noun:

• pressing the top of a pickle vat by hanging a weight on a staff, used as a lever (in Kyoto suguki pickle making) - obscure term

noun:

• Heian-period ceremony where a newlywed groom and bride eat a rice-cake on the third night after the wedding ceremony

noun:

• Heian-period ceremony where a newlywed groom and bride eat a rice-cake on the third night after the wedding ceremony ➜ 三日の餅【みかのもちい】

noun:

• blue line
• area around a red-light district where illegal prostitution occurred (marked on police maps by a blue line) (1940s-1956) ➜ 青線地帯

noun:

• food theme park; indoor park with many restaurants and food shops based on a single theme

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to pour; to add (liquid); to serve (drinks) - esp. 注す ➜ 差す【さす】
• to put on (lipstick, etc.); to apply; to colour; to dye - esp. 点す ➜ 差す【さす】
• to light (a fire); to burn - esp. 点す ➜ 差す【さす】

expression:

• till; to; over (a period); through (e.g. Monday through Thursday); about (approx. time or place); on
• concerning (an area of expertise)
• swearing by (one's sword, God, etc.)

noun:

• hanger-on; dependent
• someone who is received coldly
• third, fourth, fifth, etc. sons (during the Edo period when only the oldest male could inherit an estate) - familiar language

godan ~う verb / intransitive verb:

• to strike back at; to bite back; to turn on; to rise against; to oppose; to defy

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to miss one's footing
• to be off the right track; to be on the wrong path

expression:

• what the hell; what the fuck; what are you going on about; you've got to be kidding - Kansai dialect

noun / ~する noun:

• landing on an aircraft carrier; deck-landing
• reaching a warship; arrival of a warship (at a port)

noun:

• (compulsory) retirement (e.g. on reaching the age of 65); mandatory retirement; reaching retirement age

noun:

• backing paper; backing sheet
• paper printed or used on one side; reverse side of such paper

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to get a salary (from); to receive a stipend (from); to be on the payroll (of)

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to start with the looks; to start (at the wrong end) by focusing on the superficial

expression / ichidan verb:

• to check (in chess)
• to threaten (somebody's position, etc.); to close in (on somebody) - idiom

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to hit; to run into; to light on; to strike into; to come against; to deadlock

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb / expression:

• to act on one's emotions; to be carried away by one's feelings; to get emotional Antonym: 冷静になる

noun:

• snowdrop (Galanthus spp.) ➜ スノードロップ
• snow falling like flower petals; snow on a tree resembling a flower
• red snow ➜ 赤雪

noun / ~する noun:

• catching up on one's sleep; storing up sleep; getting extra sleep while one has the chance

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to feel really ashamed; to feel extremely embarrassed; to feel humiliated; to have egg on one's face ➜ 大恥

noun:

• substitute national holiday; day off in lieu of a national holiday that falls on a Sunday; compensatory holiday - abbreviation ➜ 振替休日【ふりかえきゅうじつ】

noun:

• cord used to tuck up the sleeves of a kimono
• sash (worn across chest, e.g. by election candidate or relay runners)
• wrapper band on books, CDs, etc. ➜ 帯紙・帯【おび】

noun / ~する noun:

• wave (on water)
• wave (electromagnetic, sound, etc.)
• wavy hairstyle
• audience wave; the wave

noun:

• WAVeform audio format; WAV - IT term