expect ➜ 高を括る
• to tie-dye ➜ 括り染め
• to detain; to check; to restrain - archaism

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to float
• to become merry; to be cheerful ➜ 浮かぬ顔
• to become loose; to become unsteady
• to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you); to feel out of place - colloquialism
• to be frivolous; to be uncertain
• to have (time, money, etc.) left over; to be saved (e.g. money)
• to have no basis; to be unreliable

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to tailor; to make (clothing)
• to train; to bring up
• to make it seem like; to pass off
• to turn into a play or movie
• to prepare; to send; to despatch

noun:

• living; being alive Antonym: 死に
• freshness; liveliness; vitality
• situation in which a group of stones cannot be captured because it contains two or more gaps (in go)
• stet; leave as-is (proofreading) - usually イキ - usually written using kana alone

prefix:

• damned

noun / suffix noun:

• charge; cost; price
• generation; age; reign
• era - Geology term
• a representative of; on behalf of; for (someone) - after someone's name or title
• used after a phone number to indicate that it is a switchboard number ➜ 代表電話番号

counter:

• counter for decades of ages, eras, etc.
• counter for generations (of inheritors to a throne, etc.)
• proxy application company - abbreviation ➜ 代理申請会社

noun:

• pronoun - used in dictionaries, etc. - abbreviation ➜ 代名詞

auxiliary verb:

• (I) will; (I) shall - on non-五段 stem, e.g. 食べる→食べよう; indicates intention
• let's - on non-五段 stem; indicates suggestion or invitation
• (I) wonder (if); might it be (that); maybe; perhaps; perchance - on non-五段 stem; indicates speculation

interjection:

• hey; yo; hi - familiar language

particle:

• come on; hey - empathetic version of よ ➜ よ

adverb:

• or; otherwise
• furthermore; also
• perhaps; by some chance; possibly - archaism
• that being said; be that as it may - archaism
• however; but - archaism
• not to mention; needless to say - archaism
• as expected; sure enough - archaism
• really; at all - used to express emphatic denial, suspicion, or emotion - archaism

noun:

• ruffian; villain; knave; thief; suspicious fellow
• peculiar person; idiosyncratic person; stubborn fellow
• tricky thing; something that is more than it seems
• expert; master; highly skilled person
• goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre; specter

adverb / ~の noun:

• for the first time ➜ 始める

adverb:

• only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ... - after the -te form of a verb