noun:

• youngest daughter (of a good family) - from 小いとさん - honorific language - Kansai dialect ➜ いとさん

noun:

• metal fork (used to poke a fire)

noun:

• bunbuku chagama (a mythical raccoon dog transformed into a teapot)

noun:

• useless employees (shunted off by a window to pass their remaining time until retirement)

noun:

• abandoned people (people left to fend for themselves after a war or natural disaster)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be meant for each other (of a man and woman); to be connected through fate; to be destined to marry (each other); to be tied by the red string (of fate) [literal] - idiom ➜ 赤い糸

noun:

• getting paid to go out drinking (usu. a set amount to cover the taxi fare home) ➜ ギャラ

noun:

• inner, astringent skin (of a chestnut)

noun:

• the skin (of a human being)
• warmth of the skin; body warmth

noun:

• northern side house (to the rear of a main residence; often home to one's wife) ➜ 対の屋

expression / ichidan verb:

• to raise one's head (esp. of a snake)

noun:

• stinging hair (of a nettle, caterpillar, etc.)

noun:

• rail car (esp. a small one used in mines, etc.); trolley - From English "truck"

noun:

• base support (e.g. for a party in an election); substrate; load bearing layer; supporting layer

expression / ichidan verb:

• to shorten (a garment); to take in ➜ 丈【たけ】

noun:

• (a) one-act play

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be promoted to makuuchi (of a juryo-division wrestler) - Sumo term

noun:

• severe accident (esp. relating to a nuclear reactor)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to bind (a criminal) with rope; to arrest; to seize
• to bind (something) with rope

noun:

• call number (e.g. of a book in a library)

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to carry forward (i.e. on a balance sheet); to transfer

noun:

• way of taking (a pill); way of drinking

noun:

• down-bow (technique used when playing a string instrument)

godan ~る verb:

• to pitch (e.g. a boat)
• to force out an opponent - Sumo term

noun:

• striking sparks with flint and steel or by rubbing sticks together (usu. to start a fire); fire lit by sparks from flint and steel, etc. ➜ 鑽る
• Shinto fire-purification ceremony - Shintō term