noun:

• hands-on learning; on-the-job training; experiential learning; learning by doing

noun:

• palace kitchen in which final preparations to the imperial family's meals (e.g. reheating) were made (Heian period)
• kitchen (in a noble's manor)

noun:

• fixed game; bid-rigging; put-up job; contest in which the victor is practically known beforehand (e.g. due to unfair conditions or an obvious difference in strength) - from 出来合いのレース - abbreviation

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to enclose; to surround; to encircle; to fence; to wall in
• to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to hide; to protect
• to keep (e.g. a mistress)
• to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.); to preserve
• to protect - archaism

noun:

• Potsdam Orders (commands made after the Japanese surrender based on the demands of the Potsdam Declaration) ➜ ポツダム宣言

expression:

• the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence; other people's flowers are redder [literal] - proverb

expression:

• a day in life is better than a thousand days in the afterlife; better one day in this world than a thousand in the next - proverb

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to flip; to snap; to flick
• to repel
• to use (an abacus); to calculate
• to strum; to pluck the strings (of a guitar, etc.)

~する verb (spec.) / transitive:

• to affix; to append; to attach
• to entrust; to refer; to handle (as such)
• to follow (the leader)
• to submit (a document, etc.)

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to affix; to append; to attach ➜ 付する
• to entrust; to refer; to handle (as such)
• to follow (the leader)
• to submit (a document, etc.)

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to step back; to move back; to retreat
• to withdraw (from the presence of a superior); to leave; to exit
• to resign; to retire; to quit
• to concede

noun:

• chopped kabayaki eel on rice; eel fillets cooked over charcoal with soy flavoured sauce, cut in small pieces and serve on rice - Food term

noun:

• display; array (of things); succession (of things) - From English "on parade"

noun:

• spreading baseless information to benefit one's own position in the stock market (etc.) - From English "position talk"
• statement that is beneficial to oneself

godan ~ぶ verb / intransitive verb:

• to fall down; to fall over
• to turn out; to play out ［ころぶ］ - oft. as どう転んでも
• to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize ［ころぶ］ - in early Japanese Christianity
• to roll; to tumble ➜ ころがる
• (for a geisha) to prostitute (herself) in secret - archaism

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to fuss over; to be particular about
• to be obsessive about; to be fixated on
• to obstruct; to hinder

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be highly-reputed and sell extremely well (of a printed literary work); to raise the price of paper in Luoyang [literal] - idiom - archaism

noun:

• unidentified craft said to have washed ashore in Ibaraki Prefecture during the Edo period (sometimes alleged to have been a UFO)

expression:

• the principle of fluidity and immutability in haiku; Haiku is both "fluid and transitory" and "eternal and immutable."; An interchange between the transient and the immutable is central to the soul of haiku. (Basho) - four character idiom

noun:

• cut paper; paper cut in half; paper scrap; the art of cutting paper (in contrast to origami)

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to hold a thing in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to embrace (e.g. a baby)
• to take upon oneself; to be saddled with

noun:

• shrine ritual held with the first two months of the year to forecast (or pray for) a successful harvest
• seasonal planting of rice on a field affiliated with a shrine

expression / ichidan verb:

• to synchronise the breathing with the opponent prior to the start of a match - Sumo term

expression / ichidan verb:

• to synchronise the breathing with the opponent prior to the start of a match - Sumo term

noun:

• barbarians to the east and to the west (from the perspective of old China) - four character idiom