noun:

• lint (as in a clothes dryer or a pocket); waste thread; fibers, such as might wrap around the gears in small mechanisms and cause them to jam; fluff ➜ 綿ぼこり

noun / ~する noun:

• first ride (in a new vehicle, in the new year, etc.)

noun:

• base-fare zone; starting fare; base fare

noun:

• generation; lifetime
• the age; the day

noun / suffix noun:

• the First - after the name of a king, etc.

noun:

• issei; first-generation Japanese (or Korean, etc.)

noun:

• clan; partisans; conspirators; gang; ring; crew

noun / ~する noun:

• participation (e.g. in a plot)

noun:

• one flavour; one charm
• one ingredient (in traditional Chinese medicine)
• universality (of the teachings of Buddha) - Buddhism term

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to give thought to; to bear in mind; to keep in mind

noun:

• grand kagura performance at Ise
• type of performance including the lion dance and juggling ➜ 雑芸
• Camellia japonica 'Daikagura' (cultivar of Japanese camellia) - usually written using kana alone ➜ 椿

noun:

• longfin batfish (Platax teira, species of Indo-West Pacific spadefish); Tiera batfish ［つばめうお・ツバメウオ］
• flying fish (esp. the Japanese flying fish, Cypselurus agoo) - obscure term ➜ 飛び魚

noun:

• reading classical Chinese aloud without trying to understand the meaning
• reading a kanji compound using the Japanese pronunciation of each of its characters

noun:

• once in a lifetime (opportunity); (a golden opportunity that may) happen only once in a thousand years - four character idiom

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to drown; to nearly drown; to sink below the surface (of water)
• to indulge in; to lose one's head over something; to wallow in

conjunction:

• for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; in favor of; in favour of; on behalf of
• because of; as a result of

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to stop; to turn off - esp. 止める, 停める
• to park - esp. 止める, 停める
• to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to hold back (tears); to hold (one's breath); to relieve (pain) - esp. 止める, 停める
• to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade; to forbid; to prohibit
• to notice; to be aware of; to concentrate on; to pay attention to; to remember; to bear in mind ➜ 目を留める・気に留める
• to fix (in place); to fasten; to tack; to pin; to nail; to button; to staple - esp. 留める
• to detain; to keep in custody - esp. 留める

noun:

• semi-Western, semi-Japanese wooden sailing boat, popular during the latter half of the Meiji period and the Taisho period

noun:

• top crease of a sleeve (of traditional Japanese clothing)
• sleeve cap (of Western clothing)

noun:

• Japanese odd-scaled snake (Achalinus spinalis); Peters' odd-scaled snake; grey burrowing snake

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to add kana to; to add Japanese reading to ➜ 振る【ふる】・振り仮名

noun / ~する noun:

• happy family circle; sitting in a family circle and enjoying conversation; harmony in a family - four character idiom

expression:

• a drop in the bucket; a drop in the ocean; (pouring) water on a hot stone [literal] - idiom

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to haul in (e.g. rope, net, etc.); to pull in; to attract (e.g. stares)

noun / ~する noun:

• being postponed; being shelved; being put on hold - idiom
• putting in storage; thing put in storage - lit. meaning

noun:

• method of patterning traditional Japanese clothing (the tops of all of patterns being pointed at the highest part of the shoulder)

expression:

• size isn't everything; something might be small but still pack a punch; Japanese pepper is small-grained but has a tongue-numbing tingle [literal] - proverb

noun:

• eaves (of roof)
• narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building - Architecture term
• visor (of a cap); brim; peak
• classic Japanese women's low pompadour hairstyle - abbreviation ➜ 庇髪

noun / ~する noun:

• being enthusiastic about; being wild about; being absorbed in; being engrossed in; being devoted to

noun:

• slicing a fish down its back
• slit in the back of a garment
• split in a piece of lumber (to prevent splitting when drying)