noun:

• bulletin board; notice board; billboard; roadside sign; sign on a post, usu. wooden, esp. containing information about a sight, warning, congratulations, etc. ➜ 高札

adverb / ~と adverb:

• creaking; squeaking - onomatopoeia

adverb / ~と adverb / adjectival noun:

• packing in tightly; cramming; squeezing - onomatopoeia

adverb / ~と adverb:

• hard (pressing, tying, twisting, etc.); tightly; with force - onomatopoeia

adverb / adjectival noun / ~の noun:

• going hard (on someone); tormenting (e.g. with questions) - onomatopoeia

noun:

• parhelion; sun dog; sundog (bright spot on either side of the sun caused by refraction of sunlight through ice crystals in the atmosphere) ➜ 幻月

noun:

• paraselene; moon dog; moondog (bright spot on either side of the moon caused by refraction of moonlight through ice crystals in the atmosphere) ➜ 幻日

expression:

• there must be a clear distinction between the upper and lower classes; even new shoes must not be worn on the head [literal] - proverb

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to start; to start up; to embark on; to get going; to commence

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to collect (debts); to dun; to exact; to extort
• to appoint; to promote; to give patronage
• to emphasize; to focus on; to call attention to ➜ 取り立てて

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• option; optional; selecting an option

noun:

• optional extra
• individual item; separate item; service supplied on its own, without accompanying services
• option - Finance term

noun:

• panel; scene-panel
• painted backdrop (panel at the back of a noh stage), on which a pine tree is painted - symbolically a reflection of tree at the front of the stage

noun:

• food (on a table) (esp. a small Japanese table); dinner; cover (in a restaurant) ➜ 膳
• cook; chef; person who prepares food

noun:

• substitute national holiday; day off in lieu of a national holiday that falls on a Sunday; compensatory holiday

noun:

• amateur wrestling on a street corner or in an empty field (esp. in autumn) - Sumo term
• wrestling show in a roadside tent - Sumo term

noun:

• just before a war - archaism
• day before a holiday - archaism
• day before the one on which prostitutes were forced to accept customers - archaism ➜ 紋日

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to be pressed for time; to be pressed by urgent business; to have one's pants on fire

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to brew (sake, etc.)
• to cause; to bring on; to bring about; to give rise to

expression / ichidan verb:

• to already have enough; to already have what one needs - often used in turning down an offer ➜ 間に合う
• to be on time

noun / ~する noun:

• to set upon a journey; to start travelling; to set off on a trip ➜ 旅立ち・出立

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be hit; to strike Antonym: 外す
• to touch; to be in contact; to be affixed
• to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to apply to
• to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
• to be selected (in a lottery, etc.); to win
• to be successful; to go well; to be a hit
• to face; to confront
• to lie (in the direction of)
• to undertake; to be assigned
• to be stricken (by food poisoning, heat, etc.); to be afflicted
• to be called upon (by the teacher)
• to treat (esp. harshly); to lash out at
• to be unnecessary - as 〜するには当たらない, etc.
• to be hitting well; to be on a hitting streak - usu. as 当たっている - Baseball term
• (in fishing) to feel a bite
• (of fruit, etc.) to be bruised; to spoil

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to feel (something) out; to probe into; to check (i.e. by comparison)
• to shave
• to be a relative of a person; to stand in a relationship - as 〜の〜に当たる

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to add (to); to add on; to append

noun:

• credit transaction; dealings on credit; margin transaction; margin trading

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to get on a horse; to mount a horse

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to board an airplane; to get on an airplane

noun:

• four-on-the-floor; four-to-the-floor - Music term

noun / ~する noun:

• starting a train (or bus, etc.) before all the passengers are on board
• making a snap decision; starting an action without considering objections to it any longer