noun:

• attending foreign language study at a school near the train station (esp. used as a NOVA catchphrase)

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

noun:

• alcohol which must be drunk as a punishment (e.g. for losing a contest or arriving late) ➜ 罰杯

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to hunt out; to flush out; to round up
• to impress; to recruit

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to raise; to lift; to hang up; to suspend
• to raise prices (artificially, deliberately)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to polish up (on); to refine; to hone; to round out
• to polish (by rubbing)

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to dust; to remove dust
• to slap; to hit (with the palm)
• to use up money

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 / ~する noun:

• ceasing to think; refusing to think critically; giving up thinking (for oneself)
• going blank; mental block; inability to think clearly

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to muster (e.g. one's courage); to call forth; to rouse up

godan ~う verb / intransitive verb:

• to be enlivened; to be invigorated

noun:

• making use of the surrounding landscape as a part of the design of a garden; natural scenery used as the background in the landscaping of a garden

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

noun:

• welling (up); gushing forth (of water); springing out; surging
• appearing (esp. suddenly)
• frothing of water (due to an advancing school of fish)

noun:

• fashion style heavy on make-up and elaborate hairstyles, used among Japanese rock bands, musicians, etc. ➜ Ｖ系【ブイけい】
• handsome man (esp. one who knows this)

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

ichidan verb / transitive / auxiliary verb:

• to continue; to keep up; to keep on

expression / ichidan verb:

• to live up to expectations; to meet expectations

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to raise; to rear; to bring up
• to train; to teach; to educate
• to promote the growth of; to nurture; to foster; to develop

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to become stuck up; to become conceited; to get cocky; to take advantage of someone's kindness or patience