expression:

• variant of "de arimasu" used by the prostitutes of the Yoshiwara red light district in the Edo period ➜ ありんす

noun:

• groove in a shamisen player's fingernail caused by the friction of the string of the instrument ➜ 糸道【いとみち】

ichidan verb:

• to become obsessed with; to be possessed (by spirits, etc.); to be obsessive compulsive (OCD)

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to shed many tears; to weep; to wring dry one's sleeve (which has been soaked by tears) [literal]

noun:

• book cover; outer wrapper for a book (put on by a bookseller before being handed to a customer) ➜ ブックカバー

noun:

• faulty statement; misleading statement; misunderstanding caused by a misleading statement

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to extract essence by boiling; to extract flavor; to decoct

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to abide (by the rules); to keep to the regulations Antonym: 規則を破る

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be helpful; to be dependable; to stand by (someone) ➜ 力【ちから】

noun:

• long female underwear (from bloomers)
• shorts with elasticized cuffs (were used by women as sportswear) (elasticised); gym shorts - not ブルマーズ ➜ 体操服

noun:

• bracing oneself up to action, being inspired by something; getting down to work, putting heart and soul into it; tackling (a job) with gusto - four character idiom

noun:

• collective goods (i.e. goods or services such as parks, highways, etc. which could be supplied privately, but are usually provided by the government) ➜ 公共財

noun:

• primitive shrine (originally a swath of sacred land surrounded by evergreens; later a decorated sakaki branch on an eight-legged table) - archaism

noun:

• Hexanchidae; family with four species and three genera of cow sharks characterized by either one or two additional pairs of gill slits

noun:

• new single (by a recording artist)
• person of marriageable age who remains single (e.g. to focus on their career) - From English

noun:

• axe murder incident (Aug. 18, 1976); poplar tree incident; killing of two American army officers by North Korean soldiers in the DMZ

noun:

• scaffold; scaffolding
• foothold; footing
• foothold (e.g. in business); foundation; base
• convenience for transportation; convenience of access (by road or rail) ➜ 交通の便【こうつうのべん】

noun / ~する noun / intransitive verb:

• looking up to a person as one's own master or model; being influenced by a person through his works; idolizing

noun:

• famous sword; sword blade by Masamune
• sake; Japanese rice wine; brand of sake from Nada region during Tenpō era (1830-1844) - colloquialism

noun:

• itai-itai disease; mass cadmium poisoning in Toyama Prefecture starting in the 1910's caused by industrial waste ➜ 痛い

noun:

• artifact spirit; in folk belief, long-lived objects (household objects, living beings, nature, etc.) become inhabited by a spirit

expression:

• harsh words make the going rough; consider your words; people may be offended (or not) by the way you speak - proverb

godan ~ぶ verb / intransitive verb:

• to fly (with great force); to blast (e.g. into the sky)
• to lack common sense
• to be extremely surprised (by) - colloquialism

noun:

• type of newspaper from the Meiji era (characterized by its use of political commentary written in literary language) ➜ 小新聞
• major newspaper

noun:

• hanafuda; Japanese playing cards (12 suits of 4 cards, each suit representing a month indicated by a flower) ➜ 花札