noun:

• someone who curls up under a kotatsu all winter; kotatsu bug; kotatsu snail - pun on かたつむり - colloquialism ➜ こたつ・こたつむり

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to fall down (e.g. off a chair); to slip down (e.g. one's eyeglasses); to slide down
• to make a fool of oneself
• to whoop it up; to be on the spree; to cut loose; to mess around

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to become angry or sullen; to take offense; to be miffed
• to come unstuck from; to peel off; to come off; to be taken off

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours); to advance; to hasten (e.g. one's death); to expedite; to precipitate - usu. 早める
• to quicken (e.g. one's step); to speed up; to accelerate - usu. 速める

expression / ichidan verb:

• to sprinkle water on (something); to spray water on; to splash water on; to squirt water on
• to hinder; to hamper; to stifle; to throw cold water on ➜ 水をさす

noun:

• recipient; receiver; acceptor; taker
• skilled practitioner (of judo, sumo, etc.) - Martial Arts, Sumo term
• person who picks up the cards (in karuta games) ➜ 読み手

noun:

• Yatagarasu (mythical raven who aided Emperor Jimmu on his eastern expedition) - obscure term ➜ 八咫烏
• three-legged crow inhabiting the sun in Chinese mythology ➜ 八咫烏

ichidan verb:

• to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from
• to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert; to elude; to be exempted from

~する verb (spec.) / transitive:

• to hold back (e.g. emotions); to rein in (e.g. a horse, unruly people); to bridle
• to get the better of
• to control; to command

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to spread (e.g. a rumour); to talk about (widely); to make fun of
• to sing the praises of; to praise to the skies

noun:

• new adult (in Japan, 20-year-old who has their coming-of-age ceremony within that year)

noun:

• tub-thumping preacher; preacher (priest) who is good at delivering a sermon; pulpiteer (usually with contemptuous implication) - four character idiom

noun:

• Levite; member of the Hebrew tribe of Levi (who served a religious function)

noun:

• Edo-era street merchant who carried wares hanging from a pole, hawking them in the street - obscure term

noun:

• over-demanding parent; parent who makes selfish and unreasonable demands on behalf of their child - abbreviation - From English "monster parent" ➜ モンスターペアレント

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to dive
• to burst in; to barge in

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to look up at; to raise one's eyes
• to look up to; to admire; to respect

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to talk back; to answer back; to retort
• to say over; to repeat words; to say repeatedly

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to decide to
• to pretend that - after the past tense form of a verb
• to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to - as 〜ことにしている

~する verb (spec.) / intransitive verb:

• to disappear

~する verb (spec.) / transitive:

• to cause to disappear; to get rid of
• (of time) to pass; to while away

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to return; to come home; to go home; to go back ➜ 返る
• to leave - of a guest, customer, etc.
• to get home; to get to home plate - Baseball term

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to hate the very sight of; to hold a grudge against; to treat like an enemy; to bear constant enmity; to be gunning for; to have it in for

~する noun:

• to realize; to materialize; to accomplish
• to realize; to understand; to recognize

ichidan verb:

• to be reluctant to do; to hesitate to do; to refuse to do; to be unable to do ➜ 仕兼ねない

ichidan verb:

• to begin to write; to begin writing - esp. 書き始める
• to begin to draw; to begin drawing; to begin painting - esp. 描き始める