noun:

• keeping a domestic animal beyond its useful life
• keeping a person on the payroll without utilizing their skills

noun / ~する noun:

• undergoing a complete change in appearance; changing something out of all recognition; a rise in one's reputation - four character idiom

noun:

• beating of a drum as a signal to announce the opening (beginning) of an event (theatrical performance, festival, etc.)

noun:

• carrying over a bill from one Diet session to the next, being deliberated by a committee in the interim

noun:

• divorce of a couple who have been married for a long time (brought on by retirement of the husband) - colloquialism

expression:

• a journey of a thousand miles feels like only one mile (when going to see the one you love) - proverb

noun / ~の noun:

• killing one's catch on the spot (e.g. a bird)
• killing a fish immediately to preserve its freshness

noun:

• traffic accident caused by a driver thanking another driver for letting him go first at a junction

noun:

• coming of age ceremony where boys get a new loincloth and girls a new underskirt

noun / ~する noun:

• something that has been jacked up (e.g. a car); raising something with a jack

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to write well; to be a good writer; to wield a facile pen

expression / godan ~ぶ verb:

• to get married; to contract a marriage
• to form a connection (with Buddha) - Buddhism term ➜ 結縁【けちえん】

noun:

• base-stone; plinth stone; stone that serves as a pedestal for a pillar

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to take (a photo) - esp. 撮る
• to record (video, audio, etc.); to make (a film) - esp. 録る

noun / ~する noun:

• implication (in a crime); involvement
• sitting in a row (in the same seat) - archaism

noun:

• core
• tang (of a sword, etc.)
• middle of a nest of boxes ➜ 入れ子

noun:

• home visitation (esp. a teacher visiting a student's home); home visit; house call

noun:

• a tree as seen in winter (esp. a barren deciduous tree)
• evergreen tree

expression / ichidan verb:

• to take a seat; to sit
• to occupy a position (e.g. committee president)

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to drive into; to ride into
• to extend (a railway line, bus route, etc.) into; to link (a railway line) with; to join up with (a separate line)

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to put on (or wear) lower-body clothing (i.e. pants, skirt, etc.); to put on (or wear) footwear - usu 履く or 穿く
• to affix a sword to one's hip - usu. 佩く or 帯く
• to affix a bowstring to a bow

noun:

• hit
• success
• guess; prediction
• affability; friendliness
• sensation; touch
• bruise (on fruit)
• situation in which a stone or chain of stones may be captured on the next move (in the game of go)
• bite (of a fish on a hook); strike - also written as 魚信 ➜ 魚信

suffix:

• per; each

noun:

• gallery; corridor ➜ 廊下・回廊
• art gallery
• upper gallery (in a theatre) ➜ 天井桟敷
• spectators (esp. at a golf tournament)

noun:

• (in the shape of a) mouth
• mouthpiece (of a cigarette)
• manner of speech

godan ~る verb:

• to win (a race) by a wide margin
• to slash though something; to tear (off)