noun:

• engaging the clutch (usu. on a motorcycle) - From English "clutch meet"

noun:

• posing and moving the fingers as an art form; finger-tutting

noun:

• kakistocracy; government by the worst, least qualified, or most unscrupulous citizens

noun:

• campaign against the Japan-U.S. Security Treaty (1959-60, 1970)

noun / ~する noun:

• standing out from the crowd; dominating; rising abruptly - archaism
• towering high - archaism

noun:

• the four great Japanese grammar texts (Yamada, Matsushita, Hashimoto and Tokieda)

noun:

• post box on the front door; letterbox - From English "door post"

noun:

• railway carriage with the air conditioning set to a higher temperature

noun:

• railway carriage with the air conditioning set to a higher temperature ➜ 弱冷房車【じゃくれいぼうしゃ】

noun:

• treating somebody to one delicious meal after the other

expression:

• preaching to the deaf; wind (blowing) into a horse's ear [literal] - idiom ➜ 馬の耳に念仏

noun:

• mochi used for the celebration of a child's fiftieth day ➜ 五十日の祝

noun:

• interleague game between the Central and Pacific baseball leagues - Sports term ➜ セ・パ

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to disdain; to look down on; to make light of; to hold in contempt; to scorn; to despise

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to revel in trouble and discord; to be bent on making trouble; to like starting fights

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to make a hit; to have a great success (e.g. in business, with a play, etc.)

noun:

• first tone in old Chinese phonetics; level tone
• (of a Japanese accent) having a low, flat tone

noun:

• (school) class change; class shuffle; rearrangement of which students are in which teacher's class

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to stick into and move around; to dig around in; to pick (i.e. one's teeth)

noun:

• female plant (esp. a woody plant); gynoecious plant ➜ 男木【おぎ】
• indented part of a wooden joint (in construction) ➜ 男木【おぎ】

noun:

• male plant (esp. a woody plant); androecious plant ➜ 女木
• tenoned part of a wooden joint (in construction) ➜ 女木

noun:

• pin (e.g. hairpin, bowling pin, golf pin, etc.)
• one (on dice, in cards, etc.) - From Portuguese "pinta"
• beginning; best ➜ キリ
• kickback

noun / ~する noun:

• payment in advance; advance payment; prepayment ➜ 前払い
• payment on delivery (e.g. business-reply mail, collect phone calls) ➜ 着払い【ちゃくばらい】

noun:

• forerunner

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to leave nothing undone; to do all in one's might; to do everything possible

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to become extremely serious (in attitude); to look solemn; to assume a solemn air - usu. as 真面目くさった or 真面目くさって