noun:

• radio or television program broadcast in the same time slot on all or most days (programme)

ichidan verb:

• to stay on (e.g. at one's friends house); to remain in the same neighborhood

noun:

• zaru soba (soba served on a bamboo draining basket with dipping sauce)

noun:

• kanji used to represent syllables, based on their "kun" readings (prior to the advent of kana) ➜ 音仮名【おんがな】

noun:

• message butting in (to a conversation between two other people on a BBS, etc.) - slang

noun:

• school centred on preparing students to get into university ➜ 進学
• high-level school a person has entered

noun:

• summer purification rites (held at shrines on the last day of the 6th lunar month) ➜ 夏越しの祓

noun:

• Festival of Emperor Jimmu (formerly held annually on April 3rd, the supposed day of his death)

noun:

• family clan based on the paternal line, sharing the same tomb and performing rituals together (Okinawa)

interjection:

• beep; honk (car horn); buzz (buzzer); boo (wrong answer, like buzzer on quiz shows) - onomatopoeia

noun / ~する noun:

• document screening; paper screening; narrowing down a field of applicants based on resumes, written applications, etc.

noun:

• points paid and received at the end of a game of mahjong based on position (rank) - Mahjong term

expression:

• unable to take one's eyes off of something; having to keep a watchful eye on

noun / ~する noun:

• leaving a park, garden, zoo, etc.
• leaving kindergarten (e.g. end of day, on completion, expulsion)

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to load (with goods, cargo); to put on board; to stow aboard

godan ~う verb:

• to lie on top of each other; to overlap; to pile up

expression:

• the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence - proverb

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to stand on tiptoe; to rise in the world; to become arrogant

noun:

• "before the spirit of the deceased" (written on the condolence-money envelope)

noun:

• place to go; person to turn to or depend on; one's resort

godan ~つ verb / intransitive verb:

• to get goosebumps; to have one's hair stand on end; to shudder

godan ~る verb:

• to tattle; to tell on; to inform a superior of someone's actions - colloquialism

noun:

• track meet (non-competitive driving on a race course); track day; track event

~する verb (spec.) / transitive:

• to evaluate; to appraise; to comment on

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to evaluate; to appraise; to comment on ➜ 評する