noun / ~する noun:

• committal; reference; submission (e.g. to committee); commitment

noun:

• godparent
• first person to give something its name

adjective:

• pitiful; pathetic; painful to look at

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• opposing (a thing) to (another); contrast; contraposition; antithesis; counterposing

noun:

• narrow gate; obstacle; school (position) hard to enter (get)

noun:

• break granted to wrestlers engaged in a prolonged bout - Sumo term

noun / ~する noun:

• reading (a text) aloud without trying to understand it ➜ 素読み

noun:

• failing to honor (honour) an installment payment (instalment)

godan ~う verb / intransitive verb:

• to be matched against (in a sports contest)

adverb:

• forever; everlastingly; for many years to come; ever

expression:

• (in spite of) being old enough to know better ➜ いい年して

noun:

• fish, meat, and vegetable stew traditionally served to wrestlers - Sumo, Food term ➜ ちゃんこ鍋【ちゃんこなべ】

noun / suffix noun / ~の noun:

• related to (some person or place); affinity; connection

adjectival noun:

• up-to-date

noun / ~の noun:

• custom; made or built to order
• customs (government agency)

noun:

• rooming (arranging a room to one's own taste)

noun / ~する noun:

• beheading (as the ending to a seppuku)
• assistance; help

expression:

• to apologize for a long neglect of friends (apologise) - archaism ➜ 久闊を叙する

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to turn up (one's face or a card)

noun:

• admonitory speech (e.g. to students); words of admonition

noun / ~する noun:

• failure to pay one's compliments; omission of courtesy

noun:

• pickoff attempt; throw to check a runner - Baseball term

noun:

• returning to normal after all is said and done

noun:

• mysterious power of words to alter reality

noun:

• black sake (presented as an offering to the gods) - archaism ➜ 白酒【しろき】