noun:

• distemper painting - esp. どろえ ➜ 泥絵の具
• painting made with gold or silver paint (usu. on a dark background) - esp. でいえ ➜ 金銀泥絵

noun:

• holiday granted to servants on the 16th of the first and seventh months - archaism

noun:

• full signal strength (on a cellphone); good cellphone reception; three bars [literal] - from バリバリ三本 - colloquialism

noun:

• show-off bra; wearing clothes that reveal part of the bra (on purpose)

noun:

• festival held on January 10 in honor of Ebisu, the god of fishing and commerce ➜ 恵比寿【えびす】

expression / noun:

• more or less right; you are on the right track; getting warm ➜ いい線【いいせん】

noun:

• Shonan train; medium-distance train on the eastern Tokaido Main Line (coloured green and orange) - colloquialism

noun:

• May Fourth Movement (anti-imperialist student demonstration in Beijing on May 4, 1919)

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to cut; to cut through; to perform (surgery)
• to sever (connections, ties) ➜ 縁を切る
• to turn off (e.g. the light)
• to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to disconnect ➜ 電話を切る
• to punch (a ticket); to tear off (a stub)
• to open (something sealed)
• to start
• to set (a limit); to do (something) in less or within a certain time; to issue (stamps, vouchers, etc.)
• to reduce; to decrease; to discount ➜ 値切る
• to shake off (water, etc.); to let drip-dry; to let drain
• to cross; to traverse
• to criticize sharply
• to act decisively; to do (something noticeable); to go first; to make (certain facial expressions, in kabuki)
• to turn (vehicle, steering wheel, etc.)
• to curl (a ball); to bend; to cut
• to shuffle (cards)
• to discard a tile - Mahjong term
• to dismiss; to sack; to let go; to expulse; to excommunicate
• to dig (a groove); to cut (a stencil, on a mimeograph)
• to trump ➜ 切り札
• to cut (the connection between two groups) (in go)
• to start a fire (with wood-wood friction or by striking a metal against stone) - also written as 鑽る
• to draw (a shape) in the air (with a sword, etc.)

auxiliary verb / godan ~る verb:

• to finish; to complete - after the -masu stem of a verb ➜ 疲れきる

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to be evasive; to give an evasive answer
• to speak ambiguously; to prevaricate
• to cook up a specious story to get out of an uncomfortable situation
• to make do with

noun / ~する noun:

• starting to work in a shop; joining a shop as an employee
• going inside a shop
• opening up a shop (in a building, etc.)

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to pile up; to make a heap; to lay (e.g. bricks)
• to acquire (e.g. experience); to build (a reputation)

godan ~す verb:

• to put to sleep; to lay (something) on its side

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to lend; to loan; to let out on hire

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to press forward; to forge ahead; to push on

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to frown (on); to be grim-faced; to look sullen

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to count on; to expect someone to (provide help, etc.)

godan ~る verb:

• to put on airs; to swagger; to act self-importantly ➜ 偉がる

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to put an end (to); to close the books (on) ➜ ピリオドを打つ

particle:

• even
• even if; even though
• because of; on the grounds that

godan ~す verb:

• to tamper; to mess with ➜ 捏ね返す
• to go on endlessly

expression / adjective:

• soft on women; weak for women; easily charmed (by women) - idiom

noun:

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

ichidan verb:

• to stagger; to stumble; to be unsteady on one's feet

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to write (e.g. a letter); to draw up (a document); to take down (e.g. notes)
• to have (lunch, dinner, etc.); to eat