noun:

• school uniform for boys, often with stand-up collar, long jacket and loose trousers - colloquialism

noun:

• Japanese huchen (Hucho perryi) (salmonoid fish found in Hokkaido that grows up to 1.5 meters)

noun:

• fashion style heavy on make-up and elaborate hairstyles, used among Japanese rock bands, musicians, etc.

expression:

• a diamond on a dunghill is still a diamond; quality is quality; an old eagle is better than a young crow; even if it's rotten, it's still sea bream [literal] - proverb

noun:

• member (of a group led by a kumigashira); member (of a fire brigade)
• muntin; mullion; member; fret

noun / suffix noun / counter:

• serving (of food); helping

noun:

• chilled soba served on a dish (often on a wicker basket or in a shallow steaming basket) with dipping sauce - abbreviation ➜ 盛り蕎麦

noun:

• sake sold in a cup rather than a bottle; drinking sake from a regular-size cup rather than from a small sake cup

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to join a household (as a housewife or househusband); to become a housewife; to become a househusband

noun:

• journey; course; distance; march; flight; drive; leg (of a journey, relay race, etc.)
• itinerary
• stroke (of a piston); throw (of a switch)

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to redraw (a line)
• to catch (a cold) again
• to consult (a reference) again

noun:

• sleeve (esp. of a kimono); pocket of sleeve ➜ 袂を分かつ
• vicinity (esp. of a bridge)
• foot of a mountain; base of a mountain

noun:

• jar; pot; vase
• dice cup
• depression (i.e. the basin of a waterfall)
• target (when aiming an arrow) - archaism
• (figurative) bull's-eye - usually written using kana alone ➜ 思うつぼ
• key point (of a conversation, etc.) - usually written using kana alone
• acupuncture point; moxibustion point - usually written using kana alone
• nodes on a fingerboard (of a shamisen, etc.) - often ツボ - usually written using kana alone

noun:

• flock from a vine-seed weed, used for face powder, and believed to promote desire and happiness
• animal from popular folklore with a white fluffy down made from dandelions and a rabbit's tail resembling a fluffy hairball

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to be awarded (e.g. a prize); to be given an award; to receive (e.g. a title)
• to be gifted or endowed (e.g. with a talent)
• to be blessed (e.g. with a child)
• to be initiated (e.g. into a secret)

noun / suffix:

• (a) stop (e.g. in a timber joint, or at the end of a kanji stroke)
• remaining (e.g. poste-restante)
• forty-five degree angle ［留め］

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to have a nightmare
• to make a noise during a nightmare

expression / noun:

• thick fog (of suspicion); black veil of secrecy; covered-up crime, unethical act, etc.

noun / ~する noun:

• management; administration
• cutting up and serving food
• cut and fill (e.g. earthwork)

noun:

• qi; mysterious life force that makes up everything
• spirits; mind
• divine atmosphere; mysterious presence

expression:

• nurture over nature; how one is brought up matters more than one's origins - proverb

noun / ~する noun:

• intermingling of public policy with private interest; mixing up official business with personal affairs - four character idiom

noun:

• mouse-over explanation; pop-up explanation; what's this tip - IT term - From English "pop hint"

noun:

• (gay) cruising spot; (gay) pick-up joint (e.g. bar) ➜ ホモバー

noun:

• Kaiseijo (school of foreign studies set up by the shogunate during the Edo period)

noun:

• fitness training; development of physical strength; building stamina; keeping up one's fitness