noun:

• bumpy texture of a material (esp. woven fabric) ➜ 烏帽子
• creases in an eboshi hat

noun:

• secondary substantive (inflectable word or phrase that acts as an uninflectable within a sentence) - Linguistics term

expression / noun:

• heavily polluted, radioactive rain sometimes following an atmospheric nuclear explosion (esp. that of Hiroshima)

noun:

• knife money; bronze coin of ancient China, shaped like an opened straight razor

noun:

• Xi'an Incident (involving the arrest and confinement of Chiang Kai-shek, December 1936)

noun:

• immobiliser (electronic device that prevents an automobile engine from running without the key); immobilizer

expression:

• no return (e.g. after buying something at an auction)

noun:

• maid at an inn who served clients and worked as a prostitute (Edo period) ➜ 飯盛り女

noun / ~する noun:

• imitation of a professional singer, musician, dancer, etc. usu. by an amateur - slang - abbreviation ➜ 完全コピー

noun:

• win by discarding nothing but terminal and honor tiles in an otherwise drawn round - Mahjong term

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to throw in a shrimp and pull out a whale; to use a sprat to catch a mackerel; to get big returns on a small investment - idiom

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to pout (e.g. lips) ➜ 尖らせる【とがらせる】
• to get nervous; to set one's nerves on edge ➜ 尖らせる【とがらせる】
• to raise (e.g. one's voice) ➜ 尖らせる【とがらせる】

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to pout (e.g. lips) ➜ 尖らす【とがらす】
• to get nervous; to set one's nerves on edge ➜ 尖らす【とがらす】
• to raise (e.g. one's voice) ➜ 尖らす【とがらす】

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to fail (in getting a job); to miss out (at fishing, hunting, etc.)
• to be left out; to be crowded out

godan ~う verb / intransitive verb:

• to be in time for
• to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to be based on; to have origin in
• to have one's feet firmly planted on; to plant oneself on

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to start the debate; to get the ball rolling; to fire the first shot (fig. only); to start a conversation

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to rust together; to be rust-covered; to be rust-eaten
• "to lose one's skill" [figurative]

expression / adjective:

• unable to get along; unable to cooperate; unable to hit it off; not seeing eye to eye - idiom

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to be scorched into; to be seared into
• to make a strong impression; to be etched in (one's memory)

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to swell; to become swollen; to become puffy (e.g. face from lack of sleep); to become bloated (esp. from fluid retention)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be shameless; to have a lot of nerve; to have nerves of steel; to have hair on one's heart [literal] - idiom

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to begin to like something (one did not initially like); to gradually become enamoured with something; to have something grow on you - slang - abbreviation ➜ じわじわ・じわじわ来る

expression / ~くる verb (spec.):

• to begin to like something (one did not initially like); to gradually become enamoured with something; to have something grow on you - colloquialism ➜ じわじわ