noun / ~する noun:

• indefinite postponement; putting on hold

noun:

• bruise (on fruit, etc.)

suffix noun:

• choosing; selecting; deciding (on) ➜ 嫁選び

noun:

• crema; froth on espresso coffee - From Italian

expression / ~よい adjective:

• close; intimate; on good terms - colloquialism - abbreviation

noun:

• reducing dependence on nuclear energy ➜ 脱原発

noun:

• reducing dependence on nuclear energy ➜ 減原発

noun:

• lookout; watch; person on guard

expression:

• what on Earth is this? - colloquialism ➜ 何だこれは【なんだこれは】

expression / ~よい adjective:

• close; intimate; on good terms

noun:

• phone duty; being on call

noun:

• bassinet (esp. on airplane); bassinette

noun:

• parched beans scattered on Setsubun ➜ 節分

noun:

• half and half; half-and-half

noun:

• peoples formerly of northern Japan with distinct language and culture (i.e. the Ainu) - archaism ➜ 蝦夷
• provincial (i.e. a person who lives far from the city)
• brutish, unsophisticated warrior (esp. used by Kyoto samurai to refer to samurai from eastern Japan)
• foreigner; barbarian - derogatory term

noun:

• carapace; shell
• 1st in rank; grade A
• instep; back of hand
• the A party (e.g. in a contract); the first party; plaintiff (label in legal documents) ➜ 乙【おつ】

noun:

• imperial event at which high monks recited the Golden Light Sutra to pray for national security and good harvests (held annually at the palace from the 8th to the 14th of the first lunar month, between the Nara and Muromachi periods) ➜ 金光明最勝王経

noun:

• bedding; bed - archaism ➜ 枕席

noun / ~する noun:

• to sleep together in the same bed - archaism
• to sleep together using each other's bodies as pillow - archaism
• to sleep together using books as a pillow - archaism

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to ask; to inquire; to hear; to be told - humble language
• to implore (a god for an oracle); to seek direction (from your superior)

godan ~う verb / intransitive verb:

• to visit - humble language
• to speak to (a large crowd at a theatre, etc.) - from 御機嫌を伺う

noun:

• state of a country (population, resources, etc.); condition of a country; strength of a country

expression:

• sleep brings up a child well; a well-slept child is a well-kept child - proverb

lower nidan verb (archaic) / intransitive verb:

• to leave; to exit; to go out; to come out; to get out - archaism Antonym: 入る【はいる】
• to leave (on a journey); to depart; to start out; to set out - archaism
• to move forward - archaism
• to come to; to get to; to lead to; to reach - archaism
• to appear; to come out; to emerge; to surface; to come forth; to turn up; to be found; to be detected; to be discovered; to be exposed; to show; to be exhibited; to be on display - archaism
• to appear (in print); to be published; to be announced; to be issued; to be listed; to come out - archaism
• to attend; to participate; to take part; to enter (an event); to play in; to perform - archaism
• to be stated; to be expressed; to come up; to be brought up; to be raised - archaism
• to sell - archaism
• to exceed; to go over - archaism
• to stick out; to protrude - archaism
• to break out; to occur; to start; to originate - archaism
• to be produced - archaism
• to come from; to be derived from - archaism
• to be given; to get; to receive; to be offered; to be provided; to be presented; to be submitted; to be handed in; to be turned in; to be paid - archaism
• to answer (phone, door, etc.); to get - archaism
• to assume (an attitude); to act; to behave - archaism
• to pick up (speed, etc.); to gain - archaism
• to flow (e.g. tears); to run; to bleed - archaism
• to graduate - archaism

godan ~す verb:

• to fire a gun; to let off a gun; to loose off a shell

godan ~る verb:

• to slam into (e.g. a wall, a limit) (figuratively); to hit
• to face (e.g. trouble, a problem); to confront

noun:

• establishing something (e.g. a company or a religious order) by oneself; company or religious order founded in such a way - obscure term