expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to base something on; to make something the basis

expression / noun:

• mouth shaped like a kana "he" character; mouth turned down at the corners

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to slay; to put somebody to the sword

noun:

• country with a constitutional government; constitutional state; country where the rule of law prevails; system based on the rule of law

noun:

• half-face makeup; makeup on half the face ➜ メーク

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to sniff out; to catch the scent of

noun:

• bystander's vantage point; outsider's better grasp of the situation - four character idiom

expression:

• onlookers see more of the game than the players do; people watching a game of go see 8 moves further ahead [literal]

noun:

• Cancer (constellation); the Crab

expression:

• if you look carefully, it's more ordinary than it appears; the ghost, when examined closely, was withered silver grass [literal]

noun:

• Holland; The Netherlands ➜ 和蘭【オランダ】

noun:

• saomono; Japanese sweets in the form of long blocks (e.g. yokan, uiro) - abbreviation ➜ 棹物菓子

noun:

• Apolemichthys; genus of marine angelfishes in the family Pomacanthidae

noun:

• Artiodactyla; order comprising the even-toed ungulates

expression / godan ~う verb:

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

noun:

• concealed pung; concealed three-of-a-kind - Mahjong term ➜ 刻子・暗刻子

noun:

• miswriting a word; using the wrong kanji to write a word - four character idiom ➜ 魯魚の誤り【ろぎょのあやまり】

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to turn misfortune into fortune (esp. through one's own efforts); to turn the potential disaster to one's advantage - idiom

noun:

• Lycaon; genus containing the African wild dog

noun:

• normalization; offering people with disabilities the same conditions as other people ➜ ノーマライゼーション・常態化

noun:

• being something of a politician; having something of the politician in one - four character idiom

noun:

• sacred wine or sake; sake offered to the gods ➜ 神酒
• sake - humorous term

noun:

• Gorgonacea; order comprising the sea whips

noun:

• Kangxi dictionary; Chinese dictionary of 1716, which popularized the system of 214 radicals

noun:

• Monodontidae; cetacean family comprising the narwhal and white beluga whale

noun:

• return of government (to Kyoto); making former capital (esp. Kyoto) the capital again