noun / ~の noun:

• inside a jar

noun:

• coward; timid person

noun:

• form of poetry found on the stone Buddha Foot monument at Yakushi Temple in Nara (following a 5-7-5-7-7-7 moraic pattern)

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to eat; to drink; to wolf; to knock back - vulgar
• to receive (e.g. a blow)
• to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)

noun:

• cheating on train fare by buying tickets covering only the first and last portions of the journey ➜ 煙管乗車

noun:

• menu board (small blackboard on which the specials of the day, etc., are written)

noun:

• Japanese traditional architectural style where the main entrance is on one or both of the gabled sides ➜ 平入り

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to narrow the focus; to focus attention (on); to concentrate (on); to zero in

noun:

• decoration hung on the New Year's pine on New Year's eve

noun:

• small festival on the eve of the main festival (esp. of the Gion festival) ➜ 宵宮

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to take a meal; to have a meal; to catch a meal; to get grub; to grub; to break bread; to chow down; to eat dinner; to have a bite; to strap on a feed-bag

noun / ~の noun:

• rule; regulation
• settlement; conclusion; end; agreement; arrangement
• habit; custom; habitual way ➜ 御決まり
• countenance in front of another person; face - usu. as 決まりが悪い, etc. ➜ 決まりが悪い
• love relationship between a customer and a prostitute - archaism

expression / ichidan verb:

• to sprinkle water on (something); to spray water on; to splash water on; to squirt water on
• to hinder; to hamper; to stifle; to throw cold water on ➜ 水をさす

noun:

• clumsy person; bungler; person with no particular talents (in performing arts); nondrinker; nonsmoker - four character idiom

noun / adjectival noun:

• innate cheerfulness Antonym: 根暗

noun:

• innately cheerful person; happy-go-lucky person; natural optimist

noun:

• pleasant person; attractive person; animal liked by all because of its cuteness

expression:

• when the right conditions are fulfilled, things will turn out well on their own; a sunken place will collect water [literal] - proverb - obscure term
• someone in bad circumstances will continue to accumulate difficulties - proverb - obscure term

expression / adjective:

• useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point ➜ 意味がある【いみがある】

adjective:

• dull; uninteresting; boring; tedious
• insignificant; unimportant; trifling; trivial; worthless
• absurd; foolish; silly; stupid
• useless; pointless; disappointing

noun:

• Ten Bulls (ten stages of the herding of an ox, used as an analogy for training the mind on the path to enlightenment) - Buddhism term

noun:

• pig-keeping; pig farming

noun:

• keeping accounts; balancing accounts

noun:

• sushi rice in a box or bowl with a variety of ingredients sprinkled on top - Food term ➜ ばら寿司【ばらずし】・五目鮨【ごもくずし】

noun:

• train ticket printed on soft paper, etc. (usu. dispensed from a vending machine as part of a roll) ➜ 硬券

noun:

• sign used to designate a hot springs (e.g. on a map)
• traditional style love hotel ➜ 連込み宿・逆さ海月【さかさくらげ】

noun / ~する noun:

• leaving temporarily; stepping out; going away for a while

noun:

• camera focusing error (on a space between two objects) ➜ 抜く【ぬく】