noun:

• maki sushi typically made from eel and cucumber, often with a face-like pattern when cut - from うなぎ and かっぱ
• mascot character used by Tajimi City in Gifu

noun:

• burnt rice; scorched rice; crispy rice at bottom of cooking pan
• woman who hangs out with gay men - usually written using kana alone

noun / ~の noun:

• bricks and clicks; brick and click; business with both physical and online presence ➜ クリックアンドモルタル

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to tear to pieces; to tear to shreds; to tear up
• to pick (e.g. fruit); to pluck; to tear off

suffix / godan ~る verb:

• to do ... heavily; to do ... heartily; to do ... vigorously - after the -masu stem of a verb

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.)
• to face (e.g. east); to look out on
• to point to
• to be suited to; to be fit for
• to go in the direction of; to lean towards (of a feeling)

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to entwine; to twine around; to mix together
• to coordinate (with)
• to arrest - esp. 搦める

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to manage; to settle; to dispose of; to deal with; to arrange

expression / ichidan verb:

• to establish an emotional bond with; to reach out to; to relate to

godan ~う verb / intransitive verb:

• to get along with; to compromise; to make concessions; to come to an agreement

suffix / godan ~る verb:

• to appear ...; to look like ...; to seem ... - after a noun ➜ 時代がかる
• to have a trace of; to be tinged with ➜ 赤がかる

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to hinder; to obstruct; to disrupt; to interfere with; to cause a delay

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to indulge in; to give oneself up to; to be obsessed by

auxiliary verb:

• to be engrossed in; to be lost in; to be absorbed in ➜ 読み耽る

adjectival noun / ~の noun / noun:

• absorbed in; immersed in; crazy about; obsessed with; devoted to

noun / adjectival noun:

• forgetting oneself; daze; trance; ecstasy; delirium

noun:

• within a dream; while dreaming

noun:

• lighthouse
• old-fashioned interior light fixture comprising a wooden pole with an oil-filled dish and a wick atop it

noun:

• ripple; ring on the water
• repercussions
• Japanese slit drum; instrument made of iron with slits on top; makes a rippling sound - Music term

noun / ~する noun:

• electric short-circuit
• drawing a hasty inference between two events; jumping to a quick conclusion; dealing with matters quickly and carelessly

noun:

• classification for Japanese verb with the dictionary form ending in "gu"; "ga" column or row of the kana syllabary

noun:

• classification for Japanese verb with the dictionary form ending in "zu"; "za" column or row of the kana syllabary

noun:

• classification for Japanese verb with the dictionary form ending in "dzu"; "da" column or row of the kana syllabary

noun:

• classification for Japanese verb with the dictionary form ending in "nu"; "na" column or row of the kana syllabary

noun:

• classification for Japanese verb with the dictionary form ending in "bu"; "ba" column or row of the kana syllabary

noun:

• classification for Japanese verb with the dictionary form ending in "pu"; "pa" column or row of the kana syllabary

noun:

• critical argument laden with value judgment, where an indirect cause, often trivial, is made to appear as leading to the effect

noun:

• kitchen with a small counter for eating, usu. allowing a view into the living and dining rooms - From English "counter kitchen"

noun:

• system used during the Edo era where commoners had to register with a temple in order to prove their Buddhist faith