noun / ~する noun:

• changing one's (public) persona; changing one's (public) image - colloquialism

expression / ichidan verb:

• to get one's lazy butt in gear; to get off one's backside; to bestir oneself - idiom

noun:

• the Big Dipper seen on a winter night ➜ 北斗

adverb:

• chomping; gulping; with a big bite - onomatopoeia

noun:

• wait to turn either of two pairs into a three-of-a-kind to finish one's hand - Mahjong term - From Chinese ➜ シャンポン待ち【シャンポンまち】

noun:

• Rip van Winkle effect (for a woman); feeling that everything has changed once one comes back to Japan (for a woman)

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to jostle; to shove and push; to struggle with one another

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to turn misfortune into fortune (esp. through one's own efforts); to turn the potential disaster to one's advantage - idiom

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to turn misfortune into fortune (esp. through one's own efforts); to turn the potential disaster to one's advantage - idiom ➜ 災い転じて福となす【わざわいてんじてふくとなす】

noun:

• wearing a kasaya; wearing an article of clothing in the same manner as a kasaya (i.e. draped over one shoulder) ➜ 袈裟
• slashing a sword diagonally from the shoulder ➜ 袈裟切り

noun:

• dropping; losing - abbreviation
• missing item; something one forgot to write down
• trap
• wooden protrusion from a Japanese door frame that fits a hole in the threshold, acting as a lock when closed
• conclusion (of a speech, etc.)
• metallic bowl used to hold the charcoal in a wooden hibachi ➜ 落とし掛け

expression:

• though sitting on a pile of riches, one comes back empty handed; to have a good opportunity only to let it slip from your grasp - proverb

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to drop; to lose; to let fall; to shed (light); to cast (one's gaze); to pour in (liquid); to leave behind
• to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose; to spend money at a certain place; to omit; to leave out; to secretly let escape
• to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to fail (a course); to defeat (in an election)
• to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice); to lessen (e.g. production or body weight); to worsen (quality); to reduce (e.g. rank or popularity); to speak badly of; to make light of; to fall into straitened circumstances
• to fall into (e.g. a dilemma or sin); to make one's own; to have one's bid accepted; to force surrender; to take (e.g. an enemy camp or castle); to forcefully convince; to press for a confession; to deal with
• to download; to copy from a computer to another medium - IT term
• to make someone swoon (judo) - Martial Arts term
• to finish a story (e.g. with the punch line)
• to finish (a period, e.g. of fasting)

noun / ~の noun:

• full of wiles and tricks; match between persons equal in shrewdness mobilizing all the tricks each can muster; shrewdly avoiding the opponent's strong points and attacking its weaknesses - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• hug; carrying in one's arms (a baby, pet, doll, etc.) - children's language

noun:

• rail car (esp. a small one used in mines, etc.); trolley - From English "truck"

noun:

• seasoning; flavour; flavor - originally, esp. salt and plum vinegar - archaism
• serving one's lord well (of a retainer) - archaism

noun / ~する noun:

• giving someone a ride on one's shoulders

noun:

• shoulder wheel (judo) - Martial Arts term

noun:

• nephew (like a son); another child considered as one's own

noun / ~する noun:

• bossing someone around; having a person under one's control ➜ あごで使う

expression / adjective:

• having a headache
• racking one's brains; troubling over something ➜ 頭の痛い

noun / ~する noun:

• making a rough estimate in one's head
• expectation; anticipation

noun:

• wearing a yukata; (in) one's informal summer kimono

noun:

• seeking to improve one's health with a change of climate

noun:

• clapping one's hands in prayer (at a shrine) ➜ 拍手【はくしゅ】