expression / ichidan verb:

• to be to the point; to be pertinent - prob. originated as a misuse of 的を射る but now in common use - colloquialism ➜ 的を射る

noun:

• care for the aged; elderly care; aged care

~する noun / noun / adverb / ~と adverb:

• to get irritated; to get annoyed; to be on the edge; to fret; to lose patience

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to excel at; to be proficient at
• to grow old
• to ripen
• to rise high (e.g. the sun)

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to protect; to guard; to defend
• to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe; to obey; to follow

noun:

• sappanwood (Caesalpinia sappan)
• sappanwood dye (red in colour) (color)
• layered colour (light brown on the front, dark red beneath)

expression:

• first "horse day" in any lunar month, but esp. the second lunar month; traditional day for worship at "fox deity" shrines

noun:

• sitting posture with the legs bent back on each side; Japanese traditional informal female sitting posture; w-sitting; reverse tailor style sitting

noun / ~する noun:

• bursting through the surface; suddenly surfacing; rapid ascent
• sudden increase (e.g. in public interest)
• fast rise (e.g. in rank)

noun / ~する noun:

• opening a new shop
• opening a shop (for the day)

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to rest against the wall; to lean against a wall

expression / adverb:

• by day and night; day and night; round the clock

noun:

• liatris (esp. the dense blazing star, Liatris spicata); blazing star - From Latin

adverb:

• going home from work; on the way home from work

noun:

• area between the regular outfield wall and a lower home-run fence set up at a shorter distance from home plate - Baseball term - From English "lucky zone"

noun:

• new straw; straw from the current year
• rice seedlings boiled and dried and then tied into a woman's hair to chase evil spirits away

noun:

• sandy beach; sandbar that projects into the ocean, particularly in a wavy form
• designs and objects with a wavy pattern
• sweet mochi cake ➜ 素甘【すあま】

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to suffer a disappointment; to feel let down
• to have one's attack (question, etc.) sidestepped; to be given the slip

expression:

• better than a poke in the eye; better than none at all; better than nothing - idiom

noun:

• fur seal (esp. the northern fur seal, Callorhinus ursinus); Alaskan fur seal - From Ainu ➜ オットセイ

noun:

• fur seal (esp. the northern fur seal, Callorhinus ursinus); Alaskan fur seal - obscure term - abbreviation ➜ 膃肭臍

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to hold or carry under or in the arms
• to have (esp. problems, debts, etc.)
• to employ; to engage; to hire

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case
• to scold; to take (a person) to task

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to ingest; to eat; to enter the mouth
• to be able to eat

expression / godan ~ぐ verb:

• to get excited; to be roused (to action); to get the itch (to do) - idiom