noun:

• Eptatretus okinoseanus (species of hagfish found in Japan and Taiwan)

noun:

• masala (mixture of spices used in Indian cooking)

noun:

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

noun:

• land of eternally tranquil light (highest realm in Tendai Buddhism) - Buddhism term ➜ 寂光浄土

noun:

• shortage of talented people; shortfall in human resources

noun:

• section of recitative (esp. in noh music) - archaism - Music term ➜ 謡曲

noun:

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

noun / ~する noun:

• preliminary boiling (of hard-to-cook ingredients); cooking in advance

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】

expression / noun:

• complete ignorance (usu. in reference to feigning); lack of knowledge

noun:

• navigability; accessibility; ease of getting around ➜ 回遊【かいゆう】
• schooling behavior (in fish) ➜ 回遊【かいゆう】

noun:

• dregs; sediment; grounds; meal
• lees (esp. sake) - often 粕
• leftovers; by-product
• worthless item; thing of little to no value
• dregs (e.g. of society); scum; dross
• card only worth 1 point (in hanafuda) ➜ カス札

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to say incorrectly; to use the wrong words; to make a slip of the tongue
• to forget to say; to miss one's chance to say

noun / ~する noun:

• going to work (e.g. in the morning); coming to work Antonym: 退社

noun:

• starting lineup; player in the starting lineup - Sports term - From English "starting member"

noun / ~する noun:

• being off to one side; being away off in the country

expression:

• The world is covered in darkness; All is plunged into darkness - four character idiom

adverb:

• early; quickly; soon - slang, ksb, arch. equiv. of 早く - colloquialism - abbreviation

noun:

• early morning; early hour; early in the day

noun:

• withered reeds (esp. reeds that have withered in the winter)

noun:

• Hades (Greek god) ➜ プルートー
• Hades; the underworld (in Greek mythology)

noun:

• the Big Dipper (asterism); the Plough; the Plow - Astronomy term ➜ 北斗七星
• family crest representing the seven luminaries (with one central circle surrounded by six other circles) ➜ 七曜
• Japanese pilchard (Sardinops melanostictus); Japanese sardine ➜ 真鰯

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to drop; to lose; to let fall; to shed (light); to cast (one's gaze); to pour in (liquid); to leave behind
• to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose; to spend money at a certain place; to omit; to leave out; to secretly let escape
• to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to fail (a course); to defeat (in an election)
• to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice); to lessen (e.g. production or body weight); to worsen (quality); to reduce (e.g. rank or popularity); to speak badly of; to make light of; to fall into straitened circumstances
• to fall into (e.g. a dilemma or sin); to make one's own; to have one's bid accepted; to force surrender; to take (e.g. an enemy camp or castle); to forcefully convince; to press for a confession; to deal with
• to download; to copy from a computer to another medium - IT term
• to make someone swoon (judo) - Martial Arts term
• to finish a story (e.g. with the punch line)
• to finish (a period, e.g. of fasting)

adverb:

• after a long time; for the first time in a while

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to stab; to thrust (into)
• to plant (in the ground); to stick upright