expression / ichidan verb:

• to make off; to abscond; to get away; to pull a vanishing act

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to fess up; to come clean; to confess one's crimes; to spill the beans

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to gain traction; to develop momentum; to get a boost; to pick up steam

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to smooth with the hand; to stroke; to comb (down)
• to pluck a stringed instrument

godan ~す verb:

• to take another good look at; to reconsider; to analyze; to reexamine

expression / ichidan verb:

• to set foot into; to enter; to step inside; to cross the threshold

adjectival noun / noun:

• poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at)
• dislike (of); difficult to deal with

noun / ~の noun:

• right opposite; directly across; just in front of; face to face

noun / ~する noun:

• presenting a hand-copied sutra to a temple (or money, etc. in its place) ➜ 写経

noun:

• flower-patterned material used to bind the ends of the spine in books

expression:

• fools rush in where angels fear to tread; the blind don't fear snakes [literal] - sensitive - proverb

noun:

• "sushi mat" (bamboo mat used in food preparation, especially to roll makizushi) ➜ 巻寿司

noun:

• Lorelei (Loreley); Rhine maiden who lured sailors to their doom
• rock in the Rhine

noun:

• Copper Age (period in which metal tools started to be used alongside stone tools)

prefix:

• august (in ref. to the emperor or the gods); imperial; divine - honorific language

noun:

• paper (in rock, paper, scissors game) ➜ パー・じゃん拳

noun / adjectival noun:

• disappearing completely; coming to nought; becoming worthless
• foolishness; stupidity

noun:

• abbreviated koyomi (Japanese traditional calendar); koyomi presented in a smaller, easy to use, format ➜ 暦【こよみ】

noun:

• abbreviated koyomi (Japanese traditional calendar); koyomi presented in a smaller, easy to use, format - abbreviation ➜ 略本暦

noun:

• form of astrology based on the Xiuyaojing (brought to Japan in the Heian period) ➜ 宿曜

expression:

• cream rises to the top; a drill in a bag (will always poke through) [literal] - proverb

noun:

• second athlete to compete in a 5-on-5 team competition (kendo, judo, etc.) ➜ 先鋒【せんぽう】

noun:

• instant noodles (sold in a soft plastic packaging, as opposed to cup noodles) ➜ カップ麺

noun:

• Edo-period realm of the Japanese (as opposed to the Ainu) in southern Hokkaido ➜ 蝦夷地【えぞち】

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to turn up (hem, sleeves, etc.); to fold back (e.g. page)
• to turn back; to double back; to return
• to loopback (a signal, message, etc.) - IT term

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to be amazed; to be shocked; to be astonished; to be astounded; to be disgusted; to be exasperated