noun:

• head and body

suffix:

• heads tall (ratio of total height to length of the head); heads long - after a number

expression / godan ~う verb:

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

conjunction:

• and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless; for all that; notwithstanding that ➜ それなのに

noun:

• (finger) ring ➜ 指輪
• metal thimble ➜ 指貫【ゆびぬき】
• ring used to constrict a finger to make it small and beautiful - archaism

noun:

• Sanriku offshore earthquake (esp. June 15, 1896, March 3, 1933, and March 11, 2011); Sanriku earthquake

expression:

• something; something or other; so-and-so

adverb:

• somehow; anyhow; one way or another

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to sit down (and bask); to sit-in (in protest)

godan ~う verb / intransitive verb:

• to become a couple; to be man and wife; to be married to

adverb / noun:

• (sound) of clashing swords; (arguing) as fiercely as clashing and blocking swords - four character idiom

godan ~す verb:

• to say repeatedly (often by many people); to say over and over again

expression:

• result of one's blood, sweat, and tears; fruits of one's labour

noun:

• music performed by women
• women who performed court Bugaku music and dance ［じょがく］

expression / ichidan verb:

• to live through hell; to go to hell and back; to suffer dire straits

noun:

• terms of service; terms of use; terms and conditions

noun:

• the three main gods: Amaterasu Omikami, Tsukuyomi no Mikoto and Susano-o no Mikoto; three precious children - Shintō term

noun:

• all sorts of birds; hundreds (and thousands) of birds - archaism
• plover ➜ 千鳥
• Japanese bush warbler (Horornis diphone); Japanese nightingale ➜ 鶯

noun:

• taking delight in elegant pursuits; being absorbed in such elegant cultural pursuits as poetry, painting and calligraphy - four character idiom

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be experienced in the ways of the world; to taste the bitter and the sweet

noun:

• Triple Intervention (diplomatic intervention by Russia, Germany and France over the terms of the Treaty of Shimonoseki) ➜ 下関条約

expression / ichidan verb:

• to make lively; to become animated; to have fun talking about something ➜ 話に花を咲かせる
• to become successful and well known

expression:

• it's hard to please everybody; damned if you do and damned if you don't - proverb

noun:

• Democratic Party (formed in 2016 from the merger of the DPJ and Ishin) ➜ 民主党【みんしゅとう】・維新の党【いしんのとう】
• Democratic Progressive Party (Taiwan)

noun:

• spring dust [literal]; frost and snow that's blown like dust in the air by the spring wind

noun:

• morganatic marriage (marriage of a noble and a commoner that disallows the passage of title, possessions, etc.)

godan ~る verb:

• to walk about; to walk to and fro; to pace around