noun:

• certified center for early childhood education and care; ECEC; certified child center; type of combined day-care center and kindergarten - abbreviation ➜ 認定こども園

interjection:

• good-bye; see you later; bye-bye - Hokkaidō dialect

conjunction:

• then; and then; and; if so; because then - Hokkaidō dialect ➜ そうしたら

expression:

• the law of arising and ceasing; the law of creation and destruction - Buddhism term

noun:

• many monsters, spirits, etc. forming a line and walking through the night - four character idiom
• veritable pandemonium; large number of people plotting and doing evil; creepy characters roaming about presenting a most scandalous sight

adjective:

• big; large; great
• loud
• extensive; spacious
• important; decisive; valuable
• older; grown up

noun / ~の noun:

• season (e.g. fruit, fish)

adjectival noun / ~の noun:

• in vogue; popular; fresh; up to date

noun / ~する noun:

• pumping up water (e.g. to a high place for energy storage)

noun:

• warm-up (before an act or a TV show recording)
• prologue; introduction

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to hang; to droop; to dangle; to sag; to lower; to pull down
• to leave behind (at death); to give; to confer
• to drip; to ooze; to trickle; to drop

noun / ~の noun:

• full of wiles and tricks; match between persons equal in shrewdness mobilizing all the tricks each can muster; shrewdly avoiding the opponent's strong points and attacking its weaknesses - four character idiom

noun:

• recognition and guarantee, by the shogunate, of ownership of the inherited estate of a samurai who pledged allegiance to it (in the Kamakura and early Muromachi periods) - four character idiom

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

noun:

• collapsing in the middle of a bout - Sumo term
• breaking down (while in the middle of something); faltering halfway

noun:

• light and shade; shade (of colour, color)
• depth (of flavor); complexity; strength and weakness (of flavor)

noun:

• tall, lanky person; bean pole

adjectival noun / ~の noun:

• tall and thin; tall and lanky

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be boiled down
• to come to a standstill; to reach an impasse - sometimes considered incorrect - colloquialism
• to approach a conclusion (of a discussion, investigation, etc.)

adjective:

• astringent; bitter; puckery; rough; harsh; tart
• austere; elegant (and unobtrusive); refined; quiet (and simple); sober; sombre; subdued; tasteful (in a quiet way); understated
• sour (look); glum; grim; sullen; sulky
• stingy; tight-fisted

noun / suffix noun:

• seat; place; position
• status
• gathering; group
• stand; pedestal; platform
• (historical) trade guild

suffix:

• attaches to the names of theatres, theatrical troupes, and constellations

suffix / counter:

• counter for theatres, deities, Buddhist images, tall mountains, and satokagura songs ➜ 里神楽

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to swing
• to blackmail; to extort; to shake down - obscure term ➜ 強請る【ゆする】

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to stop; to turn off - esp. 止める, 停める
• to park - esp. 止める, 停める
• to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to hold back (tears); to hold (one's breath); to relieve (pain) - esp. 止める, 停める
• to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade; to forbid; to prohibit
• to notice; to be aware of; to concentrate on; to pay attention to; to remember; to bear in mind ➜ 目を留める・気に留める
• to fix (in place); to fasten; to tack; to pin; to nail; to button; to staple - esp. 留める
• to detain; to keep in custody - esp. 留める

adjective:

• good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable - also いい (all senses) ➜ いい
• sufficient (can be used to turn down an offer); ready; prepared ➜ いい
• profitable (e.g. deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial ➜ いい
• OK ➜ いい

noun:

• rewarding good and punishing evil; novel or drama with a rewarding-good-and-punishing-evil theme; moral purpose; morality play - four character idiom

noun:

• all green; winning hand consisting only of exclusively green tiles (green dragons and suited bamboo tiles of the numbers 2, 3, 4, 6 and 8) - Mahjong term - From Chinese

noun / ~する noun:

• overlooking; looking down at; having an overhead view; having a bird's-eye view; having a high-angle view

~の noun / noun:

• speckled with white; salt-and-pepper (pattern, fabric, etc.)

noun:

• marbling (of beef) ➜ 霜降り肉
• (of fish, chicken, shellfish, etc.) blanching by exposure to boiling and then icy water - abbreviation ➜ 霜降り作り
• formation of frost - orig. meaning