ichidan verb / transitive:

• to explain away; to talk one's way out of; to excuse oneself; to evade

expression / ichidan verb:

• to add to one's circle of friends (or colleagues, etc.); to take in; to accept

noun:

• futomaki; thick roll of makizushi
• rolling something thickly; something rolled thickly (a cigar, etc.) ➜ 細巻き【ほそまき】

noun:

• Galilean moons (four largest moons of Jupiter); Galilean satellites - Astronomy term ➜ イオ・エウロパ・ガニメデ・カリスト

noun:

• welcome (beneficial) rain in a drought; realization of something eagerly looked for; a welcome relief - four character idiom

noun:

• welcome (beneficial) rain in a drought; realization of something eagerly looked for; a welcome relief

expression:

• super-low (description of a small truck with a low tray)

noun:

• shadow cast by Mount Fuji; image of Mount Fuji as reflected in a lake, etc.

noun:

• a member of one's "in group" (e.g. one's family, employees, etc.)

noun:

• affiliate program (of Internet advertising) - IT term

noun:

• Japanese marten (Martes melampus)
• marten (any arboreal weasel-like mammal of genus Martes)

noun:

• bush clover; Japanese clover (any flowering plant of genus Lespedeza) - obscure term ➜ 萩
• Japanese fiber banana (Musa basjoo) ➜ 芭蕉

noun:

• soft tennis (using soft rubber balls instead of hard yellow balls) ➜ 硬式テニス

noun:

• logical paragraph (as opposed to a formal paragraph); segment of text expressing a single meaning ➜ 形式段落

noun:

• strong impression conveyed by one's eyes; eyes that convey a strong sense of purpose

noun / ~の noun:

• very stormy weather (at sea)

noun:

• very poor catch of fish (due to stormy seas)

expression:

• What's New (esp. on webpages, programs, or newsletters); announcements of new arrivals or events

noun:

• self-sown seed; self-sown seedling
• illegitimate child (e.g. of one's servant)

noun / ~する noun:

• input of kana alone (i.e. without conversion into kanji); input in no-conversion-mode - IT term

noun:

• bulk modulus; volume elasticity; volume modulus; measure of a substance's resistance to uniform compression

noun / suffix noun:

• handling (e.g. knife, reins, etc.); ... work (e.g. footwork)
• disposal (esp. sale of goods)

noun:

• red dragon tile - abbreviation - Mahjong term ➜ 紅中
• winning hand with a pung (or kong) of red dragon tiles - Mahjong term

noun:

• big four winds; winning hand containing four kongs or pungs of winds - Mahjong term - From Chinese

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to be playful (of a child or animal); to play; to sport; to frolic

noun:

• minced pork rice; Taiwanese dish of pork stewed in soy, served on rice - Food term - From Chinese "lǔ ròu fàn"