ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to be haggard; to be gaunt; to be emaciated; to be worn out (e.g. illness, worry)

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to turn up; to make an appearance; to put in an appearance; to drop by

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to bring down (an animal, opponent, etc.); to kill; to shoot dead; to shoot down

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to be divisible (by); to be divided without residue (remainder)
• to be satisfied; to be convinced - usu. used in the negative ➜ 割り切れない

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to do exactly what one is told to do; to be subservient; to be easily controlled

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to reveal something by washing the surface
• to bring to light; to reveal by investigation

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to be dizzy; to be disoriented
• to be dazzled
• to be lost in (greed, lust, etc.) ➜ 金に目が眩む

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to fall below (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to be less than; to be lower than; to fall just short of; to be just under ➜ 上回る

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in

ichidan ~ずる verb (alt. form of じる verbs) / transitive:

• to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in ➜ 信じる

noun / ~する noun:

• not writing or contacting for a while; neglecting (failing) to write (call, visit, etc.); long silence ➜ 無沙汰

noun:

• sneeze

expression:

• spoken twice in response to someone sneezing as a charm against an early death ［くさめ］ - idiom

noun:

• starting afresh; going back to square one; abandoning (e.g. a plan); calling off
• clearing an abacus - orig. meaning

noun:

• fertile shoot of field horsetail ➜ 杉菜
• wooden stick with a burned tip (used to create underdrawings) ［どひつ］ ➜ 焼き筆

noun:

• useless book learning; knowing the theory but being able to put it into practice; practising swimming in a field [literal] - idiom - humorous term

noun:

• type of bed linen resembling a large beach towel and used to cover oneself in hot weather - From English "towel blanket"

noun:

• ceremony to consecrate a newly made Buddhist statue or image by inserting the eyes (thereby investing it with soul) - four character idiom

noun:

• ring; link
• open spirals of heavy metal wire twisted into a kettle and used to lift it (tea ceremony)

noun / ~する noun:

• criticizing; lambasting; pointing out faults; finding fault
• calling for a retake; ordering (somebody) to redo something

noun:

• Piltdown hoax (1912 discovery of a fossilized ape-human missing-link skull, later revealed to be fraudulent) - obscure term ➜ ピルトダウン人

noun:

• creating a noun by affixing "ku" to the end of an inflectable word (e.g. "omowaku", "osoraku")

noun:

• national holiday that has been moved to a Monday (e.g. Coming-of-Age Day) - From English "happy Monday" ➜ 成人の日

noun:

• promotional model (at a trade show, etc.); female guide (at a convention); booth babe
• hostess (of a party, banquet, etc.)
• companion - orig. meaning

noun / ~する noun:

• open-air tea ceremony
• aristocrat taking a break during a trip in a palanquin
• something standing in the open

noun:

• hundred times worship (e.g. walking back and forth a hundred times before a shrine offering a prayer each time)