noun:

• Deliberative Council on Political Ethics (Diet Committee); ethics committee - abbreviation ➜ 政治倫理審査会【せいじりんりしんさかい】

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to put on; to wear
• to be used to wearing

noun:

• festive chopsticks; thick round chopsticks used on festive occasions ➜ 祝い箸【いわいばし】

expression / ichidan verb:

• to focus on; to bring into focus

noun:

• money on hand; ready money; spending money; pocket money

expression:

• that's good; that's nice ➜ いい・ね

expression / noun:

• like (on social media)

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to see someone off (at a station, an airport, etc.); to escort (e.g. home)
• to follow something with one's eyes until it is out of sight
• to let pass; to pass up (an opportunity etc.); to let a pitch go by (baseball); to watch a batted ball go into the stands
• to shelve (a plan, deliberation on a bill, etc.); to postpone
• to have someone related or close to you die; to bury someone
• to take care of somebody until he dies
• to wait and see; to continue (e.g. in legal contexts)

noun:

• draining blood from a live fish (from above the gills and at the base of the tail) to keep it fresh ［いきじめ］ ➜ 活け締め【いけじめ】
• fasting fish for several days to preserve flavour and quality (and reduce mortality during transport) - esp. いきしめ ➜ 活け締め【いけじめ】
• killing fish in a fishtank (immediately before cooking); fish killed in a fishtank - esp. いきしめ ➜ 活け締め【いけじめ】

noun:

• Onokoro Island (in Japanese mythology, the island formed by drops of water falling from the heavenly jeweled spear); Onogoro Island - archaism ➜ 天の瓊矛
• Japan

noun:

• wooden horse; rocking horse
• vaulting horse; horse used in gymnastics ➜ 跳馬
• the horse (ancient torture device that one was forced to straddle with rocks hanging from the feet)

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to sow; to plant; to seed
• to sprinkle (gold or silver powder on lacquerware) ➜ 蒔絵

noun:

• field of vision; view
• one's outlook (e.g. on life); one's horizons

noun:

• written language; literary language
• formal (or archaic) written style based on Heian-period Japanese

noun / ~する noun:

• attaching too much importance to; placing disproportionate emphasis on; making too much of

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to go on a pub-crawl; to drink at a round of places

noun:

• buzzword; vogue word; popular phrase; word (phrase) in fashion or on everybody's lips

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to instigate; to incite; to spur on; to set (e.g. a dog after someone)

godan ~ぐ verb / intransitive verb:

• to ration out and survive on (some food)
• to eke out a living

noun:

• Japanese inn priding itself on its cuisine; Japanese-style restaurant with an attached inn

noun:

• imperialisation policy (esp. on Korea during Japan's colonial rule) (imperialization); policy of imperialisation

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to sit at a desk (to study); to set to work on revision, homework, etc.

noun:

• business based on anime and manga characters; character-based business - From English "character business"

noun:

• written investigation; report of an investigation
• school record (on a student); transcript (of grades)

noun:

• young female TV announcer (who also frequently functions as a television talent doing on-location fluff pieces for variety shows) - abbreviation ➜ アナウンサー

noun / ~する noun:

• squatting (usu. with elbows on knees and often while smoking, typically considered a low-class posture)