noun:

• var. of fresh Japanese sweet made of white bean paste, egg yolk, sugar and rice granules

noun:

• kombucha; drink of northern Chinese origin made by fermentation of sweetened tea - not related to 昆布茶

noun:

• first wholesale produce market of the year (usu. auction of seafood, fruit, etc.)

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to approve (of); to be in favor of; to be in favour of

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to think (only used to speak of others) - honorific language
• to turn one's attention toward (only used to speak of others); to have feelings for (only used to speak of others)
• to honour the target of one's emotions

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to fall into (e.g. a hole)
• to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.)
• to fall into (a trap, etc.)
• to fall; to surrender; to capitulate

expression / noun:

• formidable person; shrewd person; someone not to be taken lightly; person of no common order
• certain person (e.g. whose name cannot be disclosed); someone
• that sort of person; that kind of person - archaism

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to feel down; to feel sad; to be depressed; to be in low spirits
• to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition
• to fall into (e.g. a hole)

godan ~ぶ verb / intransitive verb:

• to play; to enjoy oneself; to have a good time
• to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.)
• to be idle; to do nothing; to be unused
• to go to (for pleasure or for study) - as 〜に遊ぶ
• to intentionally throw a ball to lower the batter's concentration - Baseball term

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to grow wild; to run to waste; to become degenerate
• to become rough (of art, craft, etc.); to lose refinement; to deteriorate (of skill)

godan ~む verb / auxiliary verb / intransitive verb:

• to intensify (of wind, rain, etc.); to become more severe - usu. after -masu stem

noun / ~する noun:

• raid; military attack by a mobile unit; hit-and-run attack; search-and-kill mission; search-and-destroy mission; military action without a predetermined target; attacking the enemy or assisting allies as the opportunity arises

noun:

• shortstop; short - abbreviation - Baseball term ➜ 遊撃手

adjective:

• far; distant; far away; a long way off; in the distance
• distant (past); remote (in time); remote; far-removed (in time)
• distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone)
• far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.); not similar; way off
• hard (of hearing) - as 耳が遠い
• nearsighted - as 目が遠い

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to quarry; to cut (timber); to cut and carry off ［切り出す・切りだす・切出す・伐り出す・伐りだす］
• to begin to talk; to break the ice; to broach ［切り出す・切りだす・切出す］
• to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.) ［切り出す・切りだす・切出す・鑽り出す］
• to select and extract (from a media file); to splice out ［切り出す・切りだす・切出す・伐り出す・伐りだす］

expression:

• blue are the hills that are far away; the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence; far away smells of flowers; close up smells of dung [literal] - proverb

noun:

• turnout (of people)
• start (e.g. race, campaign, term of office)
• constant forward movement; initial charge; dash - Sumo term

noun:

• transmission of the secrets of an art, craft, trade or learning from father to only one child - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• giving up children for adoption or apprenticeship, etc. (out of poverty); reducing the number of mouths [literal]

noun:

• Imperial era; system of counting years from the start of Emperor Jinmu's reign in 660 BC ➜ 神武

noun:

• keeper of imperial archives
• worker skilled in the brewing of sake or soy sauce

noun:

• biographical notes and character sketches of prominent individuals, arranged according to place of birth or origin

noun:

• winter-time practice of eating meat of animals such as boar and deer to ward off cold

noun:

• twist; spin
• ingenuity; sophistication (e.g. of writing style)
• wrapped offering (of money) ➜ お捻り【おひねり】
• twisting throw - Sumo term

noun / adverb / ~と adverb:

• wide expanse of flat surface (e.g. sea, plains)
• endless

noun / suffix noun / adverb / ~と adverb:

• rampant growth of (weeds, hair)

noun / suffix noun:

• going; travelling (traveling)
• type of classical Chinese verse (usu. an epic)
• district (of similar merchants); guild - archaism

suffix / prefix / counter:

• bank

noun:

• sugidama; ball made from sprigs of Japanese cedar, traditionally hung in the eaves of sake breweries