adjective:

• easy to get into (e.g. of music, etc.); easily getting into (a certain mood, etc.)

noun:

• semifinalists; final four (in a tournament)

godan ~ぶ verb / transitive:

• to carry; to bring (to a place)

noun:

• worshipper; worshiper; visitor (to a shrine or temple); pilgrim

expression:

• not to write to or visit someone; road of the weasel (it is believed that if someone blocks the path a weasel, he will never take that path again) [literal] ➜ いたちの道

noun / ~する noun:

• pretension; assumption (of a title)

noun:

• trifling (fight); (a conflict) between small countries - four character idiom

noun:

• Ratnasambhava; The Jewel-born (a dhyani-Buddha) - Buddhism term

noun:

• Promide (product name for bromides released by Marubell); bromide (publicity photograph of a movie star, entertainer, etc.) ➜ ブロマイド

noun:

• burn mark; grilled surface (e.g. on a steak)

noun / ~する noun:

• being obtrusive; being conspicuous (in a bad way)

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to draw through one's hand; to stroke (e.g. a beard) ［しごく］
• to work someone hard ［しごく］

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to masturbate - usu. シゴく

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to slay; to cut down (a foe)

noun:

• memorial hall; museum (esp. in memory of a person or event)

adverb / ~と adverb:

• scrape-scrape; (with a) scraping sound - onomatopoeia

noun:

• poking one's food around using one's chopsticks; playing with one's food with one's chopsticks (a breach of etiquette)

noun:

• hanafuda; Japanese playing cards (12 suits of 4 cards, each suit representing a month indicated by a flower) ➜ 花札

~する verb (spec.) / intransitive verb:

• to gather in large numbers (of people); to hang out (as a large group)
• to assemble (as a military unit or posse); to be quartered (in a particular location)

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to be descended from; to inherit (a disposition, etc.) from one's ancestors

prefix:

• ... years since construction; ... years old (of a building) - before a number of years, e.g. 築十年

suffix:

• built in ... - after a time, e.g. 1980年築

noun:

• suguha; straight temper line (on a sword)

noun:

• civil status; status (of a person) under the Civil Code

noun:

• straw-wrapped item; bundle of straw (containing a food item, etc.) ➜ 藁苞
• local produce; souvenir; present; gift ➜ 土産【みやげ】

noun:

• modern translation; translation into modern language (of a classical text, e.g. The Tale of Genji)

noun:

• hanafuda; Japanese playing cards (12 suits of 4 cards, each suit representing a month indicated by a flower)