noun:

• custom of keeping a pumpkin or squash during the winter and eating it on the day of the winter solstice

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• for something unexpected to happen (to someone or something one is close to) - idiom

expression:

• (deciding to do something) abruptly; at the turn of a dime - usu. as 足元から鳥が立つように - idiom

noun:

• joint party (e.g. by students from several colleges); combined party; mixer; two or more groups, esp. female and male students, combining for a party ➜ 合コン

noun / ~する noun:

• joint party (e.g. by students from several colleges); combined party; mixer; two or more groups, esp. female and male students, combining for a party - abbreviation ➜ 合同コンパ

noun:

• gas range; gas burner; gas ring; hot plate; gas cooker; gas cooktop; esp. table-top unit with two or more burners and a fish oven - From English "gas table" ➜ ガス台

noun:

• bad deed which ultimately results in the creation of a good Buddhist - Buddhism term
• older person conducting a funeral service for a younger relative, in particular, a parent for a child

noun:

• visiting a shrine on New Year's Eve and staying there until (or returning on) New Year's Day

adverb / pronoun:

• where; which; who
• anyway; anyhow; at any rate

adverb:

• sooner or later; eventually; one of these days; at some future date or time

pronoun:

• both; either; any; all; whichever

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to be anxious or concerned about; to ponder (anxiously); to fear ［案じる］ ➜ 案ずる
• to investigate; to consider; to plan ➜ 案ずる・一計を案じる
• to pat; to rub; to take a sword in one's hand ［按じる］

ichidan ~ずる verb (alt. form of じる verbs) / transitive:

• to be anxious or concerned about; to ponder (anxiously); to fear ［案ずる］ ➜ 案じる
• to investigate; to consider; to plan ➜ 案じる
• to pat; to rub; to take a sword in one's hand ［按ずる］

expression:

• in the middle of something; busy with something
• in commotion as a result of something untoward happening
• currently importing or capturing data

noun:

• diligence in studying (e.g. continuing to study even in such poor light as offered by a firefly or that reflected by snow); diligent study

expression:

• there is no God!; it's a cruel world; there is no god or Buddha [literal] - idiom

noun:

• fleeing in all directions; (in Japanese history, a reference to) farmers who abandoned their fields and fled to the cities or other districts to evade onerous taxes

noun:

• new rice field; newly developed rice field
• wasteland or marshland newly reclaimed as a rice field (Edo period)

ichidan verb:

• (for a fruit) to go bad and lose its shape from being overripe or damaged
• to feel listless; to be dull; to be lazy; to look bored

expression / noun:

• good thing; nice thing
• good excuse; good grounds; good opportunity - usu. as 〜をいいことに(して)

interjection:

• interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response - female language

noun / ~する noun:

• starting to work in a shop; joining a shop as an employee
• going inside a shop
• opening up a shop (in a building, etc.)

interjection:

• va-va-vroom (esp. fast cars or bikes, sexy women or men); va-voom; vrrrm - onomatopoeia ➜ ぶるん
• sound of animal shaking its fur to dry off after getting wet (esp. dogs) - onomatopoeia

noun:

• white
• striped mullet fry (Mugil cephalus) ➜ 鯔【ぼら】
• speech; one's lines ➜ せりふ
• white dragon tile - Mahjong term
• winning hand with a pung (or kong) of white dragon tiles - Mahjong term
• white person; Caucasian - abbreviation - archaism ➜ 白人

prefix noun / suffix noun / noun:

• Belgium - abbreviation - obscure term ➜ ベルギー

noun:

• less than sign or greater than sign (< or >); inequality sign - Mathematics term ➜ 等号

noun:

• proportional representation system in which votes are cast for a publicly available list of party members or for individual members of that list

expression / noun:

• good thing; nice thing ➜ いい事【いいこと】
• good excuse; good grounds; good opportunity - usu. as 〜を良いことに(して) ➜ いい事【いいこと】

interjection:

• interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response - female language ➜ いい事【いいこと】

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to hang (hold) back; to hold off; to refrain; to reduce or cut back on
• to jot down a note

noun / ~する noun:

• establishing a club (at a school, college, etc.); establishing a division (in a company)