noun / ~する noun:

• draining a pond, lake, or ditch (esp. to remove fish, purify water, etc.)
• cleaning a well

noun:

• ladies' bicycle (of a kind often used by housewives, usu. with a basket in front); granny bike ➜ チャリ

expression / noun:

• a fish on the chopping board; person in a situation where they are rendered powerless - idiom

expression:

• to only look the part (but otherwise be wholly unsuited for it); a monkey wearing a crown - idiom

noun:

• skewering one's food with a chopstick in order to pick it up (a breach of etiquette)

noun:

• touching a food with one's chopsticks, then removing them without taking it (a breach of etiquette)

noun:

• ringing one's chopsticks against a dish (in order to request seconds, etc.) (a breach of etiquette)

noun:

• aligning one's chopsticks by tapping them on the table, a dish, etc. (a breach of etiquette)

noun:

• sexual intercourse permitted (by a woman) due to a sense of obligation (rather than desire) - slang

expression:

• temptation one can't resist; setting a wolf to mind the sheep; trusting a cat with milk - idiom

expression:

• don't believe everything you hear; what is a paradise on hearsay maybe a hell at sight [literal] - proverb

noun / ~する noun:

• bashing; fierce criticism

noun:

• busing (catering); bussing; removing dirty plates, cutlery, etc. from a table in a restaurant

noun:

• simple and light soup taken between courses in a kaiseki meal, or during a formal tea ceremony - Food term ➜ 懐石

noun:

• second blooming (in a season); reflowering; reflorescence ➜ 返り咲き【かえりざき】
• return to working by a prostitute, kabuki actor, etc. - archaism

temporal noun:

• that much; as much; to that extent; only that; that alone; no more than that; that is all (when finished speaking)

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to have an audience; to meet; to see - humble language
• to face (an enemy); to confront
• to serve (esp. as one's wife)

noun:

• Dynastic period (the Nara period and esp. the Heian period, characterized by the rule of the emperor as opposed to shogunate) ➜ 武家時代

noun / suffix noun:

• hole - also read めど for this sense ➜ 穴が開く
• deficit; shortage; missing person (in a team, meeting, etc.)
• vacancy; opening
• flaw
• profitable place (or item, etc.) not well known by others
• upset victory (with a large payoff)
• pit (of a theater) - slang ➜ 平土間
• hiding place - archaism
• underbelly (of society, etc.) - archaism

noun:

• backslapping; a smile and a tap on the shoulder [literal]
• backslapper; someone who smiles and gives you a slap on the shoulder; someone who wins people over

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to master (e.g. a skill); to become accustomed to (e.g. a lifestyle); to acquire (e.g. a habit)
• to retain ➜ 悪銭身に付かず

godan ~く verb:

• to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect - colloquialism ➜ 放っておく

expression:

• if you do a favor for somebody, you will get a return favor; if a fish is friendly toward water, water will be kind to the fish too [literal]; mutual back-scratching - proverb

auxiliary verb / ichidan verb:

• indicates passive voice (incl. the "suffering passive") - れる for 五段 verbs, られる for 一段 verbs. After the -nai stem of a verb ➜ 迷惑の受身【めいわくのうけみ】
• indicates the potential form - no imperative form
• indicates spontaneous occurrence - no imperative form
• used as an honorific for others' actions - no imperative form - honorific language

noun:

• millionaire ［ちょうじゃ］
• one's superior; one's elder; one's senior
• virtuous and gentle person - archaism
• female owner of a whorehouse in a post town ［ちょうじゃ］ - archaism
• chief of a post town ［ちょうじゃ］ - archaism ➜ 宿駅

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame)
• to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to elaborate; to work out
• to train; to drill; to exercise
• to gloss (silk); to soften; to degum ［練る］
• to tan (leather)
• to temper (steel) - also written as 錬る

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to walk in procession; to parade; to march - also written as 邌る