noun:

• Sachertorte; chocolate cake filled with apricot jam and topped with chocolate icing - From German

noun:

• sukiyaki stock; stock mixed with soy sauce, mirin and sugar (used to flavor sukiyaki) - Food term ➜ 割り下

noun:

• feces wine; faeces wine; traditional Korean medicine made from alcohol and feces (usu. human) - From Korean "ttongsul"

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to remain in memory (of sounds and words); to linger in one's ears

noun:

• business based on anime and manga characters; character-based business - From English "character business"

noun:

• warbler being in a valley - obscure term ➜ 鶯遷【おうせん】
• valley in which warblers live - obscure term
• remaining obscure and unsuccessful - obscure term ➜ 鶯遷【おうせん】

noun:

• fruit sandwich; sandwich filled with fruit and sweetened whipped cream

noun:

• fruit sandwich; sandwich filled with fruit and sweetened whipped cream ➜ フルーツサンド

noun:

• semi suite; large hotel room with separate sleeping and living room areas

noun / noun or verb acting prenominally:

• semi-sweet

noun / ~する noun:

• squatting (usu. with elbows on knees and often while smoking, typically considered a low-class posture)

noun:

• Okinawan dish of grated carrot stir-fried with egg and sometimes meat or fish - Ryūkyū dialect - Food term

noun:

• dropping; losing - abbreviation
• missing item; something one forgot to write down
• trap
• wooden protrusion from a Japanese door frame that fits a hole in the threshold, acting as a lock when closed
• conclusion (of a speech, etc.)
• metallic bowl used to hold the charcoal in a wooden hibachi ➜ 落とし掛け

noun:

• four gods said to rule over the four directions
• (in China) four gods said to rule over the four seasons

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to ask; to inquire; to hear; to be told - humble language
• to implore (a god for an oracle); to seek direction (from your superior)

godan ~う verb / intransitive verb:

• to visit - humble language
• to speak to (a large crowd at a theatre, etc.) - from 御機嫌を伺う

expression:

• one cannot understand even a holy man's teachings without study; one cannot know the abilities of a great man without putting him to use; one cannot know the delicious taste of fine food without eating it [literal] - proverb

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to finish; to end; to be completed
• to merely result in something less severe than expected
• to feel at ease
• to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry - in the negative ➜ すみません

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to pity; to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to treat with sympathy; to console; to be kind to; to appreciate
• to tend to (e.g. an injury); to care for; to nurse; to soothe

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to invite; to ask
• to beckon; to wave someone in; to gesture to
• to call in; to send for; to summon
• to bring on oneself; to cause; to incur; to lead to; to result in

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to mistake one thing for another; to mix up two things; to confuse two things; to take by mistake
• to misunderstand; to misapprehend

noun:

• outdoor clothing fashion style for young women; young woman who dresses in outdoor clothing; young woman who enjoys mountain climbing

noun / ~する noun:

• order (esp. to a number of people); command
• ritual of bowing at start and end of school class

noun:

• traditional Japanese calendar with pictures; traditional Japanese calendar expressed with pictures for use by illiterates ➜ 盲暦

noun:

• one mobile telephone ring (used by companies, usually sex-related, to register a phone number on a mobile in the hope people will return the call. Also used between acquaintances when swapping telephone numbers, or to get another person to call oneself)

noun:

• kanji for common use; jōyō kanji; list of 2,136 kanji established in 2010, formerly a list of 1,945 established in 1981 ➜ 当用漢字

adverb / noun:

• one-by-one; separately
• every single; each and every; without omission; fully; in detail