noun:

• being very forgetful; having a bad memory - colloquialism

~と adverb / adverb / ~する noun:

• being startled; getting a shock - onomatopoeia

noun / ~する noun:

• being granted a court rank after death

noun / ~の noun:

• artificial product; man-made product; imitation; fake; sham
• fiction

noun:

• decoration (e.g. for a festival)
• theatrical prop (esp. a large prop in noh or kyogen, e.g. tree, well, etc.)
• crop

noun:

• Kumbhanda; demon with large testicles believed to drain people of their vitality - Buddhism term

noun:

• "No." (Zhaozhou's answer to the koan "Does a dog have Buddha nature?") - Buddhism term ➜ 狗子仏性

noun:

• dragon-like cryptid fish with many whiskers and no bones (likely a sturgeon) ➜ 蝶鮫

noun:

• vote of censure; vote of no confidence

noun:

• martial art based on the use of the iron fan ➜ 鉄扇

expression:

• a burnt child dreads the fire; once bitten twice shy; to become over cautious from a bad experience - proverb

expression:

• A smile of a beautiful woman is worth a thousand pieces of gold; enchanting smile of a glamorous woman - four character idiom

noun:

• juice pressed from a bitter orange ➜ ポンス
• ponzu (Japanese sauce made primarily of soy sauce and citrus juice) - abbreviation ➜ ポン酢醤油

noun:

• Miquel's mazus (species of small flowering plant, Mazus miquelii) ➜ 紫鷺苔

noun:

• Miquel's mazus (species of small flowering plant, Mazus miquelii)

noun:

• large ball; giant ball (e.g. as pushed by competing teams in a school sports day)

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to extract (e.g. a passage from a book); to make an excerpt

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to take measures (in face of events being anticipated)
• to come to an agreement (in bargaining, etc.); to strike a bargain
• to clap one's hands together

noun:

• plan of a house; arrangement of rooms; list of rooms in an apartment, excluding bathroom and toilet, encoded as a string of digits and letters (e.g. "2DK" for a two-room apartment with a kitchen/dining area)

noun:

• fall; decline; lowering; hanging down; drooping; slanting (downward) Antonym: 上がり
• string apron; ornamental cords hanging from the front of a sumo wrestler's belt - Sumo term
• food offering to the gods; leftovers; hand-me-downs - usu. as お下がり ➜ お下がり
• leaving (one's master's place for home)

suffix noun / noun:

• a little after ...

noun:

• meat of a fish (e.g. tuna) that is dark red with blood, usu. coming from the parts close to the spine

noun:

• delivery with little pain (i.e. use of pain-reducing drugs) ➜ 無痛分娩

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to digest
• to break down; to break to pieces; to crush
• to be able to use; to be good at; to have a good command of
• to finish; to complete; to manage; to perform
• to sell

suffix / godan ~す verb:

• to do ... well; to do ... completely - after the -masu stem of a verb

noun / ~する noun:

• pride; self-confidence; thinking highly of oneself; being proud of one's abilities or achievements

expression / ichidan verb:

• to have a good eye (from having seen fine art, etc.); to be a connoisseur ➜ 肥える

noun / ~の noun:

• having leaves and branches loaded with snow

noun:

• snow guard (to prevent snow from sliding off of a roof); snow stop ➜ 雪止め