ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to fall down; to drop; to fall (e.g. rain); to sink (e.g. sun or moon); to fall onto (e.g. light or one's gaze); to be used in a certain place (e.g. money)
• to be omitted; to be missing
• to decrease; to sink
• to fail (e.g. exam or class); to lose (contest, election, etc.)
• to crash; to degenerate; to degrade; to fall behind
• to become indecent (of a conversation)
• to be ruined; to go under
• to fade; to come out (e.g. a stain); to come off (e.g. makeup); to be removed (e.g. illness, possessing spirit, name on a list) ➜ 狐が落ちる【きつねがおちる】
• to fall (into someone's hands); to become someone's possession
• to fall (into a trap); to fall (for a trick)
• to give in; to give up; to confess; to flee
• to fall; to be defeated; to surrender
• to come to (in the end); to end in
• to fall (in love, asleep, etc.) ➜ 恋に落ちる【こいにおちる】・眠りに落ちる【ねむりにおちる】
• to swoon (judo)
• to consent; to understand ➜ 腑に落ちない【ふにおちない】
• to crash; to freeze - IT term
• to die - of animals
• to move to the depths - of fish when it gets cold

noun:

• former residence status in Japan for foreign students in Japanese language schools and vocational schools (abolished in 2010)

noun:

• makizushi comprising mackerel fillet marinated in salt and vinegar, wrapped in rice and covered in shredded kombu - Food term

noun:

• experienced person; person who has had a particular experience

noun:

• lacking balls; femininity - archaism - derogatory term
• guy who lacks balls; cowardly man - archaism - derogatory term

noun:

• revisionist (person who takes a revisionist view of history)

noun:

• son and heir; son who will succeed one

noun:

• person who plays shamisen during dancing practice
• shamisen accompaniment

expression / adverb:

• since some time or another; since who-knows-when

noun:

• demon of aggregates (who causes many kinds of suffering) - Buddhism term ➜ 四魔

noun:

• killer demon; demon who strives to destroy all goodness - Buddhism term

noun:

• wandering god; god who attracts wanderers and travellers - archaism

noun:

• god of pestilence; god who spreads infectious diseases ➜ 疫病神【やくびょうがみ】

noun:

• worker who only does one task; single skill worker Antonym: 多能工【たのうこう】

noun / ~する noun:

• slamming one's hand into the wall in front of somebody (e.g. to stop them from leaving; often viewed as romantic) - slang
• banging on the wall (e.g. to quieten one's neighbour) - colloquialism

expression:

• the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence; the neighbour's salted rice bran paste (smells sweeter) [literal] - proverb

noun:

• hammer
• hopeless swimmer; complete beginner at swimming; someone who sinks like a stone - usually written using kana alone

expression:

• one who experiences a chronic ailment takes better care of his health and lives longer - four character idiom

noun:

• sommelier (sommeliere); waiter or waitress who manages and is an expert on wine - From French

noun:

• uprooted person; free spirit; something or someone who has lost (cultural, geographical, family, etc.) roots - From French "deracine"

noun:

• female assistant who scrubbed customers at public baths and also offered sexual services (Edo period) - archaism ➜ 湯女

noun:

• maid at an inn who served clients and worked as a prostitute (Edo period) ➜ 飯盛り

noun:

• grilled miso mixed with chili peppers ➜ 焼き味噌
• person who acts tough but is actually timid ➜ よわみそ

noun:

• person who is employed but has nothing to do at their company ➜ ＮＥＥＴ

noun:

• Shiroganese; housewife, esp. from up-market Shirogane, who does nothing but shop, dine out, etc. - slang