noun:

• test plan; system test and evaluation plan - IT term

noun:

• origin; source; authority
• birthplace ［しゅっしょ］

noun / ~する noun:

• release (discharge) from prison ［しゅっしょ］

noun:

• exit; point of departure ［でどころ・でどこ］
• time to take action ［でどころ・でどこ］

expression:

• twilight; time for disasters (similar to 'the witching hour' but not midnight) ➜ 大禍時

noun:

• winter-time practice of eating meat of animals such as boar and deer to ward off cold

noun:

• spending all one's time in idle amusement away from home; being absorbed in self-indulgent pleasures - four character idiom

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to pull; to tug; to lead (e.g. a horse)
• to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest) ➜ 惹く【ひく】・注意を引く
• to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to pull in
• to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
• to draw (a line, plan, etc.) ➜ 図面を引く
• to catch (a cold) ➜ 風邪を引く
• to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument) ➜ 弾く【ひく】
• to look up (e.g. a dictionary); to consult ➜ 辞書を引く
• to haul; to pull (vehicles) - esp. 牽く
• to subtract; to deduct
• to recede; to ebb; to fade
• to be descend from; to inherit (a characteristic)
• to quote; to cite; to raise (as evidence)
• to lay on (electricity, gas, etc.); to install (e.g. a telephone); to supply (e.g. water)
• to hold (e.g. a note)
• to apply (e.g. lipstick); to oil (e.g. a pan); to wax (e.g. a floor)

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to move back; to draw back; to recede ➜ 退く【ひく】
• to lessen; to subside; to ebb ➜ 退く【ひく】
• to resign; to retire; to quit ➜ 退く【ひく】

noun:

• getting what one wants by complaining or grumbling; profiting by holding out or taking a hard line; getting more by raising a ruckus - colloquialism

noun:

• one group comprising the lowest rank of Japan's Edo-period caste system (people whose work usually involved handling human bodies or animal carcasses) - vulgar ➜ 被差別部落民

noun:

• many monsters, spirits, etc. forming a line and walking through the night - four character idiom
• veritable pandemonium; large number of people plotting and doing evil; creepy characters roaming about presenting a most scandalous sight

noun:

• Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; Chinese plum
• lowest (of a three-tier ranking system) ➜ 竹【たけ】・松【まつ】

noun:

• system for showing appreciation to the author of a web-site; virtual applause; web-applause [literal] - sometimes abbr. to 拍手

noun:

• banishment (to a somewhat distant province); middle-degree punishment of the three banishment punishments under the ritsuryo system

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to stay in bed; to sleep; to be laid up for a long time

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to keep one's wit about one; to be on one's guard; to be wary; to keep on one's toes - idiom ➜ 眉に唾をつける

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to throw down; to bring down; to blow down; to fell; to knock down; to set (something) down on its side; to turn (something) on its side ［倒す］
• to kill; to defeat; to beat
• to overthrow; to trip up; to ruin ［倒す］
• to leave unpaid; to cheat ［倒す］

expression / adverb:

• among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else) ➜ 中でも【なかでも】
• at the same time; simultaneously; at once; both

noun / ~する noun:

• laughing at an inappropriate time; not being able to hold back one's laughter
• scornful laughter; snicker; snigger - colloquialism

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to buy - humble language ➜ 貰う
• to eat; to drink - humble language - polite language
• to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head); to have (on top) - orig. meaning
• to have (as one's leader); to live under (a ruler); to install (a president)

auxiliary verb / godan ~く verb:

• to get somebody to do something - follows a verb in "-te" form - humble language ➜ 貰う【もらう】

noun:

• part
• part-timer - abbreviation ➜ パートタイマー
• part-time (work) - abbreviation ➜ パートタイム

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• half-term; half-time; half period

noun:

• phonetic value - Linguistics term
• note value; time value - Music term

noun:

• duple meter; duple metre; duple time - Music term

noun:

• secretary (lowest of the four administrative ranks of the ritsuryo system) - archaism ➜ 四等官
• shrine official (ranking below a negi) ［しゅてん］ - obsolete term ➜ 禰宜

noun:

• 1955 System; Japanese political alignment with the LDP in government and the JSP in opposition, which lasted until 1993 ➜ 自由民主党【じゆうみんしゅとう】・日本社会党【にっぽんしゃかいとう】

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to feign composure; to act like one has (time, money, strength, etc.) to spare - colloquialism