noun:

• sandbar shark (Carcharhinus plumbeus, a species of requiem shark) ➜ ヤジブカ

noun:

• what was said; what it means; origin of a story (or tradition, etc.) - usu. as 〜のいい

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to prove one's innocence; to clear oneself of a false accusation

noun:

• employer from whom one has received a unofficial offer of employment; prospective employer

noun:

• deferment (e.g. of savings); leaving (a thing) as it stands

~の noun:

• unredeemed; unredeemable; irredeemable; deferred; stationary

noun:

• reserve; spare; backup
• note; memorandum

noun / suffix noun:

• duplicate; copy; stub (of a ticket, etc.)

noun:

• waiting one's turn

noun / ~する noun:

• capture (of enemy territory); taking (by storm); conquest; attack; assault
• defeating (an opponent)
• attacking (a problem) strategically

noun / ~する noun:

• transliteration ➜ 音写
• phonetic representation of a foreign word using Chinese characters
• reading aloud (for people with impaired vision)

adjectival noun / adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• sticky; syrupy; pulpy - onomatopoeia ➜ とろみ・とろっと

adverb / ~と adverb / ~の noun:

• weakly (of a flame); gently (e.g. boil); simmering - onomatopoeia

~と adverb / ~する noun:

• dozing off; napping - onomatopoeia

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• sluggishly; dawdling - onomatopoeia

expression:

• what more can one say?; utterly at a loss for words (because of disbelief or disgust)

noun:

• crane fly; daddy longlegs (insect of family Tipulidae) ➜ 大蚊
• a tall, gangly person; string bean - derogatory term

noun:

• Promide (product name for bromides released by Marubell); bromide (publicity photograph of a movie star, entertainer, etc.) ➜ ブロマイド

noun / ~する noun:

• act of praying or performing an incantation so that a bad dream does not come true

noun:

• demanding again what one has already obtained; coaxing out of someone for a second time - obscure term ➜ 強請り

noun:

• round of ghost stories (trad. at night with a lamp or candle being extinguished after each story)

noun:

• advance payment on behalf of a third party (with expectation that it will be reimbursed)

noun:

• temple affairs
• temple administrator; person in charge of temple affairs - archaism

noun:

• scaffold; scaffolding
• foothold; footing
• foothold (e.g. in business); foundation; base
• convenience for transportation; convenience of access (by road or rail) ➜ 交通の便【こうつうのべん】

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to pull into; to draw in; to bring in
• to win over

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to keep in contact (e.g. by phone, mail, etc.); to keep in touch

noun:

• (as used in Northern Japan) greenling ➜ 鮎魚女
• (as used in Kochi and surrounds) medaka ricefish ➜ 目高

noun:

• home economists in business; HEIB; home economists working in businesses (on advice, marketing, etc.)

noun / ~の noun:

• taking care of one's responsibilities by oneself; one's own efforts; one's own expense
• going into business for oneself (selling one's own products); entrepreneur of such a business

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to run (a business); to operate; to conduct; to practice (law, medicine, etc.)
• to carry out; to perform; to lead (a life)
• to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to put something out of the way; to move (something, someone) aside
• to remove; to exclude; to take away ［除ける］
• to set aside; to keep apart ［のける］
• to remove (someone) from the group; to shun ［のける］

ichidan verb / auxiliary verb:

• to do well despite difficulties; to accomplish despite adversity ［のける］ - after the -te form of a verb - usually written using kana alone
• to do resolutely; to do boldly ［のける］ - after the -te form of a verb - usually written using kana alone