noun:

• EIKEN Test in Practical English Proficiency; STEP test ➜ 英検【えいけん】

noun:

• turned-in eyelashes; ingrown eyelashes; trichiasis ➜ 逆さまつげ

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to pull in (fish); to land

noun:

• mistrust in medical services; distrust of medical practitioners

noun:

• biased coverage; biased media account; bias in reporting

noun:

• elder; senior - honorific language
• wife's father; father-in-law

noun:

• scarecrow ➜ 案山子【かかし】
• person dressed in rags; shabby-looking person

noun:

• balance wheel (in a watch); balance

noun:

• sudden fall in stock prices; stock market crash

noun:

• construction point (in ski jumping); K-point - from the German "Konstruktions Punkt" - Sports term

expression / adjective:

• bad taste (e.g. in clothes); poor taste

noun:

• inkpot; ink bottle
• inking; going over in ink

expression / ichidan verb:

• to lose interest (in); to grow less enthusiastic

noun:

• morning
• morning coat - abbreviation ➜ モーニングコート
• breakfast set (often a drink and toast); breakfast special; special breakfast offer - abbreviation - colloquialism ➜ モーニングセット

noun:

• water and moon
• the moon reflected on the water
• pit of the stomach; solar plexus ➜ 水落

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to roll
• to turn over; to tip over; to throw down
• to leave
• to buy and sell (quickly for a profit)

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• whirling; revolving; spinning; going round and round - onomatopoeia
• coiling around; winding around; rolling around - onomatopoeia
• working tirelessly; working hard - onomatopoeia
• constantly changing - onomatopoeia

godan ~す verb:

• to return a blow repeat; to turn back; to rewhip; to plow up; to plough up; to come and retreat

noun:

• the (fast) pace at which life passes, and thus the nearness of death; promptitude of the changes of the times - four character idiom

noun:

• eight consciousnesses (one for each of the five senses, consciousness of the mind, self-consciousness and store consciousness) - Buddhism term

noun:

• regular adoption (official adoption with the consent of both parties and without dissolving the relationship with the biological parents)

noun:

• grand kagura performance at Ise
• type of performance including the lion dance and juggling ➜ 雑芸
• Camellia japonica 'Daikagura' (cultivar of Japanese camellia) - usually written using kana alone ➜ 椿

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to lead a stingy life; to scrimp and save; to pinch pennies; to light one's fingernail (instead of a candle) [literal]

noun:

• land-tax rate during the Edo period (the government took 60 percent of the year's rice crop and the farmers kept 40 percent) - four character idiom

expression:

• there must be a clear distinction between the upper and lower classes; even new shoes must not be worn on the head [literal] - proverb