noun:

• Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) usu. to the general populace ➜ お達し【おたっし】

noun:

• wooden ladle or rod used to stir the rice porridge used in a kayaura divination ➜ 粥占

noun:

• love that is motivated by job-hunting; using sex to get a job - From English "recruit love"

~と adverb / adverb:

• deeply immersed (in water, mud, etc.) - onomatopoeia
• pushing something deep inside a soft object - onomatopoeia
• very drunk - onomatopoeia

adjectival noun:

• soaked with water - onomatopoeia

noun:

• paid volunteer work (e.g. on a farm); work which is not done primarily to earn money - from ボランティア and アルバイト - abbreviation

noun:

• cheating at pachinko (for monetary gain; through illegal tampering with the machines, etc.); scamming a pachinko parlor - orig. an abbr. of 仕事 ➜ パチンコ

noun:

• important task; important role; great duty; important mission
• major part (e.g. in a movie)

noun:

• character; personality; disposition
• character (in a film, novel, comic, etc.)
• letter; character; symbol

noun:

• first and second; A and B
• superiority and (or) inferiority; distinction (in quality); discernment; discrimination

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to stay in bed; to sleep; to be laid up for a long time

noun:

• cord for attaching a sword scabbard tightly to the obi; sword strap; sword knot ➜ 鞘

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to screw up; to put the screws on (a person)
• to constrict (someone, something)

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to assemble (e.g. goods into a set); to gather; to put together

noun / ~する noun:

• cleaning with a cloth (floors, etc.)
• dirty work; low-level work; apprentice work

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to confess (one's love); to propose (marriage); to ask out (on a date) - from 告白する - slang ➜ 告白

ichidan verb:

• to bury something in the ground
• to cover coals with ash; to bank a fire

adjectival noun / ~の noun / noun:

• right on; dead on; fitting to a T; on the button; perfectly correct

noun:

• illegal resident (in a country); illegal alien; illegal overstayer (person who has overstayed their visa)

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to be unreasonable; to whine; to act like a baby

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be furnished with; to be provided with; to be equipped with
• to be possessed of; to be endowed with; to be gifted with
• to be among; to be one of

adverb / ~と adverb:

• gradually; little by little; in a breezy manner - onomatopoeia

adverb:

• soon; before long - onomatopoeia

adverb / ~と adverb:

• here and there; scattered - onomatopoeia

noun:

• spots; dots; pimples; rash - onomatopoeia

noun:

• lost point (in a game); point given away; conceded goal Antonym: 得点
• run charged to the pitcher - Baseball term
• blunder; mistake; error

noun:

• sword (originally esp. a doubled-edged sword); sabre; saber; blade
• bayonet ［けん］
• swordsmanship ［けん］
• stinger; ovipositor; dart ［けん］

expression / adjective:

• certain; sure; doubtless ➜ 紛れもない【まぎれもない】

expression:

• I have no doubt; You can depend on it; It's a safe bet

noun:

• payment made via bank deposit transfer
• discarding a tile that becomes another player's winning tile - Mahjong term ➜ 振り込む