expression / ichidan verb:

• to pass from one's lips; to escape one's lips

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to serve one's aim; to serve one's purpose

noun:

• non-return-to-zero recording; NRZ; non-return-to-reference recording - IT term

expression / godan ~る verb (irregular):

• to be as plain as daylight; to be as clear as day

noun:

• inability to follow Buddhist teachings; person unable to follow Buddhist teachings - Buddhism term

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to let down one's guard; to relax one's guard

expression / ichidan verb:

• to hold one's breath; to bate one's breath

expression / godan ~る verb (irregular) / intransitive verb:

• to be worth the effort; to be worth the trouble

adjective:

• low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.) Antonym: 高い・高い
• low (position); close to the ground
• short (height)
• deep (voice); in a low key; low (volume)

noun:

• preface; introduction ➜ 前置き
• lead in (to a joke, question, etc.); lead up
• payment in advance (by bank transfer) - abbreviation ➜ 前振込み
• swinging (one's body) forward

noun:

• string tied to the chest of one's kimono or haori
• childhood (period where one would wear such a string) - archaism

noun:

• gratuitous scene inserted in a narrative (in anime, etc.); scene designed purely to excite or titillate the viewer - From English "service cut"

noun:

• leaping flames; flying sparks

noun / ~する noun:

• spread of fire (due to leaping flames)
• repercussions in unanticipated areas; spilling over; effects of an incident spreading to those seemingly uninvolved

noun:

• impetigo contagiosa - colloquialism - usually written using kana alone ➜ 膿痂疹・膿疱疹

noun / ~する noun:

• being bombed
• being A-bombed; being nuked; being exposed to radiation (from an atomic blast) ➜ 被曝

noun:

• gift brought to a funeral (usu. money); funeral offering; condolence gift; incense money [literal]

noun:

• resident employee; local staff; representative of a local office; employee assigned to an office

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• writing with an upright brush (using just the tip to create a narrower stroke) ➜ 側筆
• frank writing; writing the bare facts ➜ 曲筆

noun:

• rope used to cordon off consecrated areas or as a talisman against evil - abbreviation - Shintō term ➜ 注連縄
• cordoning off; cordoning-off sign - archaism

noun:

• distance from the seam in the back of a kimono to the end of the sleeve

expression / adjective:

• there is no need to ...
• never happens; there is never a time when

~の noun / noun:

• average; medium; common; ordinary

noun / ~の noun:

• mid-grade (item); regular grade

suffix noun:

• same level as; equal to; equivalent to; on par with
• each (e.g. month); every
• row of (teeth, houses, etc.); line of

noun:

• bass range (in Japanese music) - abbreviation ➜ 甲【かん】
• six even-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale ➜ 十二律・律
• Japanese seven-tone gagaku scale similar to Mixolydian mode (corresp. to: re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do) ➜ 呂旋

noun:

• Galapagos phenomenon; Galapagos syndrome; tendency of Japanese products (e.g. cell phones) to be designed specifically for the domestic market, which are therefore unsuccessful overseas and also vulnerable to competition from imports - because the Galapagos contains many endemic species ➜ ガラパゴス化

noun:

• being at one's wit's end; being (quite) at a loss (what to do) - four character idiom

noun:

• formal objection (to an administrative disposition); request for examination (of a patent); request for administrative review - Law term