noun:

• high luminance (used to describe bold-face text on display screen)

noun:

• non-return-to-zero change-on-zeros recording; NRZ-0 - IT term

noun:

• chocolate given to a friend (on Valentine's day)

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to fall on one's shoulders (e.g. responsibility, duty)

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to get on one's way (back home)

expression / adjective:

• being concentrated on one thing; devoting oneself completely to something

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to travel on frequently (e.g. a road or path)

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to be quiet (due to lack of activity); to be in a slump (of a business) - idiom ➜ 閑古鳥

adverb:

• sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course; in time

noun:

• night where one waits for someone who is supposed to come - archaism
• night of the 14th day of the eight month of the lunar calendar - archaism

noun / ~する noun:

• omitting crucial steps; cutting corners; skimping
• intentional negligence
• tenuki; taking the initiative by ignoring the opponent's last move and playing somewhere else (in go)

noun:

• dumpling cooked in miso served during the dog days of summer at the imperial court
• accompaniments for a rice dish - secret language of court ladies - archaism - female language ➜ おかず
• wooden pestle - secret language of court ladies - archaism - female language ➜ すりこぎ
• menstrual period - archaism

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves)
• to scatter; to be dispersed
• to disappear; to dissolve; to break up
• to spread; to run; to blur
• to die a noble death

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to vomit; to throw up; to spit up
• to emit; to send forth; to breathe out
• to give (an opinion); to make (a comment); to express; to tell
• to confess

noun:

• ancient document; archives; ancient manuscript; paleograph
• document addressed to someone in particular (jargon used in paleography) ➜ 文書【ぶんしょ】

noun:

• confection of sweetened beans wrapped in wheat-flour dough (in the shape of a sword guard) - abbreviation ➜ 金鍔焼き
• metal sword guard; polearm - archaism

noun:

• telephone appointment; arranging meetings and appointments in advance by phone - abbreviation
• cold-calling to get potential customers to agree to meet a salesman; carrying out market surveys by phone

expression / ichidan verb:

• to peak (at a given time or given group); to approach the peak; to come to a peak

noun / ~する noun:

• crying oneself to sleep; giving up in frustration; accepting meekly; being compelled to accept a situation

ichidan verb:

• to take a pinch of something (e.g. salt); to pick up in one's fingers

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to bend oneself forward (esp. in curiosity or excitement); to hang out (e.g. over a balcony)

interjection:

• welcome; come in; response to a visitor at one's house who has asked to be shown inside - used by samurai families - archaism ➜ 頼もう【たのもう】

noun:

• Special Permission to Stay in Japan; residence status that can be granted to illegal immigrants or overstayers

noun:

• Special Permission to Stay in Japan; residence status that can be granted to illegal immigrants or overstayers - abbreviation ➜ 在留特別許可

noun:

• being deeply in debt; being up to one's ears in debt