noun:

• playing doctor; children examining each other's genitals (often as a role play)

noun:

• readership; target audience (of a magazine)

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to employ; to hire (a servant)

expression:

• actio libera in causa; manufacturing the conditions of one's own defence (e.g. getting drunk in order to commit a crime)

noun:

• first proponent; initiator and advocate (e.g. of a theory)

noun:

• falling below quota; not reaching capacity (e.g. a school having fewer applicants for entrance exams than its quota)

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to force someone to clamp with their teeth; to force into someone's mouth (e.g. a gag) ➜ 猿ぐつわをかます【さるぐつわをかます】
• to wedge into a space
• to inflict (a blow); to deal (a hit) ➜ 一発かます【いっぱつかます】
• to pull (a joke); to say or do (something stupid); to try (a bluff)

expression:

• rushing to one's doom; (like a) moth flying into the flame - idiom

noun:

• written contribution; submission (to a newspaper, online forum, etc.)

noun:

• balance of margin transaction; balance (of a stock) bought on margin

noun:

• moon, snow and flowers; beauty of the four seasons (from a poem by Bai Juyi) ➜ 雪月花

noun:

• sweetbread; thymus or pancreas (esp. of a calf or a lamb) - Food term

expression / adjective:

• unable to read the situation; unable to pick up on the mood (e.g. of a conversation) ➜ 空気を読む

noun / ~する noun:

• retention; keeping in custody (e.g. of a court)

noun:

• vitamin P; bioflavonoids (as formerly regarded collectively as a vitamin)

noun:

• crib notes; key (to a diagram)

noun:

• signatory (country); party (to a treaty)

noun:

• inheritance; taking over (a business, property)

noun:

• Hojo clan symbol; Hojo family crest (three triangles in a triangular pattern)

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to change clothes (on someone else, e.g. child, doll); to change the wallpaper or skin (of a smart phone, etc.)

noun:

• school for training bachelor girls in homemaking arts; (a type of) finishing school - four character idiom

noun:

• making the numbers balance; fixing the numbers; number-juggling; making up the numbers (e.g. to form a majority); taking tally; number-crunching

expression / ichidan verb:

• to exaggerate; to embellish (a story, rumor, etc.) - idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• dozing off in the middle of doing something; becoming inactive online due to falling asleep (esp. during a multi-player game)

noun:

• slowdown strategy; go-slow tactics (of workers in a labor dispute) - four character idiom