noun:

• pothook (for hanging a pot, etc. over a fire)

noun:

• cakes heaped in a container for a shrine offering

noun:

• killing a passerby in order to test a new sword

expression / noun:

• well-matched contest; fight between a dragon and a tiger [literal]

noun:

• "pocket Hello Kitty" that combines a pedometer and a tamagotchi - abbreviation

noun / ~する noun:

• (a bar hostess) coming to work accompanied by a customer - four character idiom

expression:

• discouraged person; (like a) sheep being led to a slaughterhouse

noun:

• bunbuku chagama (a mythical raccoon dog transformed into a teapot)

expression:

• a drowning man will catch at a straw - proverb

noun:

• clay face (made like a mask or as a decoration)

noun:

• signboard depicting scene from a play (usu. outside a theatre)

expression:

• You must lose a fly to catch a trout - idiom

noun:

• papercraft sculpture representing a scene akin to a painting

expression:

• taking a cut from a thief's plunder; vile deed

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to untie; to unfasten; to unwrap; to undo; to unbind; to unpack
• to unsew; to unstitch
• to solve; to work out; to answer
• to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.); to clear up; to remove (suspicion); to appease
• to dissolve (a contract); to cancel; to remove (a prohibition); to lift (a ban); to raise (a siege)
• to release (from duty); to relieve; to dismiss
• to comb (out); to card; to untangle (hair) ➜ 梳く【すく】

noun:

• kimono with design on the skirt

godan -いく／-ゆく verb (spec.):

• to get on well with (someone)

expression:

• people may bring about their demise for love (like a deer coming forth when it hears a hunter's whistle in mating season); it is easy to have one's weak points taken advantage of - obscure term

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to push; to press ［押す］
• to apply pressure from above; to press down ［押す・圧す］
• to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal ［押す・捺す］ ➜ 判を押す
• to affix (e.g. gold leaf) ［押す］
• to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel; to influence ［押す］
• to overwhelm; to overpower; to repress ［押す・圧す］
• to push (events along); to advance (a plan) ［押す］
• to do in spite of ...; to do even though ...; to force ［押す］
• to make sure ［押す］ ➜ 念を押す【ねんをおす】・駄目を押す【だめをおす】
• to be pressed for time ［押す］
• to advance troops; to attack ［押す］
• (of light) to be diffused across an entire surface ［押す］

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to screw up; to put the screws on (a person)
• to constrict (someone, something)

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to confess (one's love); to propose (marriage); to ask out (on a date) - from 告白する - slang ➜ 告白

expression:

• always listen to your parents; always value your parents' advice; not even one in a thousand of a parents' opinion or an eggplant flower are in vain [literal] - proverb

noun:

• with religious zeal; with utmost devotion; take great care of - four character idiom

noun:

• moon-viewing on either the night of the 15th day of the 8th month of the lunisolar calendar or on the night of the 13th day of the 9th month of the lunisolar calendar, but not both nights

noun:

• mamba (snake of the genus Dendroaspis)
• yamanba; manba; girl or young woman adhering to a fashion trend often characterized by extremely gaudy and colourful facial make up, heavily tanned skin and hair dyed in a bright hue - abbreviation ➜ ヤマンバ