expression:

• soft and fair goes far; willows are weak, yet they bind other wood - proverb

noun:

• dish of seasoned chicken with rice, pickles, etc. (from Kagoshima and Okinawa)

noun:

• Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora; CITES

expression / noun:

• going back and forth; changing scenery (theatre); fluctuation (e.g. in a market)

noun:

• mashed rice pressed on a cryptomeria skewer and toasted (used as dumplings in soups)

noun:

• supplementation, causing bowel movements, heating, and cooling (four main treatments of traditional Chinese medicine) - obscure term

adverb / ~と adverb:

• bubblingly; foamingly; sinking or rising while giving off bubbles - onomatopoeia ➜ ぶくぶく
• cute and chubby; pudgy; puffed up - onomatopoeia

noun:

• head and shoulders (stock price, etc. chart pattern)

noun:

• miso mixed with sugar and sake, thickened by stirring over low heat

noun:

• tachibana peel (oft. minced and used as a spice) ➜ 橘
• yellow-dyed leather ［黄皮］

noun:

• bitter melon stir-fried with pork, tofu and other vegetables - Ryūkyū dialect ➜ ゴーヤ・チャンプルー

noun:

• hot rice served with tenkasu and tempura dipping sauce on top - Food term ➜ 天かす

noun:

• gap year; yearlong break taken between high school and university

noun:

• cassata; Italian layered sponge cake - Food term - From Italian
• ice-cream with nuts and preserved fruit

noun:

• win by discarding nothing but terminal and honor tiles in an otherwise drawn round - Mahjong term

noun:

• reference materials; specimen for reference; reference item; specimen

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to come down - esp. 下りる
• to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to disembark; to dismount - esp. 降りる
• to step down; to retire; to give up; to quit
• to be granted; to be issued; to be given - esp. 下りる
• to form (of frost, dew, mist, etc.) - esp. 降りる
• to be passed (from the body; e.g. of a roundworm) - esp. 下りる ➜ 下り物

noun:

• skilled control of a spear; stabbing (someone) with a spear - orig. meaning
• victim; scapegoat; someone singled out (for punishment, etc.) ➜ 槍玉に挙げる

expression:

• don't be a sore loser; don't make excuses for your failures; a defeated general should not talk of strategy [literal] - proverb

noun:

• iron (for pressing clothes)
• hair iron; hair tong; curling tong

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to be thirsty; to feel thirsty ➜ 喉が乾く
• to thirst for; to crave - often as 〜に渇いた

noun:

• test for a position in a company; company entrance test

noun:

• drying rice on a rack; rack for drying rice

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to yield; to give way to; to make way for

noun:

• curry
• rice and curry - abbreviation ➜ カレーライス