expression:

• which reminds me ...; come to think of it ...; now that you mention it ...; on that subject ...; so, if you say ... ➜ そう言えば【そういえば】

godan ~く verb:

• to refuse to compromise (on quality, etc.); to be fastidious about doing things the right way through to the end

expression:

• you can't rely on parents and money to stay around forever; money comes and goes; so do parents - proverb

expression / ichidan verb:

• to rake over the coals; to scold; to chastise; to roast - idiom ➜ 灸を据える
• to burn moxa on the skin - orig. meaning ➜ 灸を据える

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be deeply impressed; to take to heart; to engrave on one's heart; to bear in mind - idiom

expression / ichidan verb:

• to rake over the coals; to scold; to chastise; to roast - idiom
• to burn moxa on the skin - orig. meaning

ichidan verb:

• to trouble with questions; to embarrass; to put out; to put on the spot; to inconvenience

noun:

• blue film; early (1950s-) type of hardcore pornographic film usually filmed on 8 or 16mm film and often in black market circulation

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to irritate; to grate on one's nerves; to aggravate; to be galling; to be invidious

expression:

• if there is a chance; if possible; if circumstances permit; if things go well; if luck is on my side

noun / ~する noun / adjectival noun:

• rudeness; impoliteness; disrespect; impertinence

noun / ~する noun:

• leaving; going (on one's way); saying goodbye
• taking without permission; stealing; pinching; pilfering

interjection:

• My apologies; I must be going now; So long - male language

noun:

• aphid; plant louse
• cockroach - Kansai dialect ➜ ゴキブリ
• Japanese house bat (Pipistrellus abramus) - obscure term ➜ 油蝙蝠
• hanger-on; parasite
• visitor to a red-light district who's only there to look - archaism

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to squeeze (to the utmost); to wring out
• to squeeze (money) out of someone; to wring (money) from
• to scold; to criticize severely; to lay into
• to train ruthlessly; to give punishing training
• to strain (one's voice)
• to gather up (a curtain)

noun:

• endpaper (of a book); end-paper
• facing (material sewn on the inside edge of a garment)
• looking back; triumphing over (a rival) ➜ 見返す

noun:

• Red and White singing contest; annual contest between male and female popular singers on New Year's Eve (sponsored and broadcast by NHK)

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to become old enough to understand what's going on around oneself (of a child, etc.); to reach the age of discretion

prefix noun:

• (of) Japanese descent

noun:

• non-Japanese of Japanese descent; nikkeijin - abbreviation ➜ 日系人
• company, etc. set up with Japanese capital; company managed by Japanese or non-Japanese of Japanese descent

noun:

• assets on deposit; assets in custody; deposit assets

~する noun / noun / adverb / ~と adverb:

• to get irritated; to get annoyed; to be on the edge; to fret; to lose patience

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to make out to be; to set someone up (as); to prepare (e.g. someone for a role); to make (e.g. "a man out of him"); to frame

noun:

• sappanwood (Caesalpinia sappan)
• sappanwood dye (red in colour) (color)
• layered colour (light brown on the front, dark red beneath)

noun:

• phosphorescent lights seen at sea at night; lights that can be seen on the altar of gods, intended as an offering

noun:

• pad placed below the sheet on which a seal is to be pressed - used to make the seal's imprint clearer

noun:

• sitting posture with the legs bent back on each side; Japanese traditional informal female sitting posture; w-sitting; reverse tailor style sitting

noun:

• Heian-period ceremony where a newlywed groom and bride eat a rice-cake on the third night after the wedding ceremony ➜ 三日の餅