expression / godan ~う verb:

• to follow with one's gaze; to follow with the eyes

expression / ichidan verb:

• to twist a thread
• to put all one's skill (into doing something); to do something to the best of one's ability - idiom - abbreviation ➜ 腕によりをかける

noun / ~する noun:

• whirl of busyness; humming with activity; bustling activity - four character idiom

noun:

• beside oneself with joy; in raptures; in an ecstasy of delight - four character idiom

noun:

• delivery with little pain (i.e. use of pain-reducing drugs) ➜ 無痛分娩

noun:

• comparative advertising; advertising that compares products with those of other companies

noun:

• great mandala (in Shingon); mandala with an image of each deity - Buddhism term ➜ 四種曼荼羅【ししゅまんだら】

noun:

• top bust measurement; full-bust measurement; overbust measurement ➜ アンダーバスト

expression / ichidan verb:

• to bend over in the shape of the hiragana character ku; to bend forward from the waist to form a chevron shape

noun:

• women's New Year (15th day of the first month of the year); New Year for women who were too busy to celebrate on the 1st (Kyoto-Osaka) ➜ 小正月

noun:

• Harvest festival held on the night of the tenth day of the tenth month (to send the rice paddy gods back to the mountains after harvest)

noun:

• ceremonial bonfire (seeing off the spirits on the final night of O-Bon)

noun:

• comments on current events; public sentiments of the day; current view; contemporary opinion

noun:

• welcoming fire for returning spirits (on the first night of the Bon festival) Antonym: 送り火 ➜ お盆

noun / ~する noun:

• accretion of snow (on power lines, tree branches, etc.); snow sticking to surfaces

noun:

• Engel's coefficient; proportion of one's income spent on food - Economics term

noun:

• type of ribbon fastening used on wedding gifts, get-well gifts, etc.

noun:

• nursing care level (between 1 and 5 based on assessment of care requirements) ➜ 要介護

noun:

• neo-Confucianism (based on the teaching of the Cheng brothers and Zhu Xi) - obscure term ➜ 宋学

expression:

• nothing comes of nothing; don't expect things to happen on their own - proverb

adverb:

• sound of heavy breathing - onomatopoeia

noun / ~する noun:

• blowing on something (e.g. to cool it down)

noun:

• butcher-bird prey impaled on twigs, thorns, etc. for later consumption - abbreviation ➜ 百舌の早贄
• first offering of the season - orig. meaning

expression:

• thanks for uploading; expression of gratitude used primarily on video-sharing websites (esp. Niconico) - from うｐ (upload) and 乙 (お疲れ様) - slang ➜ 乙

noun:

• handwriting; autograph; authorization; authorisation ➜ 墨付き
• certificate; certified document; paper with signature of the shogun or lord

noun / ~の noun:

• piece of junk (esp. dismantled or broken down car); worn-out article

noun:

• hitting (with fist); striking