noun:

• Heike biwa; Heike lute; biwa with 4 strings and 5 frets, esp. for accompanying the Heike Monogatari ➜ 琵琶
• chanting of the Heike Monogatari to biwa accompaniment ➜ 平曲【へいきょく】

godan ~ぐ verb / intransitive verb:

• to remove one's shirt thus revealing the skin; to remove the upper part of one's garments
• to work with great effort ➜ 片肌脱ぐ・一肌脱ぐ

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to leap out (e.g. onto the stage); to spring out
• to jump (e.g. into first place); to shoot (e.g. to the top); to come to the forefront; to suddenly become prominent

noun:

• hard lump under the skin (e.g. adipous tumor, lymph node tumor, etc.)

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• grinding against; pressing or rubbing with turning movements (e.g. someone's shoulders with one's elbow) - onomatopoeia
• rolling one's eyes; goggling one's eyes; googly eyes
• rattling sound

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to compare; to make a comparison
• to compete; to vie ➜ 力比べ

noun / ~する noun:

• entry (in a form, register, diary, etc.); filling in; filling out

noun:

• wash basin; wash bowl (incl. portable bowl in a public bath)

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to smoke (a cigarette)
• to behave as ... ➜ 先輩風を吹かす
• to accelerate; to rev up ➜ エンジンを吹かす

noun:

• standing in a group; standing up in unison

noun:

• script reading; scenario reading
• avid reader; bookworm
• reading a book; reading books

noun:

• swallowing without chewing
• swallowing (e.g. a story); accepting without questioning

noun:

• married woman's secret lover; paramour

noun / ~する noun:

• adultery (by a married woman)

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to insinuate; to satirize; to satirise; to take a dig at

adverb / ~の noun:

• one by one; one each; one at a time ➜ ずつ

~する verb (spec.):

• to tell (a person's) fortune; to divine; to fix; to choose

expression / ichidan verb:

• to retaliate; to return a blow; to strike back at; to retort - idiom

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to fall into a trap; to play into another's hands

~の noun / adverb:

• two by two; by twos; as a couple

noun:

• adopting a married couple; married couple adopted into the family

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to sigh; to breathe a sigh

noun / ~する noun:

• pinky swear; pinky promise; linking 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】・指切り

~する noun:

• to make an all-night vigil; to spend a sleepless night - from the name 小室哲哉, as 哲哉 and 徹夜 are read てつや - slang

expression:

• a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush - proverb

noun:

• pen spinning; spinning a pen around between the fingers

noun:

• person who achieves perfection; person who perfects (e.g. a theory)