expression / ichidan verb:

• to summer; to go away for the summer - obscure term

noun:

• customer appeal; the power to appeal to customers - four character idiom

noun:

• maki sushi typically made from eel and cucumber, often with a face-like pattern when cut - from うなぎ and かっぱ
• mascot character used by Tajimi City in Gifu

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to whirl; to eddy; to swirl; to curl (smoke)
• to be all jumbled together (feelings, thoughts, etc.)
• to surge; to sweep

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to blow upon; to breathe on; to spray
• to pick (a fight); to force (unreasonable terms)
• to exaggerate; to overcharge

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be sorry; to beg pardon; to be much obliged; to feel small
• to be grateful
• to be amazed; to be filled with awe; to be surprised
• to be disconcerted; to be embarrassed

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to traverse
• to lay across; to build across
• to hand over; to hand in; to pass; to give; to transfer

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to bear; to stand; to endure; to put up with ➜ 耐える【たえる】
• to restrain; to control; to keep a check on
• to forgive; to put up with; to pardon

noun:

• dropping; losing - abbreviation
• missing item; something one forgot to write down
• trap
• wooden protrusion from a Japanese door frame that fits a hole in the threshold, acting as a lock when closed
• conclusion (of a speech, etc.)
• metallic bowl used to hold the charcoal in a wooden hibachi ➜ 落とし掛け

noun:

• ganguro; young girl who heavily tans her skin, bleaches her hair and wears heavy make-up - poss. also from ガンガン黒い ➜ ギャル

noun:

• fashion style characterized by brown hair and deep-tanned skin, expensive brand-name clothes and accessories

noun:

• fashion style characterized by brown hair and deep-tanned skin, expensive brand-name clothes and accessories - abbreviation ➜ お姉系ギャル

noun:

• totally useless (fruitless) effort; wasting time on an impossible task (like trying to scoop up a reflected moon from the bottom of the sea) - four character idiom

noun:

• Naso (genus of tropical marine surgeonfishes in the family Acanthuridae known as unicorn fishes due to a spike protruding from the forehead)

expression:

• what will happen to everyone else if I am not the one who goes? (expression of confidence from someone going out into the world)

noun:

• (courteous) invitation; call

~する noun:

• to invite (with the utmost courtesy, e.g. an expert or professor to give a lecture)

noun:

• with no one upon whom to depend; utter loneliness; the lonely and the helpless; people who have no kith or kin - four character idiom

noun:

• kingdom - Biology term
• erathem (rock layer corresponding to the era in which it was deposited) - Geology term
• partition of land

suffix:

• the world of (some category)

godan ~ぐ verb / transitive:

• to lift up; to hold up; to hold above eye level ➜ 捧げる
• to give; to offer; to consecrate ➜ 捧げる
• to devote; to sacrifice; to dedicate ➜ 捧げる

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to amuse; to delight; to entertain; to please; to regale; to give someone a good time; to impart delight; to give pleasure to

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to ill-treat; to bully; to torment; to pick on; to tease; to be cruel to; to persecute
• to be tough on (e.g. one's body); to treat harshly

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to grow timid; to cower; to shrink; to lose one's nerve
• to become perverse; to become contrary; to become warped; to become withdrawn
• to be cramped; to be constrained

noun:

• miniature shrine with double doors (used to store important Buddhist items such as sutras, etc.)
• cabinet with double doors (used by the nobility to store books, etc.) ➜ 厨子棚
• (in Okinawa) carved and decorated stone container for storing the bones of one's ancestors ➜ 厨子甕

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to gatecrash
• to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon; to pile in

noun:

• four gods said to rule over the four directions
• (in China) four gods said to rule over the four seasons