expression / adjective:

• unable to read the situation; unable to pick up on the mood of a conversation ➜ 空気を読む

expression / adjective:

• there is no need to ...
• never happens; there is never a time when

expression:

• pay it forward; paying it forward; repaying a good deed by doing good for others

noun:

• policeman; cop - esp. お巡り ➜ お巡りさん
• walking in a circle (dog trick) - esp. お回り
• rounds (doctor, police beat, etc.) - archaism
• vegetables that accompany rice (secret language of court ladies) - archaism ➜ おかず・女房言葉

noun:

• rim of a volcano, esp. Mt. Fuji
• wrestling ring - Sumo term
• dire or risky situation with no room for error; sink-or-swim position

noun:

• sounding stone; qing; ancient Chinese chime shaped like a chevron (inverted 'v'), orig. of stone, today often metal, in Japan primarily used at Buddhist temples

noun:

• female student or graduate of Waseda University
• woman who allegedly pursues a career at the expense of love, feminine interests, etc. - derogatory term

noun:

• leniency policy; addition to Japan's antitrust law that allows lower fines for the first company involved in a cartel, etc. to admit their involvement - Law term ➜ 独占禁止法

noun:

• position (in finance: amount of a security either owned or owed by an investor or dealer); open interest; outstanding account; sales or purchase contract

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to finish writing; to complete
• to write down (e.g. a list); to write out

noun / ~する noun:

• going to war; departure for the front
• departure for military service (in response to a draft)

noun:

• Basic English; version of English with a maximum of 850 basic words

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to decline (in prosperity); to become deserted; to become desolate
• to taper off (of a sound)

noun:

• shellfish cooked in its own shell (esp. turban shell) - abbreviation ➜ 栄螺の壺焼き
• food cooked in a crockpot

noun:

• propensity to put oneself in as bad a light as possible; being prone to act bad - four character idiom

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to impose a gag order; to hush up; to order someone not to mention something

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to confuse someone; to befuddle someone; to create a smokescreen; to surround with smoke [literal] - idiom

godan ~く verb:

• to walk with; to make someone tag along
• to carry around (esp. a child); to carry about

noun:

• modern translation; translation into modern language (of a classical text, e.g. The Tale of Genji)

noun:

• traditional Japanese poem with six verses in a 5-7-7-5-7-7 moraic pattern

noun:

• elementary school (esp. the elementary school section of a school that also encompasses other grades); primary school

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to play a dirty trick; to use underhanded methods; to hit below the belt; to play false

noun:

• formal objection (to an administrative disposition); request for examination (of a patent); request for administrative review - Law term

noun:

• namesake program; namesake show; TV or radio program named after the main performer or a sponsor

noun:

• face outline; contours of a face - From English "face line"