noun:

• rice that has browned (due to age)
• variety of low-quality foreign rice
• red rice (ancient variety of rice); red-kerneled rice

expression / ichidan verb:

• to become scared; to have an attack of nerves; to have a yellow streak; to chicken out; to run out of courage

noun:

• not holding on; not using the hands; letting go one's hold
• lack of reserve (in expressing one's emotions); lack of restraint; openly (saying)

noun:

• part of the fabric that is tucked closest to the skin when wearing a garment that is wrapped in front of one (such as a kimono) ➜ 上前

noun:

• speartooth shark (Glyphis glyphis, species of fresh water requiem shark from the western Pacific known only from the original description of 1839)

noun:

• compared to our company's products (a phrase often used in advertising when comparing old and new products); in this company's comparison
• as I see it; by my estimate - colloquialism

noun:

• full moon; 15th day of the lunar calendar
• full moon of the eighth lunar month ［もちづき］

noun / adjectival noun:

• the point of an argument being clearly stated; the tenor of an argument being well-reasoned - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• conveying the views of the subordinates to the rulers; rulers apprehending the views of those they govern - archaism

noun:

• soba eaten at the end of the month (esp. at the end of the year)

noun:

• Institute for the Study of Western Books (Edo period); Institute for the Investigation of Foreign Books

noun:

• child who has survived the suicide of a parent; child of a person who committed suicide

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to wake up; to awake
• to awaken to (instinct, ability, perception, etc.); to become aware of; to become conscious of; to realize
• to come to one's senses

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to drive mad; to upset; to disturb; to confuse
• to cause a malfunction; to throw out of kilter; to put out of order; to derail; to detune (e.g. instrument)

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to read a large number (of); to read widely; to read everything that one can lay one's hands on (usu. of specific type, genre)

expression:

• So many people, so many minds; Everyone has his own ideas and tastes; It takes all sorts to make a world; To each his (her) own - four character idiom

yodan ~ふ verb (archaic) / transitive:

• to talk together - archaism
• to be close; to be intimate; to form an intimate relationship (between a man and a woman) - archaism
• to win someone over - archaism

noun:

• dregs; sediment; grounds; meal
• lees (esp. sake) - often 粕
• leftovers; by-product
• worthless item; thing of little to no value
• dregs (e.g. of society); scum; dross
• card only worth 1 point (in hanafuda) ➜ カス札

expression / adverb:

• by the end of this month; before the month is out; in the course of this month

noun:

• Old Imperial Family; former Imperial family; eleven former houses of the Imperial Family stripped of membership in 1947

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to be well-kneaded
• to be seasoned; to be experienced; to be mature and well-rounded

noun:

• candlelight service (e.g. in a church)
• ceremony during a wedding reception where the bride and the groom go from table to table lighting a candle at each

noun:

• sake bottle; tall and slender bottle with a narrow mouth made from ceramic, metal or glass that can be used for sake, shoyu or rice vinegar
• turtleneck (sweater)
• someone who cannot swim

noun:

• red eboshi (headgear worn by Japanese men prior to and during the Edo period, which was ordinarily black in color) ➜ 亭主の好きな赤烏帽子
• metaphor for an odd item or having a taste for such an item

noun:

• sencha tea ceremony; Way of Sencha Tea; Chinese-influenced Japanese tea ceremony using leaf tea rather than powdered tea, assoc. with the Ōbaku school of zen ➜ 煎茶【せんちゃ】・黄檗宗【おうばくしゅう】