noun:

• chilled soba served on a dish (often on a wicker basket or in a shallow steaming basket) with dipping sauce

noun:

• god of harvests and wealth (syncretized with Saraswati, and often taking the form of a heavenly woman, a white snake or a fox) - obscure term ➜ 宇賀神

noun:

• custom of keeping a pumpkin or squash during the winter and eating it on the day of the winter solstice

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

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to make the smart move (after taking in the situation, etc.) ➜ 気を利かせる
• to do the tactful or helpful thing (after considering someone's feelings) ➜ 気を利かせる

adverbial noun / noun:

• space (between); gap; interval; distance

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• time (between); pause; break

adverbial noun / noun / temporal noun:

• span (temporal or spatial); stretch; period (while)

adverbial noun / noun:

• relationship (between, among)
• members (within, among)

conjunction:

• due to; because of ［あいだ］ - archaism

noun:

• tally; check; piece of wood or paper split in half and given to each party as a form of proof (e.g. of a transaction)

noun:

• social organisation for people originating from the same town, village, or island who live in an urban center far from home (predominantly used by people from Okinawa)

noun:

• day off (between working days)
• 50th, 53rd, 55th or 59th day of the sexagenary cycle ➜ 八専
• non-fever day (when running an intermittent fever, e.g. malaria)

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to offer something to a deity or somebody's spirit
• to pay a tribute to a person who is about to depart

noun:

• zip fastener; zipper; zip - poss. from 巾着 (きんちゃく)
• chuck (device for holding a workpiece in a lathe or a tool in a drill)

noun:

• appetizer or snack served with drinks
• performance to liven up a bar; conversation to liven up a party

~の noun / noun:

• used up (tea leaves, coffee grounds); insipid (tea, coffee made from such leaves or grounds); watery

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to warp; to bend backwards; to throw the head (or shoulders) back; to throw out the chest

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:

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

noun / ~の noun:

• assembling a case (for prosecution)
• precondition or prerequisite for prosecution

~する noun:

• to build a criminal case against someone

noun:

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

adverb / noun:

• sound made through constricted throat - onomatopoeia ➜ ぐうの音も出ない
• sound made in suffering or under adversity - onomatopoeia

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to manipulate figures to one's advantage; to count wrongly on purpose; to inflate or deflate one's age - idiom

noun:

• three noble families (Kan'in, Kazan'in, and Nakanoin or Koga)
• three branch Tokugawa families (Owari, Kii, and Mito) ➜ 御三家

noun:

• visiting a shrine on New Year's Eve and staying there until (or returning on) New Year's Day

adverb:

• sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course; in time

noun / ~する noun:

• venting one's anger (on someone or something); taking out one's anger on

noun:

• on-the-spot or live broadcast; running commentary; blow-by-blow report; play-by-play report

expression:

• for better or worse; for good and bad; regardless of merit; both good and bad