noun:

• New Year's ceremony in which a hoe is used to break ground in a field lying in a lucky direction ➜ 鍬入れ

noun:

• lucky-number request (the person who is the Nth visitor to a web site gets to make a request, e.g. for a custom drawing, where N is a special number like 10000) - from キリ番 and リクエスト - colloquialism - abbreviation ➜ キリ番・リクエスト

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to hang (a curtain); to droop (a tail); to lower (a blind)

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to select; to choose
• to diagnose (an illness); to judge
• to liken to something else; to regard as something else (e.g. to use another person as a mirror)
• to see someone off
• to look after; to be (someone's) guardian
• to underrate; to look down on; to underestimate (someone)

adverb:

• very; awfully; exceedingly - とっても is more emphatic
• (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot) - before a negative form

adverb:

• thoughtlessly; recklessly; rashly; indiscriminately; indiscreetly; at random
• excessively; unreasonably; immoderately; absurdly

noun:

• passing each other; crossing paths without meeting; being at cross purposes

noun / ~する noun:

• dying at one's post; being killed in the line of duty

noun:

• Kodama; slowest Tōkaidō and Sanyō-line Shinkansen train service (stopping at all stations) ➜ ひかり・のぞみ

noun:

• thrill ride (at an amusement park)

adjective:

• ticklish
• embarrassed; awkward; ill at ease (esp. when receiving public praise)

noun / ~する noun:

• saying whatever one feels; speaking at random; making careless remarks; rambling talk - four character idiom

expression:

• At age fifty, one comes to know the will of Heaven. (Confucius) - four character idiom

expression / adjective:

• far beyond one's power; not at all equal; no match for ➜ 及びもつかぬ

noun:

• offering of flowers (at shrine, grave, etc.); floral tribute

expression:

• one's true purpose lying elsewhere; the enemy is at Honnoji [literal] ➜ 本能寺の変

noun:

• temple; shrine, especially one at which worshipers pray for favors; prayer hall

noun:

• bath, often at ryokan, where you can reserve time for private bathing

noun:

• appearing rustic
• ancient song played at the court
• comical tanka ➜ 狂歌

noun:

• designated driver (e.g. at party, dinner, etc.) - From English "handle keeper"

expression:

• "as is" sale (e.g. at an auction) - From English "no claim, no return"

noun:

• nocturnal seated Zen meditation (esp. around 8 pm) - Buddhism term ➜ 座禅
• sitting at night

expression:

• a wholesome household can not be disturbed from the outside; a house divided against itself cannot stand; a firm fence keeps the dogs out [literal] - proverb

noun:

• sunken kotatsu; low table over a hole in the floor (may have a heat source underneath and a hanging quilt to retain warmth) ➜ 炬燵

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to embrace; to hold in the arms (e.g. a baby); to hug
• to harbour (e.g. grudge); to harbor; to bear; to have (e.g. ambition); to entertain (e.g. hope, suspicion) ［いだく］

godan ~く verb:

• to have sex with; to make love to; to sleep with ［だく］
• to sit on eggs ［だく］