noun:

• minor or untalented actor (relegated to roles such as the legs of a stage horse)

noun:

• testing centre for driving tests

noun:

• patron god; ancestor deified as a kami - Kyūshū dialect - Shintō term

noun:

• whirling tides

expression:

• cancelled because of rain; wash out

expression / ~よい adjective:

• able; skilled

noun:

• cucurbit leaf beetle (Aulacophora femoralis) - obscure term ➜ 瓜羽虫

noun:

• beauty

adjectival noun / noun / ~の noun:

• virtuous; rich

noun:

• fodder

noun:

• mouthwash

noun:

• quilt; bedspread; bedcover ［うわがけ］
• cover (for a kotatsu quilt) ［うわがけ］ ➜ 炬燵
• cloak; smock ［うわがけ］
• second dyeing; topping; overlay ➜ 下染め

godan ~す verb:

• to take back; to recapture

noun:

• informal crest

ichidan verb:

• (for a fruit) to go bad and lose its shape from being overripe or damaged
• to feel listless; to be dull; to be lazy; to look bored

expression:

• agency of fate; power of fate
• La forza del destino (opera by Verdi); the force of destiny

adjectival noun / noun:

• roundabout; devious

expression:

• be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth - from Genesis 1:28 - proverb

noun / ~の noun:

• newborn

expression:

• being jealous of somebody over something but also thinking they should be sentenced to death over it (esp. of male teachers having sexual relations with their students) - slang - humorous term

noun:

• rebirth; reincarnation

noun:

• rain green forest

expression / adjective:

• lucky ➜ 運がいい【うんがいい】

adjective:

• irritating; troublesome - Ōsaka dialect ➜ 鬱陶しい【うっとうしい】
• gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing - Ōsaka dialect ➜ 鬱陶しい【うっとうしい】
• heavy (weather); cloudy - Ōsaka dialect ➜ 鬱陶しい【うっとうしい】

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to be in luck's way; to get lucky