noun:

• keeping a domestic animal beyond its useful life
• keeping a person on the payroll without utilizing their skills

noun:

• deathbed adoption of a successor (to prevent extinction of the family line); person adopted by someone on his deathbed - four character idiom

noun:

• divorce of a couple who have been married for a long time (brought on by retirement of the husband) - colloquialism

noun:

• selecting an auspicious date by looking at the astrological information on the calendar; date selected in such a manner

noun:

• withdrawal of loan credit (e.g. by a bank); retraction of credit; insistence on repayment

noun:

• free markets and open guilds - abbreviation ➜ 楽市楽座
• way of sitting on the ground with the sole of both feet pressed together

noun:

• prize archery
• imperial archery event held annually on the 18th day of the first lunar month (Heian period)

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to blunder; to bungle; to fail - archaism
• to use up all one's money (esp. on the services of prostitutes) - archaism

noun / ~の noun:

• killing one's catch on the spot (e.g. a bird)
• killing a fish immediately to preserve its freshness

noun:

• thin washer on either side of the guard (tsuba) of a sword
• (up to) the hilt; wits' end ➜ 切羽詰まる

noun:

• doing something together; co-owning something and using it together - archaism
• being on par with one another - archaism

noun:

• oiled multi-layered paper sheet used to sit or sleep on (during the summer); oiled-paper cushion; wax-cloth

~する noun:

• to start work (on); to undertake
• to start committing a crime - also 著手 - Law term

noun:

• embarkation; launch

noun:

• riding double (on a bicycle, motorcycle, etc.) - slang
• sharing a seat; sharing a chair - slang

noun:

• cow spot pattern (as on the hide of a cow); cow-skin pattern

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to be lit (e.g. electricity comes on); to be lighted
• to catch fire ➜ 火がつく・付く【つく】

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to carry on shoulder; to shoulder (gun)
• to bear (burden, responsibility, etc.)

noun:

• signature; register

~する noun:

• to put one's name on; to sign

noun:

• stamped name; typed name Antonym: 著名

noun:

• Committee on Rules and Administration (Diet); House Steering Committee; Standing Committee for House Management ➜ 議運

noun:

• well curb; well kerb
• family crest design based on a square wooden well curb

expression / ichidan verb:

• to stand, walk, etc. shoulder-to-shoulder
• to be on a par with

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to turn on one's heel; to turn back; to return

noun:

• Committee on Rules and Administration (Diet); House Steering Committee; Standing Committee for House Management - abbreviation ➜ 議院運営委員会

noun:

• simple on-off switch; one-way switch (UK); two-way switch (US) ➜ ３路スイッチ【さんろスイッチ】・４路スイッチ【よんろスイッチ】

noun:

• simple on-off switch; one-way switch (UK); two-way switch (US) ➜ 片切スイッチ【かたぎりスイッチ】