noun:

• returning to one's parent's house to give birth; giving birth at one's parent's home

noun:

• arch of the foot; plantar arch; (the part that) does not step on the ground [literal]

conjunction:

• and then; besides; on top of that
• in that case; that being the case; if so

noun:

• angel's index; proportion of one's income spent on one's children ➜ エンゲル係数【エンゲルけいすう】

noun:

• Buddhist name; priest's name (on entering the priesthood) - Buddhism term
• posthumous Buddhist name - Buddhism term

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to be too busy; to be occupied; to concentrate on single-mindedly

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to put on coquettish airs; to act flirtatiously; to act kittenish

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be ready to cry; to be on the point of tears ➜ べそをかく

noun:

• scenery seen on the morning of the first day of the year

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to count on the abacus
• to calculate cost-benefit; to calculate profitability

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to make oneself pleasant to everybody; to smile at everybody; to try to please everybody; to make things pleasant - common error is 愛想を振りまく

noun:

• many monsters, spirits, etc. forming a line and walking through the night - four character idiom
• veritable pandemonium; large number of people plotting and doing evil; creepy characters roaming about presenting a most scandalous sight

noun:

• young person who stays in their (non-metropolitan) hometown after graduation, drives a car, etc. (unlike the majority who moves to a larger city and commutes by train) ➜ ヤンキー

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• tightly (holding on); firmly; securely - onomatopoeia
• strongly (built); solidly; sturdily; steadily - onomatopoeia
• properly; well; sufficiently; hard (working, etc.); fully; completely - onomatopoeia
• reliably; dependably; levelheadedly; shrewdly; wisely; cleverly - onomatopoeia

noun:

• Edo-period form of torture in which criminals were stuffed into straw bags with their heads exposed, piled together, and whipped (commonly used on Christians)

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to burn; to be roasted; to be heated; to be sunburnt; to fade (in the sun); to glow red (i.e. of the sky at sunset) ［焼ける］
• to be jealous; to be envious

noun:

• crossbow (incl. large models operated by a number of people)
• netted apparatus atop a wall containing large stones, which were dropped onto attackers by cutting the net
• slingshot; catapult

particle:

• used to create a form of question indicating that the speaker actually believes the opposite is true; emphasizes a determination not to do something, e.g. "Like hell I will!" - male language

noun:

• lady-killer (i.e. a man who is popular with women); knocking a woman dead (with sex appeal)
• murderer of women
• murder of women

noun:

• shutting oneself in (one's room, etc.)
• barricading oneself in (a fort, etc.) while being besieged; holing up (in a building)

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to take advantage of; to impose on
• to make an entry (in an account book)

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to undertake; to take on (task)
• to assure; to guarantee; to vouch (for); to promise

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to put on another's shoes
• to be mistaken; to mistake one thing for another

expression:

• one must constantly be on one's guard with ...; one cannot be too careful of ...

noun:

• banquet on the occasion of the first ceremonial offering of rice by the newly-enthroned emperor ➜ 大嘗祭