noun:

• industry law; law regulating a certain industry
• work one is obligated to carry out - archaism

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to gain traction; to develop momentum; to get a boost; to pick up steam

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to smooth with the hand; to stroke; to comb (down)
• to pluck a stringed instrument

noun:

• one chance; only opportunity - abbreviation ➜ ワンチャンス
• maybe; perhaps; there is a chance that - slang
• one-night stand - slang

noun:

• warbler being in a valley - obscure term ➜ 鶯遷【おうせん】
• valley in which warblers live - obscure term
• remaining obscure and unsuccessful - obscure term ➜ 鶯遷【おうせん】

noun:

• apartment with one bedroom and a combined living room, dining room and kitchen ➜ ＬＤＫ【エルディーケー】

noun:

• Buddhist priest; bonze
• close-cropped hair; crew cut; person with a shorn head
• boy; sonny; lad - familiar language - derogatory term
• not catching anything (in fishing) ➜ お凸【おでこ】

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• in passing another (esp. colliding with oncoming traffic, bumping into a person); the moment two persons or objects meet

expression:

• A virtuous person does (should) not commit an act that offends his moral principles no matter how hard pressed he may be - four character idiom

noun:

• young female TV announcer (who also frequently functions as a television talent doing on-location fluff pieces for variety shows) - abbreviation ➜ アナウンサー

expression / noun or verb acting prenominally:

• fast-talking; always having another argument ready; not able to keep one's mouth shut; never at a loss for words ➜ 口の減らない

noun / ~する noun:

• squatting (usu. with elbows on knees and often while smoking, typically considered a low-class posture)

noun / suffix noun:

• special Nara-period administrative division for areas containing a detached palace (Yoshino and Izumi) - archaism

noun:

• secretary; third highest-ranking officials in the Dazaifu - archaism ➜ 大宰府

noun:

• street performance in which the performer transforms a specially-made bamboo screen into various shapes while chanting an accompanying poem ➜ 南京【ナンキン】・簾【すだれ】

noun:

• mistaken way of writing something; mistaken spelling; wrong way of writing something; wrong spelling

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to rise high (of water); to overflow; to swell (e.g. river full of water)
• to be filled with (emotion, energy, etc.); to be bursting with; to be brimming with; to pervade (e.g. atmosphere with emotion)

adverb:

• completely; absolutely; totally ➜ 一向に
• (not) at all; (not) a bit; (not) in the least - in a negative sentence
• earnestly; intently; determinedly

noun:

• Jōdo Shinshū - abbreviation ➜ 一向宗

noun / ~の noun:

• not wearing a mask (in kendo, noh, etc.)
• sober face ➜ 素面【しらふ】
• sobriety ➜ 素面【しらふ】

noun / adjectival noun / ~の noun:

• face with no make-up; unpainted face - archaism ➜ 素顔【すがお】

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to decorate with many bright colours (colors); to create a beautiful variegated pattern ［彩なす・綾なす］
• to manipulate skillfully

noun:

• wedgie (to a girl) i.e. pulling up the underwear from the back, driving it into the vulva - vulgar

noun / ~する noun:

• pinky swear; pinky promise; hooking each other's little fingers to confirm a promise ➜ 指切拳万、嘘ついたら針千本呑ます【ゆびきりげんまんうそついたらはりせんぼんのます】

noun / ~する noun:

• break (rest) ➜ 休憩
• break (tennis, boxing, snooker, etc.) - Sports term
• suddenly becoming popular; becoming a hit

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to see through (a plot, lie, etc.); to penetrate into; to discover; to find out

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to not know how to act or what to do; to be at a loss

expression / ~くる verb (spec.):

• to get (a joke or explanation); to strike home; to click; to know intuitively ➜ ピンと