noun:

• Konaki Jijii (a ghost in Japanese folklore with the shape of a small old man and having a baby's cry)

noun:

• year in the Buddhist order (after the completion of the first meditation retreat) - Buddhism term
• becoming more experienced with age; social status based on this experience

noun:

• strong local wind blowing around the Hira mountains in Shiga prefecture (sinks boats on the lake and stops trains of the Kosei Line)

noun:

• original document (not a copy or adaptation); book in its original language (esp. a European language)

noun / ~する noun:

• count; counting

noun:

• count of balls and strikes - Baseball term ➜ ボールカウント

noun / ~する noun:

• count (after a knock-down in boxing) - Sports term ➜ カウントアウト

noun:

• count (of radioactivity)

noun / ~する noun:

• going to war; departure for the front
• departure for military service (in response to a draft)

noun:

• the way in which something came about; origin
• structure; organization; the way something is constructed

noun:

• role (which someone or something plays in a given situation); part; contribution (to a given situation)

noun:

• doll clothed in chrysanthemum flowers and branches; doll made from chrysanthemum flowers
• beautiful but stupid girl

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to decline (in prosperity); to become deserted; to become desolate
• to taper off (of a sound)

noun / ~する noun:

• being drawn to many things; distraction; difficulty of choice; difficulty in choosing; being unable to decide

noun:

• right in the midst of; right at the height of

noun / ~する noun:

• tub bath; bathing in the open air; bathing or cleaning oneself
• cleaning oneself for religious purification

noun:

• (Edo-period variety of) realistic literature; popular stories of everyday life in the Edo period

noun:

• being too clever (for one's own good); getting done in by one's own cleverness

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to count on one's fingers
• to count down the days (in anticipation); to look forward to

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be caught in a trap (snare, etc.)
• to fall for (a trick, ambush, etc.)

noun:

• propensity to put oneself in as bad a light as possible; being prone to act bad - four character idiom

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to say time and time again; to say till you're blue in the face

expression:

• I am writing to you; I am (taking the liberty of) getting in touch with you - template phrase used in business writing - polite language

noun:

• clasping your chopsticks between your hands as in a gesture of prayer (a breach of etiquette)

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to happen to be available; to have on hand; to have in stock

suffix:

• publication; edition (e.g. morning, evening, special); published in (year); publication frequency (e.g. daily, monthly)

noun:

• traditional Japanese poem with six verses in a 5-7-7-5-7-7 moraic pattern

noun:

• position (where one is standing); place where one stands
• position (in society); status; role; station