noun:

• same person
• said person; the person in question
• coterie; clique; fraternity; kindred spirits; comrade; colleague
• dōjin; doujin; Japanese fans or hobbyists who produce their owns magazines, manga, software, etc. ［どうじん］

noun:

• merchant; trader
• expert (professional) in a given trade or profession; shrewd businessman; expert
• woman working in the nightlife business (bar or nightclub hostess, geisha, etc.); demimondaine ➜ 商売女・水商売

noun:

• very bad condition; awful state; terrible situation; in the shit - usu. as どつぼにはまる ➜ どつぼにはまる
• night-soil reservoir dug in a field ➜ 野壺【のつぼ】
• night-soil pot - orig. meaning
• earthenware vessel; earthen urn - obscure term

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to reveal something by washing the surface
• to bring to light; to reveal by investigation

adverb / ~と adverb:

• all together in a line; all together in a lump - archaism - onomatopoeia
• dressed sloppily; overdressed for the occasion

expression:

• red sky at night, shepherd's delight; red sky in the morning, shepherd's warning - proverb

noun:

• blue green damselfish (Chromis viridis, a damselfish from the Indo-Pacific); blue-green chromis

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to rub in; to smear on; to spread on; to daub
• to lay the blame on ➜ 擦り付ける【なすりつける】

noun / ~する noun:

• reading (a text) aloud without trying to understand it ➜ 素読【そどく】
• reading a second draft without checking it against the original

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to remove the astringent taste from persimmons
• to soak in water; to steep in water ［さわす］
• to matte (with black lacquer) ［さわす］

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to crack down on (e.g. crime, corruption); to deal a crushing blow to; to bring down the hammer on ➜ 鉄槌【てっつい】

noun:

• student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try ➜ 現役

noun:

• sardine and holly charm; sardine head and holly branch placed next to the front door during setsubun to ward off demons

noun:

• making great haste, having been caught off guard; scurrying unprepared
• rushing to an emergency with sword in hand, not having had time to affix it at the waist

adverb / pronoun:

• here and there; all around; everywhere; throughout; all over

~する noun:

• to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up ［あちこち・あちらこちら・あっちこっち・アチコチ］

noun:

• fleeing in all directions; (in Japanese history, a reference to) farmers who abandoned their fields and fled to the cities or other districts to evade onerous taxes

noun:

• natural or man-made feature or object on the earth's surface (trees, hill, river, road, building, etc.); object or structure important in a battle, esp. for concealment

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to deliver; to forward; to send
• to report; to notify; to file notice (to the authorities); to give notice; to register

expression / godan ~ぐ verb:

• to sew a fox's skin to the lion's; to graft a bamboo shoot on a tree [literal] - idiom

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to blow a conch; to blow a trumpet shell; to blow the war horn ➜ ほら貝【ほらがい】

noun:

• leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle

noun:

• stream; current; flow
• course of events

noun / ~の noun:

• scene; setting (e.g. of novel)

noun:

• letter (of alphabet); character
• writing ［もんじ］

adverb:

• very; much; greatly; a lot of