noun:

• taking food directly from a communal dish with one's own chopsticks (a breach of etiquette) ➜ 取り箸

noun:

• adding a product line or department to improve a store's performance - From English "line robbing"

noun:

• warbler flying from a valley to a tree - orig. meaning ➜ 鶯谷【おうこく】
• finding success in life ➜ 鶯谷【おうこく】
• passing the palace examination ➜ 進士【しんし】

noun:

• stitched side of some traditional Japanese clothing; clothing with such a stitched side ➜ 襴・闕腋
• robe with a round collar, stitched sides and a ran, worn by the emperor and high-ranking officials

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to scatter a room (with things); to leave a room a mess; to leave things lying about

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to take a breather; to take a rest ➜ 一息入れる
• to catch one's breath; to take a breath

expression:

• it's hard to discipline one's mind; defeating the bandits in the mountains is easy; defeating the bandit in one's heart is hard [literal] - proverb

expression / ~する verb (spec.):

• to be embarrassed for a reply; to be at a loss for a reply ➜ 返答に詰まる

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to challenge to (a fight, game, etc.); to throw down the gauntlet; to contend for

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to tackle (e.g. a problem); to attempt; to go after (a prize, record, etc.)
• to pressure (someone) for sex; to make advances to

noun:

• taking photographs for a volume at the request of a publisher
• photographs taken for a volume at the request of a publisher

noun / ~する noun:

• yell used to time or encourage activity (e.g. "Heave ho!", "On three ... One, two, three!" in English); enthusiastic shout from the audience (e.g. in kabuki); shouting (in concerts)

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to have someone send (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (via someone else); to leave (a message) with someone
• to use as an excuse; to make a pretext of - archaism

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to support; to maintain; to provide for
• to bring up; to raise; to rear; to feed
• to adopt (a child)
• to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.); to develop; to build up; to foster
• to recuperate (from injury, illness, etc.)

expression:

• a bad wife spells the ruin of her husband; a bad wife means a hundred years of bad luck to her husband

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to encourage; to urge ［勧める・奨める］
• to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest - esp. 薦める
• to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.) ［勧める・奨める］

adjectival noun:

• plausible (e.g. of a rumour); believable (e.g. of a story); specious (e.g. of an argument); credible (e.g. of a lie); looking very like the truth

noun:

• spring rain that falls around the time that flowers bloom; spring rain that hastens the blooming of flowers

noun / ~の noun:

• person with a lot of experience; old hand; veteran (in a particular field)

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• noisily (e.g. from many people talking); creating a commotion - onomatopoeia
• rustling (leaves) - onomatopoeia
• feeling a chill; getting the chills - onomatopoeia

noun:

• kiss-and-ride; dropping a family member off at a station

noun / ~する noun:

• caring for (esp. a pet or a small object); cherishing; being fond of; prizing; treasuring

noun:

• temporary manifestation by a buddha (in order to save people); manifested form (often a Shinto deity) - Buddhism term ➜ 本地

noun / ~する noun:

• draining a pond, lake, or ditch (esp. to remove fish, purify water, etc.)
• cleaning a well

noun:

• ladies' bicycle (of a kind often used by housewives, usu. with a basket in front); granny bike ➜ チャリ

expression / noun:

• a fish on the chopping board; person in a situation where they are rendered powerless - idiom