expression / ichidan verb:

• to look dead on the inside; to have a blank expression - colloquialism - idiom

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to indicate with the eyes; to give a significant look

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to lose; to be defeated
• to succumb; to give in; to surrender; to yield ［負ける］
• to be inferior to ［負ける］
• to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.) ［負ける］ ➜ 気触れる【かぶれる】

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to reduce the price; to give a discount; to throw in (something extra) for free ［負ける］

noun or verb acting prenominally / ~する noun:

• resident in Japan (of a foreigner); situated in Japan (e.g. of an embassy)

noun:

• Korean living in Japan - abbreviation - sensitive ➜ 在日韓国人・在日朝鮮人

expression / adjective:

• mere shadow of one's former self; having no trace left (of former glories, talent, looks, etc.); unrecognizable (as the person one used to be); unrecognisable - idiom

noun:

• imperial palace; person living in the imperial palace (esp. the emperor) - honorific language ➜ 内裏
• festival dolls representing the emperor and the empress - polite language ➜ 内裏雛

noun / ~の noun:

• eventful times for the nation (world); the nation (world) being in turmoil; the storm clouds gathering in the land - four character idiom

noun:

• mutual mourning; when one is in mourning, one doesn not make condolence calls or offers of help to others in mourning

yodan ~る verb (archaic) / intransitive verb:

• to cause heartache because of a (hidden) love; to be miserable because of love - archaism

noun:

• compound ideograph formation (one of the six kanji classifications); making kanji up of meaningful parts (e.g. "mountain pass" is up + down + mountain) ➜ 会意文字

noun:

• number crossword (var. of kanji crossword puzzle with numbers where squares with the same number contain the same kanji) - abbreviation ➜ ナンバークロス

noun:

• north of a lake; north of Lake Biwa

noun:

• halation (i.e. in photography, a halo-effect when additional light leaks out around the subject)

noun:

• Newtonian telescope (having a secondary mirror at 45 degrees, reflecting light into the eyepiece)

noun:

• Osaka Incident; plot by Oi Kentaro and the Liberal Party to support a Korean uprising, 1885

expression / noun:

• person who has lost something they used to rely on; a monkey fallen from the tree [literal] - idiom

noun:

• singularity (climate); day in the calendar when a particular weather phenomenon is statistically likely to occur

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• thundering; purring; grumbling (e.g. stomach) - onomatopoeia
• something large and heavy starting to roll - onomatopoeia
• scattered about; common; commonplace; all over - onomatopoeia
• idleness; idling about - onomatopoeia
• having a foreign substance in (e.g. one's eye or stomach) - onomatopoeia

noun:

• thunder - children's language - onomatopoeia

noun:

• method of learning through repetition conceived by Kageyama Hideo, which involves multiplying and other calculations carried out on a 10-by-10 grid of numbers

adverb:

• to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; stubbornly; persistently; consistently; to the utmost
• after all; it must be remembered; only; purely; simply

noun:

• Kintaro; hero boy of Japanese folklore, who befriended animals and had supernatural strength - childhood name of late-Heian warrior Sakata no Kintoki
• Kintaro doll (usu. having a plump red face, carrying an axe, and wearing a red apron)
• diamond-shaped apron

noun:

• time; hour; moment - 刻 signifies a time of day; 秋 signifies an important time
• occasion; case ［時］
• chance; opportunity; season ［時］
• the times; the age; the day ［時］
• tense ［時］ - Linguistics term

expression / noun:

• bending from the hips with the legs straight and head nearly to the ground; deep forward bow

adverb / ~と adverb:

• walking on frost; crunching (e.g. on gravel) - onomatopoeia
• lots of coins or jewels - onomatopoeia
• cutting into large pieces; loosely weaving - onomatopoeia

adjectival noun:

• large (pieces, stitches, sand grains, etc.) - onomatopoeia

noun:

• political dynamics; dynamics of political forces; the balance of political power - four character idiom