noun / ~する noun:

• pinky swear; pinky promise; linking little fingers to confirm a promise ➜ 指切拳万、嘘ついたら針千本呑ます【ゆびきりげんまんうそついたらはりせんぼんのます】・指切り

~する noun:

• to make an all-night vigil; to spend a sleepless night - from the name 小室哲哉, as 哲哉 and 徹夜 are read てつや - slang

expression:

• a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush - proverb

noun:

• pen spinning; spinning a pen around between the fingers

noun:

• thread knot (end of the thread tied up to a knot)

noun:

• person who achieves perfection; person who perfects (e.g. a theory)

expression / godan -いく／-ゆく verb (spec.):

• to be adopted; to enter a family as an adopted child

noun:

• welcome rain; merciful rain; blessed rain; rain after a long dry period

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be bewitched by a fox; to be confused - idiom

noun:

• wing length (esp. of a bird); wingspan (esp. of an aircraft)

expression:

• just after a holiday break; the first day after the holidays

noun / ~する noun:

• to bear fruit; to produce fruit or vegetables (for a plant)

noun:

• wall material; wall-finishing material
• wallplate (e.g. in a mine)

expression / ~する verb (spec.):

• to have a deep grudge; to bear deep resentment towards someone

godan ~く verb:

• to have a charming face, voice, personality, etc.; to be charming

noun:

• injury caused by a second party; damage caused by another person ➜ 自損

noun:

• day on which a museum, etc. is regularly closed; closed day

noun:

• four concealed triplets (yakuman); four concealed three-of-a-kinds - Mahjong term - From Chinese ➜ 暗刻【アンコー】・役満

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to pile up; to form into a (huge) pile

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to communicate with a look; to talk with one's eyes [literal]

noun:

• curry in a pouch; retort-pouch curry ➜ レトルト

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to go on a fool's errand; to go in vain

noun:

• incense tray; incense burner
• programme (theater)
• seating arrangement (in a theater)

noun:

• question and answer in writing; written reply to a written question

noun:

• scooping loaches; catching loach in a net
• loach-catching dance