noun:

• ladies' bicycle (of a kind often used by housewives, usu. with a basket in front); granny bike ➜ チャリ

expression / noun:

• a fish on the chopping board; person in a situation where they are rendered powerless - idiom

expression:

• to only look the part (but otherwise be wholly unsuited for it); a monkey wearing a crown - idiom

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

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:

• 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 / suffix noun:

• stand; rack; table; bench; podium; pedestal; platform; stage
• support; holder; rack

counter:

• counter for machines, incl. vehicles

noun:

• setting (e.g. in jewellery)

noun / suffix noun / counter:

• level (e.g. price level); range (e.g. after physical units); period (of time, e.g. a decade of one's life) ➜ 代【だい】・代【だい】

noun:

• elevated area
• viewing platform
• dish tray ➜ 台盤
• meal - archaism
• tall building; tower - archaism ➜ 高殿

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

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame)
• to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to elaborate; to work out
• to train; to drill; to exercise
• to gloss (silk); to soften; to degum ［練る］
• to tan (leather)
• to temper (steel) - also written as 錬る

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to walk in procession; to parade; to march - also written as 邌る

expression / ichidan verb:

• to put a stop to; to put a hold on; to put the brakes on; to call a halt to; to block; to shelve

noun / ~する noun:

• payment of a sum twice the original; giving back a gift double the value of the one received; repaying twofold
• inflicting a revenge twice as hurtful (painful, costly, etc.) as the original misdeed

noun:

• konnyaku (Amorphophallus konjac); konjac; devil's tongue
• konnyaku jelly; konjac jelly; devil's tongue jelly - Food term

expression:

• small bag and young woman [literal]
• like a small bag seems to be able to contain few items yet can be stuffed with many, a young woman seems inexpensive to bring up yet can end up costing a lot
• a young woman and a small bag are both fragile and great care must be taken with both of them

expression / ichidan verb:

• to fill in a hole; to plug up a hole; to fill in for a vacancy

pronoun:

• you (referring to someone of equal or lower status) - 貴女 refers only to females and 貴男 refers only to males - polite language
• dear (what a wife calls a husband) ［貴方・貴男］

noun / ~する noun:

• listing (on the stock exchange, etc.); taking a company public
• presentation (e.g. of a play, opera); performance ➜ 上演