noun:

• shower effect (theory that placing high-selling items on the upper floors of a department store will lead to increased sales in the lower floors) ➜ 噴水効果

noun:

• device with axle used to change the backdrop of a (kabuki) play - archaism ➜ 田楽豆腐
• turning something in the manner one would use to cook dengaku-doufu on both sides

noun:

• turnover (of possession) - Sports term
• (metabolic) turnover
• egg cooked on both sides; eggs over easy - From English
• number of strokes in a set time or distance (swimming) - Sports term

noun:

• metal rod; metal bar; iron rod; crowbar
• iron club; iron staff with rings on top (traditionally used by night watchmen)

expression:

• to be frank with you; to tell you the truth; I'm going to lay my cards on the table

noun:

• station melody; departure melody; melody sounded on a station platform just before the doors of a train are closed

expression / noun:

• true love; deep love; love for someone so deep that it can reach a crow perched on that person's roof

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be pretentious; to put on airs; to try to appear smart; to act brave; to try to look cool ➜ 粋がる

expression / noun:

• collecting herbs and pulling out young pine trees by the roots (annual event held on the first Day of the Rat of the New Year)

noun:

• vehicle-mounted electricity generator (e.g. for filming, emergencies, etc.)
• power-generating railway car (e.g. for air-conditioning on a non-electric train)

noun:

• form of poetry found on the stone Buddha Foot monument at Yakushi Temple in Nara (following a 5-7-5-7-7-7 moraic pattern)

noun:

• arm glove; arm warmer; sleevelet
• bracelet
• leather thread on guard or pommel of a sword
• hole in the butt end of a Chinese spear

noun:

• photomontage; manipulated photo; photoshopped picture - slang - abbreviation ➜ コラージュ
• kora (West-African instrument)
• kora layer; layer formed from volcanic ash on the southern part of the Satsuma Peninsula - Geology term

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be pretentious; to put on airs; to try to appear smart; to act brave; to try to look cool

expression / ichidan verb:

• to gaze at; to stare at; to set one's eyes on
• to favor; to favour; to be partial to

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to eat; to drink; to wolf; to knock back - vulgar
• to receive (e.g. a blow)
• to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to drive on; to urge forward (e.g. cattle); to rouse (game from its cover); to shoo away
• to press a tenant to leave; to evict

noun:

• stage prop in kabuki, consisting of a revolving panel with a life-size doll on each side
• rapid change in a situation, person's attitude, etc.

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to shorten; to cut short; to trim
• to cut down on; to reduce; to economize; to economise

~する verb (spec.) / intransitive verb:

• to conform to; to agree with; to be adapted to; to be based on

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to boil; to be boiling hot; to be on a rolling boil

adjective:

• friendly; easy to get on with; easy to talk to; easy to like

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of

expression / ichidan verb:

• to hoop; to put a hoop on; to bind a barrel with hoops

noun:

• landed and tenant farming; landed farming with some tenant farming on the side