noun:

• bell (often globular)

adverb:

• often; frequently; now and then; occasionally

~と adverb / ~たる adjective:

• frequently; very often

noun:

• cubed tofu (often served cold)

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to visit less often

noun:

• dysfunction (often medical); malfunction; insufficiency

noun:

• judicial decision made with human kindness and warmth in a fair manner (from the decisions of Ōoka Tadasuke, a jurist in 17th century Japan)

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be thoughtful (of a gift, etc.); to be from the heart; to be made with loving care

expression:

• when the right conditions are fulfilled, things will turn out well on their own; a sunken place will collect water [literal] - proverb - obscure term
• someone in bad circumstances will continue to accumulate difficulties - proverb - obscure term

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to chew out; to reprimand severely; to rake over the coals; to give a sound scolding; to tell someone off; to scold; to rebuke
• to press oil

adjective:

• able to take a lot of punishment (of a boxer, etc.); able to take a hit - Martial Arts term
• able to keep one's cool when the batter gets a hit (of a baseball pitcher)
• resilient; strong in the face of criticism or adversity

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to invite; to ask
• to beckon; to wave someone in; to gesture to
• to call in; to send for; to summon
• to bring on oneself; to cause; to incur; to lead to; to result in

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)

noun:

• ash glaze (type of fundamental glaze used in ancient times made from the ashes of raw materials such as unhulled rice, straw, oak and pine)

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to choose at one's own discretion
• to choose when to do something; to estimate (the time for something)

~と adverb:

• frequently; often
• fixedly; narrowly; closely

noun:

• river which often overflows its banks

adverb:

• well; properly; skillfully ➜ 良く
• often ➜ 良く

~する verb (spec.) / transitive:

• to assess (often one's fate)

expression:

• prospect is often better than possession - proverb

expression:

• names and natures do often agree - proverb

noun:

• steam bath (often using brine) ➜ 蒸し風呂【むしぶろ】

noun:

• offering to Buddha (often rice) - Buddhism term ➜ 仏供

adverb / ~と adverb:

• sound of something striking repeatedly (e.g. wooden clappers) - onomatopoeia
• something small hopping repeatedly; touching lightly and repeatedly - onomatopoeia

noun:

• punctuation marks such as the dakuten
• Chonchon; South American mythical bird - From

noun:

• 100% buckwheat noodles; buckwheat noodles made from buckwheat flour only, without the addition of wheat flour ➜ 生そば【なまそば】