godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to wriggle

expression / noun:

• lost twenty years [literal]
• period of economic stagnation in Japan that began ca. 1991 and not over in the 2010s

yodan ~く verb (archaic):

• to roar; to howl - archaism ➜ 吼える

noun:

• back part of a kimono

noun:

• nightingale (flooring); method of laying floors to deliberately make a noise (like a nightingale's call) when walked across (security feature)

noun:

• patterned cloth laid on a table or Buddhist altar; antependium

conjunction:

• now that; since; as long as; provided that

noun:

• reverence; respect; honor; honour; veneration; esteem

noun:

• beheading followed by mounting of the head on a pike in front of the prison (Edo period)

noun:

• transport administration; transportation administration

noun / ~する noun:

• trade; buying and selling

adjectival noun:

• careless; stupid; thoughtless; heedless; unobservant; inadvertant; incautious

noun:

• height of clouds

noun:

• (ornithological) rachis

noun:

• part of a lock that receives the latch; keeper; strike ➜ 掛け金【かけがね】

noun:

• hard feelings; (mutual) resentment - usu. in the negative

expression / ~よい adjective:

• of noble birth; wellborn

noun:

• eel trap

noun:

• congestive heart failure; CHF

noun:

• catchphrase; promotional line; slogan

noun:

• Year of the Ox

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to float ➜ 浮かす
• to save (on one's expenses)

noun:

• selling rate (currency)

ichidan verb:

• to glance at; to look at

noun:

• flotsam