noun / ~する noun:

• joint party (e.g. by students from several colleges); combined party; mixer; two or more groups, esp. female and male students, combining for a party - abbreviation ➜ 合同コンパ

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:

• disguised contracting; fake subcontract; hiring a temporary employee and paying for the completion of the work rather than the work itself, thereby avoiding have to pay benefits

noun / ~する noun:

• open-air fire (e.g. for garden refuse); bonfire
• open fire (e.g. in a kitchen)

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:

• half-soled straw sandals; straw sandals which are designed only for the front half of the foot ➜ 草鞋

noun / ~する noun:

• opening a hall for that day's business (museum, library, etc.)
• opening of new hall (museum, etc.)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to let someone have the credit for (a success); to let someone else carry the flowers [literal]

godan ~る verb:

• to Google (i.e. to search for on the WWW using the Google search engine) - colloquialism

expression / ichidan verb:

• to win fame; to be widely-known; to be well known; to make a name for oneself ➜ 馳せる

godan ~う verb / transitive:

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

noun:

• medium-sized paper (approx. 15x21 cm, used for notebooks)
• medium-sized photo print (approx. 10x13 cm)

noun:

• original spelling or kana usage
• spelling in original language (for words transliterated into another language or script)

expression / adjective:

• to be at a loss for words; to be speechless; to be dumbfounded; to be struck dumb

expression / ichidan verb:

• to have luck turn one's way; to have one's fortune change for the better

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to be knocked out; to be overwhelmed; to be flabbergasted; to be thrown for a loop

noun / ~の noun:

• eventful times for the nation; the nation being in turmoil; the storm clouds gathering in the land - four character idiom

noun:

• mirror - archaism - obscure term
• Mafutsu no Kagami (alternate name for Yata no Kagami, the mirror of the Imperial regalia) ➜ 八咫鏡

expression:

• the good and bad deeds cancel each other out; good deeds make up for the bad - idiom

expression:

• if you don't mind; if you like; if you feel up for it; if you're interested

expression / godan ~ぐ verb:

• to gain time; to play for time; to buy time

expression / ichidan verb:

• to accept help; to get help; to ask for help - idiom ➜ 手を貸す

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to snatch; to kidnap; to abduct - also written as 浚う
• to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize

noun:

• grounds south of a building; southern garden
• garden south of the Hall for State Ceremonies (in the Kyoto Imperial Palace) ➜ 紫宸殿

expression:

• most thrilling relationships for a man (another man's wife, a maidservant, a mistress, a prostitute, and finally his own wife)