noun:

• inferior goods; low-quality article
• trifling gift ［粗品］ - humble language
• gift given out by companies to customers as a token of gratitude; marketing incentive ［粗品］

noun:

• bush clover; Japanese clover (any flowering plant of genus Lespedeza)
• dark red exterior with blue interior (color combination worn in autumn) ➜ 襲の色目

noun:

• symbol used in place of a censored word (e.g. blank, circle, X, asterisk)
• turn (in set-type proofing); upside-down character - later printed as 〓

noun:

• thin-culmed dwarf bamboo (growing in clusters) ➜ 篠竹【しのだけ】
• Japanese transverse bamboo flute (high-pitched; usu. with seven holes) ［しの］ - abbreviation ➜ 篠笛
• sliver (strand of loose fibers) ［しの］

noun:

• macrobiotics; prevention and cure of disease through diet (as expounded by Sagen Ishizuka (1850-1909))
• taking nourishing food; eating a balanced diet - abbreviation ➜ 食養生【しょくようじょう】
• dietetics ➜ 食事療法学

noun:

• dish of potatoes first boiled, then spun around while fried in a bowl (making them look as if covered in powder) - Food term

godan ~う verb / intransitive verb:

• to go mad
• to get out of order; to go amiss

noun:

• new word; neologism; word of recent origin; recent word; modern term

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to poke fun at; to make fun of; to send up

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to get information; to find out; to get wind of

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be in pain (referring to others); to complain of pain ➜ 痛い・がる

yodan ~ふ verb (archaic):

• to say; to be pleased to say (hint of sarcasm) - polite language

noun:

• homothetic ratio; similitude ratio; ratio of magnification; dilation factor; scale factor - Mathematics term

noun:

• giant clam (any clam of subfamily Tridacnidae) - abbreviation ➜ しゃこ貝
• giant clam shell ➜ 七宝

noun:

• rough draft of a book; draft-manuscript book; dummy comic book

expression:

• God's gift; God's blessing; grace of God; godsend

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to have guts; to be plucky; to have nerves of steel ➜ 肝【きも】・度胸が据わる【どきょうがすわる】・腹が据わる【はらがすわる】

noun / ~する noun:

• finding oneself; self-discovery; journey of self-discovery; search for self

godan ~う verb:

• to be able (to do); to be capable (of doing) ➜ 能わず【あたわず】・能う限り

expression / godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to take pride in; to pride oneself; to be proud of

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to snuggle up to; to nuzzle; to burrow into; to press a part of one's body against something

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• absence; being away from home

noun / ~する noun:

• house-sitting; house-sitter

noun:

• being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting - usu. as お留守になる

noun:

• pair; couple; set
• antithesis ➜ 対句

counter:

• counter for items that come in pairs
• counter for sets (of clothes, small furniture, utensils, etc.)

noun / ~する noun:

• lapse of memory; forgetting for a moment something one knows well; (something) slipping one's mind

adjectival noun / noun:

• lively; vigorous; energetic; healthy; avid (e.g. desire); rich (e.g. imagination)

suffix noun / adjectival noun:

• full of (energy, appetite, curiosity, etc.); brimming with