noun:

• skilled control of a spear; stabbing (someone) with a spear - orig. meaning
• victim; scapegoat; someone singled out (for punishment, etc.) ➜ 槍玉に挙げる

adverb:

• a little bit
• a little while

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to prune a tree

expression / ichidan verb:

• to have a meal (before doing something); to fortify oneself with a meal

noun:

• quarterfinal game of a tournament

noun:

• cloth dyed in a dappled pattern - abbreviation ➜ 鹿の子絞り
• pattern of white spots; dapples - abbreviation ➜ 鹿の子斑
• mochi containing red bean paste - abbreviation ➜ 鹿の子餅
• fawn - original meaning - archaism ➜ 鹿【か】

expression / ichidan verb:

• to receive a favorable reputation; to get good reviews; to meet with a favorable reception

noun:

• (openable) panel in a door

noun:

• woman who played music, danced and worked as a prostitute; good-time girl - archaism

noun:

• proportional representation system in which votes are cast for a publicly available list of party members or for individual members of that list

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to take a veneer off something

noun:

• a ferment

expression / ichidan verb:

• to fill in a hole; to plug up a hole; to fill in for a vacancy

noun:

• upper wing of a plane

noun:

• rice from a late harvest; late rice ➜ 早場米

expression:

• take a long walk off a short pier; go stick your head in a pig; bash your head against the corner of a block of tofu and die [literal]

godan ~る verb:

• to act like a know-it-all; to pretend you know everything; to fancy one is an authority

noun:

• lantern hanging from the eaves of a temple or shrine ➜ 釣り灯籠

noun:

• using one's fingers as a comb; combing one's hand through one's hair

noun / ~する noun:

• a long march

noun:

• typical dress of the military class, usually worn together with a hakama ➜ 袴

expression:

• a thorn in one's side; a pain in the butt (often someone higher in rank, ability, etc.); a person standing in one's way; a superior who obstructs one's freedom of action ➜ 目の上のこぶ

noun:

• scooter with a compartment under the seat to hold a helmet - From English "(hel)met in" ➜ メット

ichidan verb:

• to let a person take hold of; to bribe by slipping money into a person's hand

expression:

• walk a mile in other's shoes to understand their suffering; you can't appreciate others' suffering until you've gone through it yourself; pinch yourself and know others' pain [literal] - proverb