noun:

• tako-yaki pan (cast iron with semi-spherical molds) - obscure term ➜ たこ焼き器

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to raise (usu. one's shoulders, with a jaunty, swaggering effect)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to settle down (and deal with something); to concentrate all one's energy (on something)
• to settle oneself (in a place); to settle down (somewhere); to settle in
• to take a solid stance; to lower one's center of gravity (centre)

noun / ~する noun:

• going to bed (usu. with someone) - From English "bed in"

noun / ~する noun:

• getting angry (with someone who is angry with oneself); snapping back (at someone); lashing out (despite being in the wrong) - slang ➜ キレる

noun:

• slub yarn (yarn with lumps, thickening, etc.)

noun:

• single kanji that is read twice (with different pronunciations) in the Japanese reading of Chinese texts - e.g. 将 is read as「まさに...んとす」

noun:

• reservation of Japanese nationality (procedure used with children born outside Japan)

noun:

• well-chosen gifts (with a positive message) - From English "communications goods"

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to reach ➜ 追いつく
• to be compensated; to make up for one's losses ➜ 追いつく

noun:

• Tulipa edulis (species of tulip with an edible bulb)

noun:

• garden (esp. with trees); park

godan ~す verb:

• to conspire (with); to prearrange

noun:

• stray typhoon (i.e. one with an irregular path)

noun:

• feel one's way (with one's feet)

noun:

• rolling a two and four (with two dice)
• six - humorous term

noun:

• high grade katsuobushi (with mold) ➜ 枯節

~の noun:

• illustrated (with photographs)

noun:

• Japanese bondage torture (bound victim sits cross-legged with their arms tied behind them, and the rope is tightened until their ankles touch their neck)

noun:

• walleye pollack roe (generally served salted and spiced with red pepper) ➜ 明太

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to share (life's) joys and sorrows (with); to share the good and the bad (with); to stick together through thick and thin

noun:

• clay bed-warmer (cylindrical with holes in the sides, containing a brazier)

noun:

• lintel (esp. one with grooves for sliding doors) - Architecture term ➜ 敷居

noun:

• etalon (optical element with parallel surfaces used to increase the coherent length of a laser)

noun:

• se (ancient Chinese plucked zither, usu. with 25 or 23 strings)