noun / adverb:

• peep; chirp; beep; whistling, chirping, piping, etc. sound made by birds, insects, pipes, children, etc. - onomatopoeia

noun / ~する noun:

• poor; hard up; pinched

noun:

• the runs; diarrhea; diarrhoea
• flute; pipe
• beginner; novice

noun / ~する noun:

• starting to work in a shop; joining a shop as an employee
• going inside a shop
• opening up a shop (in a building, etc.)

noun:

• essential part; indispensable part; unavoidable part; accompaniment; appendage; accessory
• front and back matter (of a book, magazine, etc.)

noun:

• reversal; return
• return gift; return favour (favor) ➜ お返し
• barb (on a fishing hook)
• mixture of soy sauce, sugar and mirin

noun / expression:

• visual novel; sound novel; interactive game resembling a mixed-media novel and featuring mostly static graphics - From English "novel game" ➜ サウンドノベル

noun / expression:

• sound novel; visual novel; interactive game resembling a mixed-media novel and featuring mostly static graphics

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• toddling; with small, quick steps - onomatopoeia
• restlessly; in continuous motion - onomatopoeia
• quickly and easily - onomatopoeia
• often; frequently; now and then; occasionally - onomatopoeia

noun:

• something broad and flat

~の noun:

• common; ordinary; plain; rank-and-file

noun:

• low-ranking employee; freshman; novice; private - abbreviation ➜ 平社員

noun:

• center for collecting charitable contributions (money, goods, and-or services) and distributing them to people in need - four character idiom

expression:

• "laugh and grow fat" [figurative]; good fortune and happiness will come to the home of those who smile [literal] - from Chi: 打開笑門福自來 - proverb

noun:

• shop where one can buy and sell gift certificates, coupons, travel and concert tickets, etc.

noun:

• six objective fields of the senses (shape and colour, sound, scent, flavour, physical feeling, and mental presentation) - Buddhism term

noun:

• Chinese-style fried chicken topped with chopped scallions and sweet vinegar and soy sauce - Food term - From Chinese "yóu lín jī"

noun:

• lotus position (meditation and yoga posture); padmasana; sitting with legs crossed and feet placed on opposing thighs - abbreviation ➜ 結跏趺坐【けっかふざ】

noun:

• expert; learned person
• doctor; PhD; Dr. - colloquialism ➜ 博士【はくし】
• instructor at the imperial court (ritsuryo period)
• pitch and length marks (to accompany a Buddhist liturgical chant, etc.) ➜ 墨譜

noun:

• jitte; short truncheon with a hook made of metal or wood (used by policemen and private thief-takers in Edo Japan)

noun:

• (young) man adhering to a masculine version of gyaru fashion (usually marked by hair dyed brown or blond, gaudy clothes and accessories) ➜ ギャル

noun:

• bright light
• hope; bright future
• light emanating from a buddha or bodhisattva, symbolizing their wisdom and compassion - Buddhism term

expression:

• missing important things here and there; full of gaps; as if the teeth of a comb were missing [literal]

expression:

• every last one; one and all; from A to Z
• as soon as; right after; no sooner (than) - verb+はしから - usually written using kana alone

noun:

• whelk (esp. Neptunea and Buccinum spp.) ［つぶ・ツブ］
• small spiral-shelled snail (esp. a pond snail) ➜ 螺【にし】

noun:

• rice bought and sold on a rice exchange
• rice used to produce unrefined sake
• rice paid as rent

noun:

• divination based on laying out various items before a toddler and predicting his future based the items chosen

expression / godan ~る verb (irregular):

• to be hard to deal with; to be sinister-looking; to be idiosyncratic

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to steal; to rob; to snatch; to pocket; to plunder
• to deceive; to trick; to cheat
• to graze (in passing); to skim; to brush against; to touch lightly
• to appear and quickly disappear (a thought, a smile, etc.); to flit (through one's mind, across one's face)
• to do (something) while no one is looking - often as 目をかすめて
• to hint at; to suggest; to insinuate - archaism