expression / ichidan verb:

• to bear in mind; to keep remembering; to note ➜ 気に留める・心に掛ける

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to reminisce; to engage in a lively conversation; to discuss mutual interests

noun / ~の noun:

• all-time low (e.g. in trading, shopping); record low; new low Antonym: 最高値

noun:

• all-time high (e.g. in trading, shopping); record high; new high Antonym: 最安値

noun:

• naturally growing tree; tree that does not grow in a tree plantation

godan ~る verb:

• to pull in; to take for oneself; to tuck up (one's sleeves)

noun:

• dung beetle; gold beetle; goldbug; scarab beetle ➜ 糞転がし【ふんころがし】・黄金虫【こがねむし】
• maggots in faeces (feces)

noun:

• TV listings (e.g. in newspaper); TV guide; TV schedules

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to go on waiting only to be disappointed; to wait in vain ➜ 待ちぼうけ

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to wrestle with; to contest an issue
• to take part in sumo

noun:

• debt trap; debt hell; being in debt up to one's ears

expression / noun:

• being in a helpless situation; (like a) fish on a chopping board [literal] - idiom

noun:

• small dining table (usu. for a single person); serving tray (with legs)
• meal; food; serving ➜ 御膳

counter:

• counter for bowlfuls of rice; counter for pairs of chopsticks

noun / suffix noun / counter:

• class (e.g. school); grade; rank

counter:

• kyū; kyu; junior rank in martial arts, go, shogi, etc. ➜ 段【だん】

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to boil (something in hot water) ➜ 煮る【にる】
• to treat with medicinal steam (a swelling, etc.) ➜ たでる

noun:

• substance; essence

~の noun:

• real (in economics, vs. nominal, e.g. real interest rate); substantive; substantial; essential; tangible

noun:

• title (e.g. Doctor, Professor, Lord); job title; position (in a company); degree; status; rank

noun:

• a move (in go, shogi, etc.)
• only way; only means
• doing alone; dong single-handed; monopoly ➜ 一手に

expression / noun / ~する noun:

• being held in suspense; being on edge; scared stiff; one's testicles going up and down [literal] - idiom - male language ➜ 上がったり下がったり【あがったりさがったり】

noun:

• dark-skinned person; well-tanned person - derogatory term ➜ 白んぼ
• (wheat) smut
• stagehand (in kabuki); prompter ➜ 黒衣【くろご】

noun:

• base support (e.g. for a party in an election); substrate; load bearing layer; supporting layer

noun:

• subprime lending in housing mortage market; housing loans to low-income, high-risk consumers

noun:

• message butting in (to a conversation between two other people on a BBS, etc.) - slang

noun:

• river in which worshippers wash their hands (and rinse their mouth) prior to entering a shrine

noun:

• bianzhong (ancient Chinese musical instrument; bronze bells set in a wooden frame, played with a mallet) ➜ 鐘