noun:

• variable light (e.g. with a dimmer) - abbreviation

noun or verb acting prenominally:

• photochromatic
• dimmer; dimmer control ➜ 調光器

expression:

• a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step - proverb ➜ 千里の道も一歩から

expression:

• a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step - proverb ➜ 千里の行も足下に始まる

noun:

• saw with a spine; tenon saw; back saw

expression / godan ~す verb:

• eyes sparkling; with shining eyes; for one's eyes to gleam - usu. 目を輝かせる, etc.

noun:

• brush application; brush coating; painting with a brush

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to laugh mockingly; to smile with contempt; to scorn ➜ あざ笑う【あざわらう】

noun:

• hail (esp. hailballs under 5 mm); graupel ➜ 雹
• dicing; small cubes - Food term
• roasted mochi pieces (usu. flavoured with soy sauce, etc.) - abbreviation ➜ 霰餅

noun:

• fertile shoot of field horsetail ➜ 杉菜
• wooden stick with a burned tip (used to create underdrawings) ［どひつ］ ➜ 焼き筆

noun:

• small double-reed wind instrument used in gagaku (made of bamboo, with 7 holes on top and 2 below) ➜ 雅楽【ががく】

noun:

• one-piece garment with snaps up the front, sort of like a jumpsuit for babies - From English "baby all"

noun:

• ceremony to consecrate a newly made Buddhist statue or image by inserting the eyes (thereby investing it with soul) - four character idiom

noun:

• bok choy (Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis; esp. cultivars with green stalks); pak choi; Chinese cabbage - From Chinese "qīnggěngcài" ➜ 白菜【パクチョイ】

noun:

• chickweed (stitchwort) roasted and mixed with salt, then ground into a powder for use as toothpaste - obscure term

noun:

• small purification wand - archaism
• thinly cut hemp or paper mixed with rice (scattered as an offering to the gods) ➜ 切麻

noun:

• shingling with thin cedar or cypress shingles; roof shingled in such a manner (usu. at temples, shrines, etc.) ➜ 木賊板

noun:

• winning hand with at least one terminal tile in each set and no honor tiles - Mahjong term

godan ~む verb:

• to become familiar with; to get used to

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to jabber; to chatter; to chat with

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to treat with love; to pity; to cherish

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to spurn; to snub; to treat with contempt

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to like; to suit; to be pleased with

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to make progress; to move right ahead (with the work); to advance

godan -いく／-ゆく verb (spec.):

• to accompany; to follow; to keep up with

noun:

• float; raft; pontoon
• float (beverage with ice cream on top)
• float (finance)