noun:

• the last day of the year; New Year's Eve ➜ 大晦日

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to be a wet-blanket; to spoil a person's pleasure

expression / godan ~る verb:

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

noun / adjectival noun:

• in a hurry; hustle; person who's always in a rush - Kansai dialect

interjection:

• tsk tsk; oh-oh; huh; what's that? - expression of mild surprise, incredulity, annoyance, etc.

noun:

• first lull of the year; lull on New Year's Day

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to go on a fool's errand; to go in vain

noun:

• public prosecutor's record of a statement given before a prosecutor - from 検察官面前調書 - abbreviation

noun:

• Glauber's salt; sodium sulfate decahydrate; sodium sulphate decahydrate - obscure term - Chemistry term ➜ 硫酸ナトリウム

godan ~む verb / expression:

• to win over; to win (someone's) heart and mind

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to consider others' feelings; to sympathize with somebody's feelings - usu. 気持ちを汲んで

expression:

• only the results matter; it's all about the results - proverb

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to jump; to leap; to prance; to spring up; to bound; to hop
• to break up; to close; to come to an end
• to hit (e.g. to have a car hit something or someone) - instead of 撥ねる

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to be spoiled (spoilt); to be dampened; to become subdued (e.g. lively atmosphere); to be unamused or bored; to become apathetic
• to fade; to turn white; to grow light (at dawn)

noun / ~する noun:

• wee-wee; pee-pee; number one - colloquialism - children's language

adjectival noun / noun:

• light (of movements); nimble; sprightly; springy
• light-hearted; cheerful; buoyant; jaunty; casual (e.g. clothing); rhythmical (e.g. melody)

noun / ~する noun:

• taking a turn for the better (of an illness); receding of symptoms; recovery; convalescence

noun / ~する noun:

• theater closure; theatre closure; stage absence
• wrestler's absence from the tournament - Sumo term

noun / ~する noun:

• giving a lecture in the Emperor's presence; lecturing to the emperor

noun:

• taking turns on duty (esp. daimyo's retainers on duty in Edo)

noun:

• net fishing
• fisherman's throw (resembling the casting of a fishing net) - Sumo term

noun:

• common gypsophila (Gypsophila elegans); baby's breath; babies' breath; soaproot

noun:

• Murphy's Law ("Whatever can go wrong, will go wrong")

godan ~す verb:

• to smile back (at a person); to answer someone's smile

noun:

• mimicking an animal's call (esp. a bird); imitating a call

noun:

• bareback clothes; clothes which leave a woman's back exposed
• bareback riding