noun:

• draft of a magazine's content (usu. a table showing the allocation of each page)

noun:

• punch-style can opener (punches a round or V-shaped hole in a can of liquid)

noun:

• power of finality (of a legal decision, e.g. when a case is dismissed with prejudice) - Law term

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to float upright in the cup (of a tea stem, as a sign of good luck)

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to pull out; to draw out; to extract; to unplug; to weed
• to omit; to leave out; to go without; to skip

auxiliary verb / godan ~く verb:

• to do to the end; to carry through

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to let out (e.g. air from a tyre); to drain (e.g. water from a bath); to empty
• to pick out; to choose; to select; to extract
• to pilfer; to steal
• to remove; to get rid of; to take out
• to pass; to overtake; to outstrip; to get ahead of
• to pierce; to break through; to go through - also written 貫く
• to cut out (a shape); to create (a pattern) by dying the surrounding area
• to seize; to capture; to reduce
• to scoop (a story)
• to take out (an opponent's stones; in go)

godan ~く verb:

• to masturbate (of a male); to ejaculate (while masturbating) - slang - vulgar
• to take (a photo); to record (video) - slang

noun:

• market price
• speculation (e.g. on stocks)
• reputation (according to conventional wisdom); estimation; esteem

noun:

• (Japanese) mattress; underquilt; futon laid on the floor; sleeping mat Antonym: 掛蒲団

noun:

• word of mouth
• comment on an Internet forum or web page

noun:

• exposing fully; uncovering completely; being in full view; putting on display; not disguising

~の noun / ~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• outspoken; arguing (heatedly) what one believes in; insisting on something without restraint - four character idiom

noun:

• Bon festival; Feast of Lanterns; Buddhist ceremony held on July 15; ullambana - four character idiom ➜ うらぼん・お盆

noun / ~する noun:

• fasting; abstinence; confinement to one's house on an unlucky day

noun:

• hunt (where the hunting area is surrounded on four sides by hunters)

noun:

• kakekotoba; pivot word; play on words (esp. in poetry); pun

expression / noun:

• coming to nothing ➜ 水泡
• bubble on the surface of water
• something that is short-lived

noun:

• dealing in rice speculating on the year's harvest before seedlings are set out - four character idiom

noun:

• cards with words or phrases written on them, used in Japanese karuta games ➜ 取り札

expression:

• no skin off my nose; somebody else's problem; fire on the opposite shore [literal]

expression:

• right on the heels of yesterday, then today ...; soon after something, and yet now ...

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to be extremely thorough, focusing on even the finest of details

expression:

• on such good terms as to know what each other is thinking - apparently from 通過の仲 - idiom

noun:

• half lotus position (meditation posture); sitting with one foot placed on the opposite thigh - abbreviation ➜ 半跏趺坐

noun:

• farrier (person who fits foot irons on horses and cows); hoof (care) specialist

noun:

• newline character (either or both of CR and LF depending on system) - IT term

noun:

• Shuten-dōji; mythical Japanese oni (demon) who lived on Mt. Ōe