expression / noun:

• closure (of a road); suspension of traffic

expression:

• Road closed (on a sign); Closed to traffic; No through road

expression / ichidan verb:

• to peak (at a given time or given group); to approach the peak; to come to a peak

noun:

• smith's assistant; assistant who hammers in response to a master smith's signal
• large hammer (used by a smith's assistant)

noun:

• a show; blood-stained mucus discharge that happens during pregnancy up to two weeks before delivery ➜ 破水
• signature mark (crest) used by members of the Imperial family to mark their belongings
• a sign (with honorific 'o') ➜ しるし

expression:

• people may bring about their demise for love (like a deer coming forth when it hears a hunter's whistle in mating season); it is easy to have one's weak points taken advantage of - obscure term

godan ~う verb / intransitive verb:

• to run along; to run beside; to stick to (a line)
• to follow (a policy, plan, etc.); to act in accordance with; to align with ➜ 添う

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to entangle; to entwine
• to pick a quarrel; to find fault
• to be involved with; to be influenced by; to develop a connection with

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to grapple with; to wrestle with; to engage in a bout; to be matched against
• to tackle (e.g. a problem); to come to grips with; to work hard on

noun:

• statute of limitations; lapse of rights after a period of time; prescription (including acquisitive and extinctive prescription)
• becoming invalid or void after a set time
• ageing; aging - Chemistry term ➜ 時効硬化

noun:

• exception; exclusion

~する noun:

• to omit; to disallow (e.g. in a sport after a rule is broken); to reject (e.g. faulty product); to eject; to expel; to throw out

noun:

• small tatami room
• extension of the main room of a home (in traditional palatial-style architecture) ➜ 放ち出
• room smaller than four and a half tatami (in tea ceremony)

expression:

• always listen to your parents; always value your parents' advice; not even one in a thousand of a parents' opinion or an eggplant flower are in vain [literal] - proverb

noun:

• face
• mask; face guard
• (in kendo) striking the head - Martial Arts term
• surface (esp. a geometrical surface)
• page

noun / suffix:

• aspect; facet; side
• chamfer

counter:

• counter for broad, flat objects, levels or stages, e.g. in a video game

noun:

• fire ship
• steamship (esp. a paddle steamer); steamboat ［かせん］
• ship with a fire to attract fish while net fishing at night (prior to the invention of electric fish-luring lights) ［ひぶね］

noun:

• mamba (snake of the genus Dendroaspis)
• yamanba; manba; girl or young woman adhering to a fashion trend often characterized by extremely gaudy and colourful facial make up, heavily tanned skin and hair dyed in a bright hue - abbreviation ➜ ヤマンバ

noun:

• holding a job; being employed ［ゆうしょく］ Antonym: 無職
• being learned; being knowledgeable - archaism
• having great artistic talent; being a skilled performer - archaism
• being well-versed in usages or practices of the court or military households - archaism

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to look at again
• to re-examine (policy, estimate, plan, etc.); to review
• to get a better opinion of; to see in a more positive light

godan ~す verb / intransitive verb:

• to improve; to recover (market, illness, etc.)

noun:

• bottle of whiskey (whisky) that a bar customer buys, writes his name on, keeps on a shelf at the bar, and drinks little by little on successive visits - From English "keep bottle"

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to get into a panic; to be flustered; to panic; to get in a flap

noun:

• length of a sleeve (of Western clothing)
• height of a sleeve (of traditional Japanese clothing)

expression / adverb:

• for a short while; for a while; for some time; for the time being

noun:

• advertising the excellence of one's wares; boasting; self-advertisement
• statement of the virtues of a medicine; description of the virtues of a drug ➜ 効能書き【こうのうがき】

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to have a taste for; to be fond of; to have an interest in (e.g. a hobby)
• to be modest; to be prudent

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to rebound; to recoil; to spring back up; to bounce back
• to splash
• to have a repercussion; to have a reciprocal effect

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to use (as a tool) for one's own advantage; to use as a pretext; to use as an excuse