noun:

• School of Diplomacy; one of the Schools of Thought during the Warring States period in China ➜ 諸子百家【しょしひゃっか】

expression / adverb:

• at every opportunity; for each and every thing that crops up; with every little thing; whenever possible; whenever the chance arises; at every turn

expression:

• to each their own; different strokes for different folks; cut your coat to suit your cloth; a crab digs a hole like its own shell [literal] - idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• calendar reform; adoption of new calendar system

noun:

• new calendar (for a new year); new year

noun:

• a matter for the police; with the police involved; a brush with the law - four character idiom

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to make a lovely picture; to be perfect for a picture - idiom

expression / noun or verb acting prenominally:

• picture-perfect; picturesque - idiom

expression:

• (as for (that)) thing; (given (that)) thing; matter; fact - from ことでは
• (it is a ~) thing; matter; fact - from ことじゃ, equiv. to ことだ - Kansai dialect

noun:

• handheld game console; portable game console ➜ 携帯型ゲーム機
• game software for a handheld game console

noun:

• blue return; blue-paper income-tax return; type of income tax return filing which allows for special income deductions ➜ 白色申告

adjectival noun:

• seeming to be for a certain reason; seeming to indicate there are special circumstances; seeming to indicate there is more than meets the eye

noun:

• private secretary
• flunky; someone who is always following around someone of high rank - derogatory term
• someone who carries a bag for someone; luggage carrier; carrying a bag

noun:

• Buddhist center for study and meditation; monastery; temple - abbreviation of 栴檀林 - Buddhism term ➜ 栴檀
• Danrin style of haikai poetry (playful and oriented to the common person); Danrin school (of haikai poetry) - abbreviation ➜ 俳諧・談林風・談林派

noun:

• pin (e.g. hairpin, bowling pin, golf pin, etc.)
• one (on dice, in cards, etc.) - From Portuguese "pinta"
• beginning; best ➜ キリ
• kickback

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to brace one's legs; to straddle; to stand firm; to plant oneself (somewhere); to hold out; to persist

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to blink (one's eyes); to wink; to bat - またたく is sometimes used transitively
• to twinkle (e.g. stars); to flicker; to waver

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to leave nothing undone; to do all in one's might; to do everything possible

noun:

• being forced to commit seppuku
• to be forced to bear responsibility and resign from one's position ➜ 詰め腹を切らされる

noun:

• magic mallet; lucky mallet; nursery-tale mallet that delivers one's heart's desire at a wave

~する verb (spec.) / transitive:

• to give rein to (imagination); to lend wings to (fancy) ➜ 逞しくする
• to rage with all one's force; to be rampant

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to shed many tears; to weep; to wring dry one's sleeve (which has been soaked by tears) [literal]

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to work hard; to toil; to moil; to keep one's nose to the grindstone; to slug away

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to get a lump in one's throat; to overflow with feelings; to be overwhelmed with emotion ➜ 胸一杯

godan ~る verb:

• to act like a know-it-all; to pretend you know everything; to fancy one is an authority ➜ 通がる

godan ~る verb:

• to act like a know-it-all; to pretend you know everything; to fancy one is an authority

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to fix one's eyes on; to stare intently at; to study carefully (with the eyes)