noun:

• guardian deity of pregnant women, newborn babies and one's birthplace

noun:

• giving up on winning a hand and discarding only safe tiles - Mahjong term

noun:

• giving up on winning a hand and discarding only safe tiles - Mahjong term ➜ 降り【おり】

noun:

• ban on maritime activities during China's Ming and Qing dynasties

noun:

• low-ranking samurai - abbreviation - derogatory term ➜ 三一侍
• rolling three and one (in a dice game) - orig. meaning ➜ ピン

noun / adverb:

• flushness (esp. of wheels and fenders on an automobile); tsuraichi

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to treat leather, sharkskin, etc. with glue and pound until hard

noun:

• eradication of malignant spirits (esp. used in fantasy and science fiction)

noun / ~する noun:

• sprinkling salt on a raw vegetable and rubbing it in - Food term ➜ 揉む【もむ】

noun:

• metal frame stairs or ladders found on military and commercial ships - From German "Leiter"

noun:

• journal club; gathering to read and discuss papers, articles, books, etc. ➜ 輪講

noun:

• Abitur; German school leavers' examination and university entrance qualification - From German

noun:

• combined umbrella and halberd carried on floats in some festivals

noun:

• computer game based on music and rhythm - abbreviation ➜ 音楽ゲーム

noun:

• dots and dashes; Morse code - colloquialism ➜ モールス符号・トン・ツー
• radio telegraphy - colloquialism ➜ 無線電信

noun:

• curry and rice (esp. on school menus) - From English "curry stew" ➜ カレーライス

noun:

• mixture of mayonnaise and canned tuna, used on bread, pasta, etc. - abbreviation ➜ ツナマヨネーズ

noun:

• absentee appointment to a distant administrative post (Nara and Heian periods) - archaism

noun / suffix noun:

• clothes (esp. Western clothes)

suffix / counter:

• counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc. ➜ 一服

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to approach; to draw near; to be imminent

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel

noun / ~する noun:

• public appeal (e.g. for contributions); public offering (of securities); public advertisement (of a post); open recruitment

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to embezzle; to misappropriate; to peculate
• to accustom oneself to using; to use for a long time

expression / ichidan verb:

• to lay hands on; to touch
• to care for; to look after
• to make off with; to steal

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to bathe in; to be flooded with (e.g. light); to be covered in
• to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon; to be showered with

noun / ~の noun:

• dry taste (e.g. sake, wine)
• a liking for sake; one who likes sake
• salty (taste)
• harsh; scathing