noun:

• expert; learned person
• doctor; PhD; Dr. - colloquialism ➜ 博士【はくし】
• instructor at the imperial court (ritsuryo period)
• pitch and length marks (to accompany a Buddhist liturgical chant, etc.) ➜ 墨譜

noun:

• luminous body like a shooting star
• any bright metal
• sliced fish with the silver skin left on (iwashi, aji, sayori, sanma, kohada, etc.)

expression:

• avoiding unnecessary talk can prevent disaster falling on one; there is safety in silence; the pheasant would not be shot but for its cries [literal] - proverb

noun:

• fluorescent lamp; fluorescent light
• person who is slow to react; someone slow on the uptake

noun:

• highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road
• highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...) ➜ 出世街道【しゅっせかいどう】

expression / adverb:

• perhaps; possibly; maybe; by any chance; if I'm not mistaken
• if; in case; in the event that

expression / godan -いく／-ゆく verb (spec.):

• to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations

adjectival noun / noun / ~の noun:

• stylish; smart; fashionable
• high collar ➜ ハイカラー
• hair dressed in a western style

~する noun:

• to dress in the latest Western fashion

noun:

• blues experienced by college freshmen or workplace recruits shortly after beginning school or work; the May blues

noun:

• shaku (flat wooden or ivory baton carried in the right hand when in ceremonial imperial or Shinto garb)

noun:

• robe with a round collar, stitched sides and a ran, worn by the emperor and high-ranking officials ➜ 襴

expression / ichidan verb:

• to envision how things will turn out (usu. unfortunate)
• to have foresight; to be able to see the future

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to catch 'the stupid' (e.g. from talking to stupid people, watching mindless TV, etc.) - colloquialism

noun:

• Kyoto's children
• Kyoto's young people, who are noisy and gossiping on the least pretext

noun / ~する noun:

• keeping a close watch on both sides; keeping an eye on two things at the same time

noun:

• divination based on laying out various items before a toddler and predicting his future based the items chosen

~の noun / adjectival noun:

• on the cheap side; comparatively cheap ➜ 高め【たかめ】

noun:

• wait tile which produces a winning hand with a lower score - Mahjong term

expression:

• harsh words make the going rough; consider your words; a round egg can be cut into a square [literal] - proverb

noun:

• exercise regime to convert breech presentation; trying to correct an unborn child's improper position so that the head comes out first

noun:

• the Four Home Provinces (Yamato, Yamashiro, Settsu, and Kawachi); obsolete in 757 when Izumi was established as a separate province from Kawachi - archaism ➜ 五畿内

noun:

• driving away moles by hitting the ground with straw bundles prepared by children (esp. as an annual event on January 15th)

noun:

• dried small sardines, etc. used to make fish stock ➜ 煮干し
• person in bank transfer scam whose role it is to withdraw the cash - slang

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to stick (to); to cling (to)
• to stay (e.g. in the office)

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to pretend to be tough; to put on a brave front; to whistle in the dark; to bluff

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to bite; to chew; to gnaw
• to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
• to engage (of cogs, zippers, etc.); to mesh; to fit together
• to be involved in ➜ 一枚噛む
• to fumble one's words (during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words
• to strongly confute; to argue down; to rebuke; to scold harshly - archaism