noun:

• ceramics made in a mold
• formulaic production style in kyogen

noun:

• ridge of a cliff; rock ridge

expression:

• It's hard to tell a poor thinker from a sleeping one; They to whom only bad ideas come might as well be asleep; Poor thinking is futile; Inadequate ideas are worse than none at all - proverb ➜ 下手の考え休むに似たり

noun:

• back pain due to the cold accompanying a snowfall

noun:

• a promise or pledge

noun:

• teeth of a saw; serration

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to book a seat; to take a seat - obscure term

noun:

• revision of a passage

noun:

• one's favourite member of a pop group, etc.

noun:

• opening ceremony for the new ring in a stable - Sumo term

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• with a broad grin; smirking - onomatopoeia

noun / ~する noun:

• contraction of a disease; morbidity

expression / ichidan verb:

• to lend a hand; to give a hand; to help; to extend a helping hand

noun:

• after half a year ➜ 半年

noun:

• concealed winning hand consisting of chows, a pair that isn't a value pair, and an open wait - Mahjong term - From Chinese

adverb:

• in a great quantity

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to communicate with a look; to talk with one's eyes [literal]

~と adverb:

• with a clink; with a flop - onomatopoeia
• suddenly; all of a sudden - onomatopoeia ➜ ぱったり

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to sound out a person's feelings; to consult a person's pleasure [literal] ➜ 鼻息【はないき】

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to have a break in the conversation; to experience an awkward silence; an angel passes [literal] - from the French 'un ange pass' - idiom

noun:

• marrying to become a housewife; permanent employment (once one becomes a housewife) [literal] - idiom - colloquialism

noun:

• coarse tea in which a pinch of salt is added (said to help dissipate alcoholic intoxication)

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to surrender one's chastity to a man

godan ~う verb:

• to sing a tune

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to steer a ship
• to manage; to take command; to take the helm