noun:

• searching for a marriage partner; marriage hunting; activities leading to marriage, e.g. dating, courtship, etc.

noun:

• first Day of the Rat of the New Year
• first Day of the Rat of the month (esp. of the 11th month)

noun:

• area of the field one is supposed to (or able to) defend - Sports term
• (one's) field; (one's) scope; area of expertise; range of topics one can converse about; breadth of one's interests and knowledge
• one's type; kind of person one is attracted to

noun:

• first ears of rice of the season; first crops of the season; first harvest of the season
• offering (to the gods)

noun:

• lack of harmony; lack of balance; lack of coordination; malfunction
• ataxia - Medicine term

noun:

• source of fire; sign of fire
• warmth of fire; heat

noun:

• dead of night; shades of night; black of night

noun:

• adjustment of debts; debt-workout; consolidation of debts; settlement of debts

noun:

• the rise of the curtain; opening (of play) ➜ 幕開け
• beginning (e.g. of an era); opening (festival, event, etc.)

noun:

• Maratha; Mahratta; member of the Hindu people of Maharashtra (esp. a member of the royal or military caste)

noun:

• chief councillor of state; chief councilor of state
• large-grained variety of adzuki bean

noun:

• top crease of a sleeve (of traditional Japanese clothing)
• sleeve cap (of Western clothing)

noun:

• one long straight object (e.g. strand of hair, beam of light, wisp of smoke) ➜ 一条【いちじょう】
• a single bloodline

adjectival noun:

• earnest; resolute; intent; devoted
• ordinary; common - archaism

auxiliary verb / godan ~く verb:

• to do something in readiness for; to get something (needful) done - contraction of ..て or で plus 置く

noun:

• football (incl. soccer, rugby, American football, etc.; esp. used for soccer) ➜ サッカーボール

noun / ~する noun:

• attending a government office; going to work (for a government official)

noun / ~する noun:

• spin (as in 'take a car for a spin'); run

noun / ~の noun:

• arguments for and against; pros and cons; mixed reception; mixed reviews - four character idiom

noun:

• football (incl. soccer, rugby, American football, etc.; esp. used for soccer)

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to become good-looking; to start looking appropriate (for something)

noun:

• decoy (for hunting); stool
• lure; decoy; stool pigeon; trap ［おとり］

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to renew; to replace; to change for; to attach anew

expression / ichidan verb:

• to cause trouble (for someone); to annoy; to bother; to inconvenience

noun:

• landing place (e.g. for steamers); station (e.g. bus); terminal

noun:

• civil legal aid system (e.g. legal aid for poor people)