expression / adjective:

• unable to read the situation; unable to pick up on the mood (e.g. of a conversation) ➜ 空気を読む

noun:

• lantern festival, held on the night of the 15th day of the first month in the lunar calendar ➜ 小正月・元宵

noun:

• playing card tax; tax on playing cards, mahjong sets, domino sets, etc. (abolished in 1989)

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to flatter; to play up to; to fawn on; to pander to; to cater to

noun:

• On the Origin of Species (Charles Darwin, 1859); origin of species

noun:

• one's face turning red; with a flush on one's face - four character idiom

noun:

• one square on a grid; one cell of a grid

expression / ichidan verb:

• to leave one's post; to walk out on one's job

noun:

• man who scatters beans on Setsubun ➜ 節分
• small man; little man
• lewd little man

suffix noun:

• keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use - negative nuance, with the state being improper, unpleasant, etc. - colloquialism - abbreviation ➜ っぱなし

noun:

• congratulations on entering a school; gift to someone entering a school

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to engrave in one's heart; to inscribe on one's bones [literal] - idiom

interjection:

• look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute; hold on - familiar language - female language

noun:

• rice gruel traditionally eaten on the 7th day of the new year containing the seven plants of spring

expression / ichidan verb:

• to use up all of one's energy and willpower; to be exhausted (and have no will to go on)

noun:

• scattering
• leaflets - esp. チラシ - usually written using kana alone
• sushi rice in a box or bowl with a variety of ingredients sprinkled on top - abbreviation ➜ 散らし寿司
• writing in an irregular hand - abbreviation ➜ 散らし書き

noun / ~する noun:

• coming down from one's seat and prostrating oneself (to pay obeisance)

noun:

• musicians' box on the left side of the stage
• lower seat ➜ 下座【しもざ】

noun:

• ballast; heavy material placed low to improve a vessel's stability
• ballast; crushed stone, gravel, etc. used on a roadbed or railway track

noun:

• kamaboko; steamed seasoned fish paste, usu. in a semicylindrical shape on a strip of wood and sliced to go in soup, etc. - Food term

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to change (lower-body clothing: shoes, slippers, pants, a skirt, etc.) ➜ 着替える
• to put on the wrong pair of shoes by mistake ➜ 履き違える

noun / ~する noun:

• taking advantage of (an opportunity); jumping on the bandwagon
• taking passage (in); getting a lift; getting a ride

noun:

• the other party (usu. in business); person or party with whom you are dealing (on the other end)

noun:

• waste-water port (of a dam, sewer, etc.); freeing port (on a ship)
• water hose outlet (for firefighting)

noun:

• title of a scripture or sacred text (e.g. Buddhist sutra)
• title on a scroll or rolled book ➜ 巻き物【まきもの】

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to request; to beg; to ask
• to call; to order; to reserve
• to entrust to
• to rely on - esp. 恃む