noun:

• former Christian missionary who apostatized and converted to Buddhism (during the Edo period) ➜ バテレン

noun:

• (one of) the eight earliest and most prestigious high schools (Meiji period) - From English "number school"

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to be blurred (due to motion; of a photo, video, etc.); to be shaken (of a camera)
• to waver (in one's beliefs, policy, etc.)
• to shift (position); to be slightly off

noun / ~する noun:

• being at a complete loss as to what to do; being at one's wit's end; being at a loss for an answer - four character idiom

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to swerve from; to miss (e.g. a target)
• to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to to go astray; to wander

noun:

• sink (e.g. kitchen)

~の noun / noun:

• cruising (e.g. taxi); strolling (entertainer, musician, etc.)

noun:

• washing area in a Japanese-style bath
• back-washing service (in a public bath)
• floating (something on water); setting adrift; washing away

noun:

• counter
• service counter (e.g. at a bank)
• counter (at a bar, cafe, etc.)
• automatically responding with an upload slot to someone who allows you to download (e.g. in P2P systems) - IT term ➜ カウ・モニター

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to hold a thing in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to embrace (e.g. a baby)
• to take upon oneself; to be saddled with

adjective:

• poor; needy
• lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty; skimpy; slight; inadequate

noun:

• light motor vehicle (up to 660cc and 64bhp); k-car; kei car ➜ 軽カー

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• halving; dividing (into two parts); bisection
• the two equinoxes (vernal and autumnal)

noun:

• shabu-shabu; thinly sliced meat boiled quickly with vegetables, and dipped in sauce - from the sound of this dish being prepared - onomatopoeia - Food term

adverb:

• anybody and everybody; with the best of them; as the next fellow - adv equivalent of 誰も ➜ 誰も

noun / ~の noun:

• Siberia

noun:

• cake made with layers of sweet bean paste and sponge cake

noun:

• nut (as in nut and bolt)
• natural unit of information content; nat

noun:

• fragment; scrap; cut end; cut-off piece; chip; odds and ends

adverb / ~と adverb:

• verdant; fresh and green; bright green; lush - often 青々として

noun:

• Special Higher Police (1911-1945); police unit controlling political thought and expression - abbreviation ➜ 特別高等警察

godan ~る verb:

• to fall and pile up (e.g. snow); to lie thick

noun:

• triple jump; hop, step and jump ➜ 三段跳び【さんだんとび】

noun:

• virtuous deed; act of merit - Buddhism term
• grace (of the buddhas and gods); blessing - Buddhism term

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to remain in the morning sky (i.e. the moon and stars) ➜ 暮れ残る

noun:

• evergreen tree; conifer; coniferous tree
• pine and cypress
• duty; constancy; faithfulness

noun:

• posture in which the legs are firmly planted (in sumo and judo) - Sumo, Martial Arts term

~の noun / ~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• being majestic; with great pomp and circumstance; with an imposing air - four character idiom