noun:

• jacket type (e.g. a style of clothing)
• jacket-style buoyancy control device (BCD) shaped like a sleeveless coat

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to lead a stingy life; to scrimp and save; to pinch pennies; to light one's fingernail (instead of a candle) [literal]

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to curry favour; to butter up; to fawn over; to humour someone (humor); to put in a good mood (e.g. a baby) - obscure term ➜ 機嫌を取る

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to curry favour; to butter up; to fawn over; to humour someone (humor); to put in a good mood (e.g. a baby) - obscure term ➜ 機嫌をとる

noun:

• panel; scene-panel
• painted backdrop (panel at the back of a noh stage), on which a pine tree is painted - symbolically a reflection of tree at the front of the stage

noun:

• substitute national holiday; day off in lieu of a national holiday that falls on a Sunday; compensatory holiday

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to take candy from a baby; to accomplish something with ease; to twist a baby's arm [literal] - idiom ➜ 赤子の腕をひねる

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to take candy from a baby; to accomplish something with ease; to twist a baby's arm [literal] - obscure term - idiom ➜ 赤子の手をひねる

noun:

• simple type of clothing consisting of a large piece of cloth with a hole in the middle for the head

noun:

• just before a war - archaism
• day before a holiday - archaism
• day before the one on which prostitutes were forced to accept customers - archaism ➜ 紋日

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to have a well-defined character (of video game, anime, etc. character); to stand out as a character

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to wind (e.g. a watch)
• to give (somebody) a good prodding; to make (somebody) shape up - idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• moving to a different location to start a new job; (proceeding to) new appointment

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to operate a business; to run a business; to manage all by oneself

expression / ichidan verb:

• to raise (hoist) a flag
• to raise an army
• to start a new business

noun / ~する noun:

• to set upon a journey; to start travelling; to set off on a trip ➜ 旅立ち・出立

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to gather momentum; to gather strength; (for a trend) to reach a peak

noun / ~の noun:

• another place; somewhere else; strange parts ➜ 他所【たしょ】

noun:

• outside (one's family or group); those people Antonym: 内【うち】
• unrelated matter - often as 〜をよそに, 〜をよそにして, etc. ➜ よそにする

noun:

• scale (of fish, snake, etc.)
• serif (on kana or kanji (e.g. in Mincho font))

noun / ~する noun:

• being lost for words; becoming speechless
• jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables) ➜ 五言絶句・七言絶句

noun:

• Alice band; horseshoe-shaped hairband made of metal or plastic (often covered with cloth) - named after a character in Tolstoy's novel "Resurrection" - From Russian "Katyusha"
• Katyusha rocket launcher (Soviet)

noun:

• minivan; people-mover; 6-8 seat automobile with sliding door or doors - From English "one box car"

noun:

• simple chicken and rice stir fry dish (usu. flavoured with ketchup or tomato pure) - Food term - From English "chicken rice"

noun:

• apostille; stamp or certificate of public document authentication in accordance with Hague Convention XII

noun:

• form of magic or divination (e.g. animating objects to act as the sorcerer's agent)