expression / godan ~つ verb:

• for something unexpected to happen (to someone or something one is close to) - idiom

expression:

• (deciding to do something) abruptly; at the turn of a dime - usu. as 足元から鳥が立つように - idiom

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to carry on one's shoulders (esp. of two or more people carrying a palanquin, etc.)

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to feel blocked (of one's chest or throat, due to grief, anxiety, illness, etc.); to feel pressure; to feel pain ➜ 閊える

noun:

• first-time customer (of an inn or a restaurant); chance customer; customer without an introduction from a regular customer ➜ 一見の客・一見客

noun / ~する noun:

• transferring from one college (or one department) to another

noun:

• Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) usu. to the general populace ➜ 御触書

noun:

• ticket dispensing slot (on ticket machines or ticket barriers)

noun:

• lighted lamp (or candle, etc.) provided as a religious offering

adverb:

• bang bang (sound of a hammer or gunfire) - onomatopoeia
• doing something at a mad pace (spend money, work)

noun:

• evangelist (i.e. Matthew, Mark, Luke or John)

noun / ~の noun:

• suspicion of having (or to be making) nuclear weapons

noun / prefix noun:

• China (sometimes also used in ref. to Korea or other foreign countries) - archaism

noun:

• new members of society (esp. after turning 20 or joining a company); new working adults

noun:

• miscellany (classification of Japanese poetry unrelated to the seasons or to love)

noun:

• low hit (e.g. in baseball or golf)

~の noun:

• downhill

noun / ~の noun:

• the present (day or age)

expression / godan ~ぐ verb:

• to quarrel among friends (or siblings)

noun / ~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• intoxicated (by liquor or music); entranced; enraptured

noun:

• ostracism (from a village or community)

noun:

• flower charcoal (whereby a flower, seed, branch, or other item of flora is carbonized as is, retaining its form)

~と adverb / adverb / ~する noun:

• sound of bubbles (or other small objects) being popped - onomatopoeia
• lumpy sensation (e.g. of food) - onomatopoeia

noun:

• little bits; small grains
• bubble wrap (trademark of Kawakami Sangyo Co.) ［プチプチ］ ➜ 気泡緩衝材

noun:

• address (e.g. opening or closing remarks); speech; words
• ci (Chinese literary form)
• ancillary word ➜ 詞

noun:

• alto (voice or singer)

noun:

• roundabout way (of speaking or working)

noun:

• prose about an area (or its seasonal features, scenery, etc.)