expression / noun:

• next in line; heir - obscure term

noun:

• demand for replacement; request for replacement; need for replacement

noun:

• writing in an irregular hand

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to grow in prosperity

noun:

• fishing for ayu ➜ 漁【りょう】

noun:

• decorating shrines and gates with shimenawa ropes for the New Year ➜ 注連縄

noun:

• (meeting) room for rent

expression:

• first in, first out; FIFO - also in accounting - IT term

noun:

• kanji officially for use in names

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to scatter in all directions (like baby spiders)

noun:

• person in charge of public relations; PR manager

noun:

• small double-reed wind instrument used in gagaku (made of bamboo, with 7 holes on top and 2 below) ➜ 雅楽【ががく】

noun:

• (sake) brewed in wooden vats, squeezed out by weight on a pole - obsolete term

noun:

• special class for handicapped children ➜ 特殊学級【とくしゅがっきゅう】

noun:

• food boiled or stewed in soy sauce, sugar, mirin, etc. for short-term preserving - Food term

expression / noun / ~する noun:

• lifting (a child) high up in the air - children's language

noun:

• rhyme in a Chinese poem

counter:

• counter for the ichi-ni-san counting system (usu. directly preceding the item being counted); noun read using its on-yomi - read as "ka" ➜ 箇【か】
• counter for articles - read as "ko" ➜ 個【こ】

particle:

• indicates possessive (esp. in place names) - read as "ga" ➜ が

noun:

• someone engaged in a certain pursuit; practitioner; worker; employee

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be caught in a dilemma; to get into a scrape

noun:

• day of the boar in the tenth month ➜ 亥の子
• mochi eaten on the day of the boar (esp. at the time of the boar)

noun / ~する noun:

• sitting in the open air

noun:

• National Examination for Information Processing Technicians; NEIPT - IT term

noun:

• dyed in various colors; dyed in various colours

noun:

• special class for handicapped children - abbreviation ➜ 特別支援学級【とくべつしえんがっきゅう】