expression / ichidan verb:

• to dunk (e.g. food in a drink)

noun:

• necromancer (esp. a blind female in northeastern Honshu); medium; shaman ➜ 巫子【いちこ】・口寄せ

noun:

• hanging curtain used in place of a wall (Heian period) - archaism ➜ とばり

noun:

• person who tends to trees (e.g. in a garden) - archaism

adjectival noun:

• looking like one is in a good mood

noun:

• Okinawa soba (thick noodles served in a pork soup)

noun:

• rhinoceros hide
• Chinese lacquerware technique resulting in a mottled finish - abbreviation ➜ 犀皮塗り【さいひぬり】

noun:

• shade under a tree in full leaf
• summer

noun:

• most hallowed grounds (of a sacred site in Okinawa) ➜ 御嶽【うたき】

noun / ~する noun:

• recording audio at home (as opposed to in a studio) - abbreviation ➜ 自宅録音【じたくろくおん】

noun / ~する noun:

• recording audio at home (as opposed to in a studio)

noun:

• having furigana on all kanji in a document

noun:

• pork cutlet on rice in a lacquered box - Food term ➜ 重箱

noun:

• sidemen; supporting musicians (in a jazz band, rock group, etc.)

noun:

• cosplay (dressing in costume, esp. as a manga character, etc.) - abbreviation - slang ➜ コスプレ

noun:

• drawing every character in a similar way; same face syndrome - manga slang

noun:

• uneven heating of food (esp. in a microwave) ➜ 斑【むら】・加熱ムラ【かねつムラ】

noun:

• uneven heating of food (esp. in a microwave) ➜ 斑【むら】

adverb:

• on rare occasions; once in a blue moon

noun:

• advertising insert (e.g. in a newspaper); inserted flyer

noun:

• rain symbol (e.g. in a weather forecast)

noun:

• quasi-drug; medicated products; quasi-medicine; product with relatively mild medicinal effect, sold in general stores as well as pharmacies

expression / ichidan verb:

• to think about; to send one's heart out to; to give more than a passing thought to; to think of something far away; to think nostalgically upon (esp. one's hometown) ➜ 思いを致す

expression:

• too many cooks spoil the broth; too many captains will steer the ship up a mountain [literal] - proverb

noun:

• voir dire (hearing to determine the admissibility of evidence, or the competency of a witness or juror)