noun / ~する noun:

• planting a field with the same crop each year; repeated cultivation
• collaborative literary work; story made up by several writers working on it in turn
• series (of novels); cycle (of poems, songs); sequence

noun / ~する noun:

• swallowing whole; swallowing without chewing
• taking something in without fully understanding it
• accepting without reservation; accepting something as-is

expression:

• expression used to depict a woman who is attractive primarily when it's dark out, she's far away, or her face is partially hidden by a bamboo hat

noun:

• fishing stand; small portable stand that can be assembled quickly
• stand used to transport people or things (Edo period)

noun:

• student council (details vary widely but a body of students that takes part in overseeing student behaviour or student activities)

noun:

• kotatsu; table over an electric heater (orig. a charcoal brazier in a floor well) with a hanging quilt that retains heat - polite language - female language ➜ 炬燵【こたつ】

particle:

• particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.) - at sentence-end ➜ もがな
• emphatic particle - at sentence-end - colloquialism
• particle adding uncertainty - often associated with an interrogative

expression:

• it often takes time to bear the fruit of one's actions; planted peach and chestnut seeds take three years (to bear fruit), persimmons take eight [literal] - proverb

noun:

• aizuchi; back-channeling; interjections indicating that one is paying attention
• two smiths hammering at an object in turn ➜ 向こう鎚

expression:

• something that cannot be done no matter how hard one tries (and is slightly frustrating because of this); eye drops from the second floor [literal] - idiom

expression / godan ~る verb (irregular):

• to be deserved; to be worth it; to have merit; to have value

expression / adverb:

• perhaps; possibly; maybe; by any chance; if I'm not mistaken
• if; in case; in the event that

suffix noun:

• intimate (or disdainful) suffix used after a person's name (or the base of an adjective describing that person)

noun:

• Ganges shark (Glyphis gangeticus, rare species of fresh water requiem shark that dwells in the rivers of India)

noun:

• arrow with feathers that curve to the left (the first of two arrows to be fired) ➜ 乙矢

expression:

• what is called; as it is called; the so-called; known as; so to speak

godan ~く verb:

• to pass; to pass on; to give (something) a miss
• to cut it out; to knock off (for the day); to let the matter drop

noun:

• bath heated directly from beneath, with a floating wooden lid on which the bather sits causing it to sink (named after the robber Goemon Ishikawa, who was boiled to death in one)

noun:

• metallic foil cut into strips or other shapes to form decorative motifs ➜ 切り金
• cutting a thin sheet of metal into shapes and affixing it with lacquer forming natural features (e.g. clouds) ➜ 切り金

noun / suffix noun:

• number; edition; make; model; issue; part of that group
• sobriquet; pen-name

suffix:

• suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.

noun:

• exercise regime to convert breech presentation; trying to correct an unborn child's improper position so that the head comes out first

noun:

• broken windows theory; criminological theory stating that serious crime can be prevented by maintaining the good physical condition of an urban environment

noun:

• meat of a fish (e.g. tuna) that is dark red with blood, usu. coming from the parts close to the spine ➜ 血合い

noun / ~の noun:

• fine crystal; clear glass

expression:

• mirror found in hell in Enma's chamber that allows people to see their good and bad deeds - abbreviation ➜ 浄玻璃の鏡

proper noun:

• faithful dog Hachiko; Akita dog that waited every day at Shibuya station for the return of his owner (1923-1935)