adverb:

• about; roughly; approximately ➜ 凡そ【およそ】
• generally; on the whole; as a rule
• completely; quite; entirely; altogether; totally; not at all (with neg. verb)

noun / ~の noun:

• outline; gist

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to take for granted; to assume
• to pretend (to be); to act as if one were ...; to fancy oneself as being
• to do intentionally; to persist in doing

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to illuminate; to shine a light on; to light up

counter:

• counter for the ichi-ni-san counting system (usu. directly preceding the item being counted); a noun read using its on-yomi

noun:

• totally useless (fruitless) effort; wasting time on an impossible task (like trying to scoop up a reflected moon from the bottom of the sea) - four character idiom

noun:

• new single (by a recording artist)
• person of marriageable age who remains single (e.g. to focus on their career) - From English

expression:

• an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth - from Matthew 5:38

expression:

• things don't work that well in the real world; things seldom go as one wishes; that is expecting too much; it won't be that easy - idiom

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to live on air
• to derive nourishment from an elemental portion of mist or fog (the goal of a mountain ascetic) ➜ 仙人

expression / adverb:

• as ... as one can; as ... as possible; as much as possible

noun / ~する noun:

• raising (a question); bringing up (a problem); instituting (a lawsuit); filing (a claim); submitting (a case)
• lifting up - archaism

noun / ~する noun:

• stepping (in place); stamping (up and down); stomping; marking time (for a soldier)
• standstill; stalemate

noun:

• rain chain (hanging from a gutter and functioning as downspout, often made of ornamental cups)

noun:

• snow, moon, and flowers; beauty of the four seasons (from a poem by Bai Juyi) ➜ 月雪花【つきゆきはな】

noun:

• homophone; word with the same pronunciation and similar meaning as another but a different written form

noun:

• first half of a tea ceremony (in which the charcoal is set and light food served) ➜ 後座【ござ】

noun:

• pasha; honorary title in Ottoman Empire and pre-republican Egypt - From Turkish "paşa"

~と adverb / adverb:

• click; sound of a camera shutter - onomatopoeia ➜ パシャッと

noun:

• boiled pine pitch and oil (traditionally used as a glue in archery, etc.)

noun:

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

noun:

• sexual activity (at a brothel) involving body lotion and an air mattress - From English "mat play"

noun:

• sport that requires a strong willpower and hunger for success (esp. boxing) - From English "hungry sports"

noun:

• swift's nest (used to make bird's nest soup); edible bird's nest - obscure term ➜ ツバメの巣

godan ~つ verb / intransitive verb:

• to consist of; to be made up of; to be composed of
• to be concluded (e.g. of an agreement); to hold true (e.g. of a theory); to be valid
• to be viable (of a business, lifestyle, etc.); to carry on; to keep going

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• laying (a person's) ashes to rest; depositing ashes

noun / ~する noun:

• fitting-out of a ship; rigging; ship's outfit