noun:

• newsworthiness; news hook; topicality; popularity (of a topic, issue, etc.)

noun / ~する noun:

• establishment of a family registry (separate from one's parents')

noun:

• pile of poo shaped like a soft-serve ice cream

noun:

• furigana where kana is associated each character of a compound - From English "mono-ruby"

noun:

• small territory ［しょうりょう］
• assistant director of a district (ritsuryo system) ➜ 次官【すけ】

noun:

• Patagonian toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides) ➜ マジェラン鮎並【マジェランあいなめ】
• melody - abbreviation ➜ メロディー

suffix noun:

• section of a pop song - usu. Ａメロ, Ｂメロ, etc.

noun:

• parts of a building to which electrical cables are attached

noun:

• uneven heating of food (esp. in a microwave) ➜ 斑【むら】・加熱ムラ【かねつムラ】

noun:

• uneven heating of food (esp. in a microwave) ➜ 斑【むら】

adjectival noun / noun:

• smooth and refreshing (of sake); light with a clean finish

noun:

• winning hand consisting of four kongs and a pair - Mahjong term

noun:

• four of a kind (poker hand) - From English "four card"

noun:

• large sound of unknown source heard on a forested mountain - from the idea that such sounds came from trees being felled by tengu ➜ 天狗

noun:

• official promotional photo of a musician, model, etc. - from アーティスト写真 - abbreviation

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to rot; to go bad; to decay; to spoil; to fester; to decompose; to turn sour (e.g. milk)
• to corrode; to weather; to crumble
• to become useless; to blunt; to weaken (from lack of practice)
• to become depraved; to be degenerate; to be morally bankrupt; to be corrupt
• to be depressed; to be dispirited; to feel discouraged; to feel down ➜ 気が腐る【きがくさる】

auxiliary verb / godan ~る verb:

• to have the audacity to; to be bastard enough to - after the -masu stem of a verb; indicates scorn or disdain for another's action - usually written using kana alone - Kansai dialect ➜ やがる

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to lose a bet - archaism
• to be drenched; to become sopping wet - archaism

pronoun:

• that way (direction distant from the speaker, close to the listener) ➜ 何方【どちら】・此方【こちら】・彼方【あちら】
• there (place distant from the speaker, close to the listener)
• that one (something close to the listener)
• you; your family; your company
• that person (someone close to the listener)

adverb:

• completely; absolutely; totally ➜ 一向に
• (not) at all; (not) a bit; (not) in the least - in a negative sentence
• earnestly; intently; determinedly

noun:

• Jōdo Shinshū - abbreviation ➜ 一向宗

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to stuff; to shove

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to plunge into; to charge into; to rush into; to ram into; to crash into
• to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to get to the heart (of something)

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to press (someone) about; to point out (e.g. an inconsistency); to question sharply; to grill
• to get involved with; to meddle in; to poke one's nose into ➜ 首を突っ込む

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to riposte; to retort; to quip

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to stuff; to shove ➜ 突っ込む【つっこむ】

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to plunge into; to charge into; to rush into; to ram into; to crash into ➜ 突っ込む【つっこむ】
• to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to get to the heart (of something) ➜ 突っ込む【つっこむ】

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to press (someone) about; to point out (e.g. an inconsistency); to question sharply; to grill ➜ 突っ込む【つっこむ】
• to get involved with; to meddle in; to poke one's nose into ➜ 突っ込む【つっこむ】

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to riposte; to retort; to quip ➜ 突っ込む【つっこむ】

noun:

• possessing full mastery of an art (e.g. Judo); initiation into the secrets (e.g. of an art); full mastership - four character idiom

godan ~す verb / intransitive verb:

• to surface; to come to the top
• to stand out (e.g. against a background)

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to have a break in the conversation; to experience an awkward silence; an angel passes [literal] - from the French 'un ange pass' - idiom

expression / noun:

• calm before a storm; lull before the storm

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to extend the term; to extend a deadline

adverb / ~と adverb:

• tap-tap; knock-knock; bang-bang - onomatopoeia
• cough-cough - onomatopoeia
• bark (of a fox); yelp; cry - onomatopoeia
• heavily (e.g. of snow falling) - onomatopoeia

noun:

• fox - children's language ➜ 狐