noun:

• Edison effect (thermionic emission from a heated metal or semiconductor)

noun:

• paper lantern that can be hung outside of a house or store

noun:

• tweezers (esp. in a medical or laboratory setting); forceps ➜ ピンセット

noun:

• salt pickling of a turnip or daikon, incl. leaves and stalk

noun:

• isolated fall of a security or currency in an otherwise strong market

noun:

• client (of a builder, etc.); person having something built or constructed

noun:

• xiaochi; Chinese street food consumed as a light meal or snack - Food term

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to knock at the gate
• to request an apprenticeship; to ask to be made a pupil

expression:

• unable to find adequate words (e.g. to express feelings); being at a loss for words

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to sell out before the price falls (usu. shares); to sell at a profit

noun:

• ring boy; young boy who serves as ring bearer at a wedding

noun:

• amiability; friendliness; affability; sociability
• fondness (of someone); affection; liking ➜ 愛想を尽かす
• compliments; civilities; courtesies; flattery ➜ お愛想
• hospitality; special treatment; entertainment ➜ お愛想
• bill (at a restaurant); check ➜ お愛想

pre-noun adjectival:

• that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the ➜ 何の【どの】・此の・其れ・彼の

interjection:

• um...; er...; uh...

suffix / ichidan verb:

• to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do ➜ 兼ねない

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features
• to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
• to hesitate to do something (out of consideration for others)
• to think of the future (as well as the present)

noun:

• variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; for haori: at least 7.27 m in length; for other clothes: at least 6.06 m in length
• 300 tsubo (991.74 meters square, 0.24506 acres)
• six ken (10.91 m)

godan ~す verb:

• to knock down the price of
• to make a successful bid (for an article); to buy at auction

noun:

• one's pupil or student or follower

noun:

• belief or doubt; truth or error; authenticity

noun:

• gain or loss; victory or defeat

noun / ~する noun:

• anti-snow (device or facility or measure)

noun:

• fellow guest or lodger or passenger, etc.

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to steal or sneak or slip into

noun:

• girls' or women's division or section

expression / ichidan verb:

• to make a mess of it; to make a hash of it; to fail and lose face; to embarrass oneself
• to spread miso (e.g. on konnyaku) - orig. meaning

noun:

• approval or disapproval; admission or denial