adjectival noun / ~の noun / adverb / noun:

• brimming with health (vigor, vigour); full of vitality; full of health

noun:

• Kyoto-style miso; Kyoto-style sweet white bean paste (esp. used for pickling fish) - Food term

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

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task
• to be ready; to be completed
• to be made; to be built
• to be good at; to be permitted (to do)
• to become intimate; to take up (with somebody)
• to grow; to be raised
• to become pregnant

noun:

• kana written after a kanji to complete the full (usually kun) reading of the word; declensional kana ending

interjection:

• play ball!

noun:

• starting a match (of baseball, tennis, etc.)

expression / noun:

• perverseness; obstinacy; something unreasonable (like pushing a cart from the side (instead of from behind)) ➜ 横車を押す

noun:

• side wheel throw (judo)

noun:

• dismissal; firing; retirement; being relieved from one's post; being relieved of a burden

noun:

• grasping the trend; firmly understanding how the situation is developing; getting a good sense of how things are changing - four character idiom

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to win the favour of (favor); to be acknowledged (e.g. by a superior); to measure up to

expression:

• a single instance indicates what happens all the time; one case gives you an idea of what always happens

noun:

• straw-wrapped item; bundle of straw (containing a food item, etc.) ➜ 藁苞
• local produce; souvenir; present; gift ➜ 土産【みやげ】

noun:

• very superior old pale (cognac); VSOP
• one-track mind; person who always acts the same or says the same thing (esp. person who always cracks the same kind of jokes) - humorous term - From English "very special one pattern" ➜ ワンパターン
• VLBI Space Observatory Programme; Very Long Baseline Interferometry Space Observatory Programme ➜ 超長距離干渉計【ちょうちょうきょりかんしょうけい】

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• forever; endlessly; on and on
• meandering; wandering; winding; sinuous; serpentine; zigzagging

noun:

• crawling on all fours; getting on one's hands and knees; falling flat

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)

noun:

• city centre (center) (esp. capital city); urban centre; heart of city a metropolis

noun:

• Western word or sentence
• word created by translating components of a Western word

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to have a lot of influence; to have clout; to be well known

adverb / ~と adverb:

• dilatorily; sluggishly - onomatopoeia

~する noun:

• to take a lot of time; to become late; to take it easy

expression / adverb:

• in an instant; instantly; in a moment; instantaneously; in the twinkling of an eye

particle / conjunction:

• if; when
• and
• with
• particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.) ➜ って

noun:

• promoted pawn - abbreviation - Shōgi term ➜ と金

particle:

• ? - at sentence end; indicates question - Kyūshū dialect

noun / ~する noun:

• poverty; need; destitution
• having great difficulty with; struggling greatly with; being in distress

adjectival noun / noun:

• with profound (often hidden) meaning; pregnant with significance; meaningful; suggestive; interesting - four character idiom

expression / ~よい adjective:

• knowing how to swim with the tide; being good at dealing with things