noun:

• something heard for the first time; hearing something for the first time

noun:

• step; stair; (flight of) steps; (row of) stitches; columns (of print)

noun / counter:

• grade; rank; level

counter:

• counter for breaks in written language (or speech, etc.)
• dan; senior rank in martial arts, go, shogi, etc. ➜ 級【きゅう】

expression:

• after pleasure comes pain; there is no pleasure without pain; there is no rose without a thorn; take the good with the bad - proverb

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to run (of liquid); to spread
• to blur; to blot; to be blurred
• to ooze; to well up (of tears, etc.)
• to show through (of feelings, emotions, etc.); to reveal itself

expression:

• very fond of; more fond of than eating; so fond of that someone would rather not eat than go without; more important than three meals a day ➜ 三度の飯より好き【さんどのめしよりすき】

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to see someone off (at a station, an airport, etc.); to escort (e.g. home)
• to follow something with one's eyes until it is out of sight
• to let pass; to pass up (an opportunity etc.); to let a pitch go by (baseball); to watch a batted ball go into the stands
• to shelve (a plan, deliberation on a bill, etc.); to postpone
• to have someone related or close to you die; to bury someone
• to take care of somebody until he dies
• to wait and see; to continue (e.g. in legal contexts)

expression:

• avarice brings doom upon oneself; if a hawk-eagle tries to catch two boars at once, the boars will try to run in opposite directions, splitting the hawk-eagle into two and killing it - proverb

noun:

• tip of nose ［鼻先］
• before one's eyes; under one's nose; in front of ［鼻先］
• tip (of something)

noun:

• six-three system of education (six years of elementary school, followed by three years of junior high school)

expression:

• A smile of a beautiful woman is worth a thousand pieces of gold; enchanting smile of a glamorous woman - four character idiom

expression:

• grind your inkstick gently but move your brush vigorously; let the hungry ghost grind your inkstick, let the ogre hold your brush [literal] - proverb

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to smoke; to smoulder; to smolder; to sputter
• to be sooty; to be smoke-stained ［くすぶる・ふすぶる］
• to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder ［くすぶる］
• to seclude oneself ［くすぶる・ふすぶる］
• to live in obscurity; to stay in the same level (of social position, circumstances, etc.) ［くすぶる］

noun:

• cultivation of human resources; development of human resources; fostering of human resources; human resource cultivation; human resource development; nurturing of human resources; personnel training; training of personnel

adjectival noun / noun:

• disliked; hated; disagreeable Antonym: 好き【すき】

noun:

• tendency; smack (of); touch (of) ➜ 嫌いがある
• distinction; discrimination

noun / ~する noun:

• passage (of time); elapsing
• progress; development; course (of events)
• transit - Astronomy term

noun:

• roll (e.g. of cloth)
• winding
• volume (of book)

noun / ~の noun:

• speciality; specialty; subject of study; expert; area of expertise

noun:

• origami; art of paper folding
• hallmark; certificate of authenticity

noun:

• commander-in-chief; leader; head of a group of companies

noun:

• (sound of an) explosion or detonation; roar (of a machine)

noun / ~する noun:

• implication; significance; connotation; depth of meaning; complications of a problem

noun / ~する noun:

• celebration (of ceremony); solemnization (e.g. of a marriage); solemnisation

noun:

• sea of trees; broad expanse of dense woodland; abundant leafage

noun:

• news of cherry blossom blooming conditions; tidings of flowers

noun / ~の noun / adjectival noun:

• lack of ability; inadequacy; (being) out of one's depth