expression:

• good fortune and happiness will come to the home of those who smile - from Chinese 打開笑門福自來 - four character idiom ➜ 笑う門には福来る

noun:

• Islamic State (of Iraq and the Levant); IS; ISIL

noun:

• biopower; Foucault's term for the regulation by modern states of their subjects

noun:

• 1992 Property Disclosure Act; law requiring members of parliament to disclose their assets

noun:

• ceremonial tasting of wedding cake by bride and groom - From English "first bite"

~の noun:

• sultry; muggy; steamy; sticky; hot and humid ➜ むしあつい

noun:

• 6th month of the lunar calendar

noun:

• Distylium racemosum (evergreen tree of the winter-hazel genus)

noun / ~する noun:

• preservation of machinery or vehicles for display purposes (i.e. no longer operational) ➜ 動態保存

noun:

• pharmacognosy; the study of medicinal drugs derived from plants or other natural sources

noun:

• eSports; electronic sports; form of competition using video games ➜ Ｅスポーツ【イースポーツ】

noun:

• demon drums; type of drumming performance done to ward off ogres ➜ 鬼

expression:

• apologies for writing to you without either of us following the other - abbr. of ＦＦ外から失礼します; used on twitter - slang

expression:

• apologies for writing to you without either of us following the other - abbr. of ＦＦ外から失礼します; used on twitter - slang

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to scatter; to disseminate (e.g. a rumor); to spread (e.g. germs); to broadcast
• to distribute widely (e.g. leaflets); to hand out freely; to spend recklessly

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to hit somebody where they least expect it; to take revenge on someone in an unlikely place; to get revenge on someone in a different contest - idiom

noun:

• not exceeding; and downward; ... and below
• below (e.g. standard); under (e.g. a level)
• the below-mentioned; the following; the rest

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to come apart at the seams; to be ripped; to be torn ➜ 綻ぶ【ほころぶ】
• to begin to open; to begin to bloom ➜ 綻ぶ【ほころぶ】
• to smile broadly; to break into a smile ➜ 綻ぶ【ほころぶ】

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to turn up (hem, sleeves, etc.); to fold back (e.g. page)
• to turn back; to double back; to return
• to loopback (a signal, message, etc.) - IT term

noun:

• being frustrated because something is not quite as hoped (just as one cannot scratch an itch from outside a shoe); having an itch that one cannot scratch - four character idiom

noun:

• the morning after a couple have slept together; parting ways the morning after having slept together - archaism
• the next morning ［こうちょう・ごちょう］ - archaism

godan ~く verb:

• to ascend (the throne); to accede ➜ 付く【つく】
• to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to be hired; to be employed ［就く］
• to start (on a journey); to commence; to depart ［就く］
• to study (under teacher); to be an apprentice ［就く］

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to push away; to thrust aside
• to detach oneself from; to keep away from; to forsake; to abandon; to desert
• to act coldly; to do without emotion
• to extend a wide lead over (an opponent)

noun:

• drawing hot water; person who draws hot water
• employee who pours clean hot water used for rinsing in a bathhouse
• ladle (esp. used in bath houses)

~と adverb / ~する noun:

• bursting with youth and energy (esp. young woman); vivaciously young; spunky; energetic - onomatopoeia

~と adverb:

• (fish) jumping around energetically (e.g. when caught in a net) - onomatopoeia

~の noun:

• bursting (e.g. seams); tight - onomatopoeia

~と adverb:

• splattering (e.g. cooking oil) - onomatopoeia

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to traverse
• to lay across; to build across
• to hand over; to hand in; to pass; to give; to transfer