godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to emboss
• to print out; to print
• to work out (e.g. policy); to hammer out; to come out with; to set forth
• to strike (a drum indicating the end of a performance)
• to begin striking; to start beating

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to put back; to return; to give back; to restore (to a previous state, e.g. defrosting, reconstituting, reconciling); to turn back (e.g. clock hand)
• to vomit; to throw up
• to recover (of a market price)

noun:

• center; centre; middle; heart
• Chūbu region (incl. Aichi, Nagano, Shizuoka, Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui, Yamanashi and Gifu prefectures) - abbreviation ➜ 中部地方

noun:

• gyoza; pot sticker; crescent-shaped pan-fried dumplings stuffed with minced pork and vegetables - Food term - From Chinese "jiǎozi"

~の noun / noun:

• best; extra-fine; superfine; unequalled

adverbial noun:

• exceptionally; extraordinarily; by far

noun:

• jumping and slashing (e.g. at an enemy) - orig. meaning

noun:

• dashi (Japanese soup stock made from fish and kelp)
• pretext; excuse; pretense (pretence); dupe; front man ［出し］

adjectival noun / adverb / noun:

• crispy; crunchy - onomatopoeia
• tearing; ripping; cracking - onomatopoeia

adjectival noun / noun:

• spirited; energetic; vigorous - onomatopoeia
• brand-new and high quality (clothing); well-starched; crisp (bill) - onomatopoeia

adverb:

• in general; generally; mostly; roughly; largely; mainly; on the whole; by and large

noun:

• gist; point; main idea

noun:

• dried boiled rice used mainly as provisions of samurai troops and travelers (travellers)

noun:

• photo booth that prints out cards and stickers of the resulting photograph, which are then traded among friends - abbreviation - From English "print club"

noun:

• simple chicken and rice stir fry dish (usu. flavoured with ketchup or tomato pure) - Food term - From English "chicken rice"

noun:

• leatherman; conspicuously gay male who belongs to the leather subculture and engages in bodybuilding - From English "hard gay"

noun:

• unscrupulous business practice of making sales by posing as an inspector and declaring the need for replacement items

noun:

• old sinner; elderly man-about-town; older person who enjoys free and easy lifestyle unfettered by social taboos - four character idiom

noun:

• dorayaki; dessert sandwich of two small sweet pancakes and red bean paste - Food term ➜ 餡こ【あんこ】

noun:

• inactive bank account (no withdrawals or deposits made, and to which the owner's rights have been terminated)

noun:

• Japan's three antinuclear principles (against producing, possessing and allowing the entry of nuclear weapons into Japanese territory)

noun:

• postcards associated with Respect-for-the-Aged Day, and sold every year starting in September - From English "heart mail"

noun:

• Fougere fragrance (family of scents including coumarin, oak moss, lavender, and geranium oil, used in perfumes)

noun:

• six sects of Buddhism brought to Japan during the Nara period (Sanlun, Satyasiddhi, Faxiang, Abhidharmakosha, Vinaya, and Huayan)

noun:

• photographer, usually an amateur, who likes to take pictures of models and presenter ladies in exhibitions ➜ カメコ

noun:

• welcome board (e.g. placed outside wedding reception to greet guests, and confirm location)

noun:

• stock exchange member who facilitates trading by matching buy and sell orders (similar to an NYSE specialist) - Kantō dialect

expression:

• seven vernal flowers (Java water dropwort, shepherd's purse, Jersey cudweed, common chickweed, Japanese nipplewort, turnip, and daikon) ➜ 秋の七草

noun:

• Randall's pygmy goby (Trimma randalli, species in Palau and the Philippines)