expression:

• rubbernecking; the thrill of looking at something scary or unpleasant and wanting to look at it all the more because it is scary or unpleasant

adverb / ~と adverb:

• giving two or three light tugs (or pushes) - onomatopoeia
• worrying about; moping; brooding over; fretting - archaism - onomatopoeia
• suddenly angry; feeling a surge of anger - archaism - onomatopoeia

noun / ~する noun:

• entering (the marketplace); introducing (something) to the market; access
• visiting a high-class or noble individual - original meaning

noun / ~する noun:

• cutting a thin object (e.g. vegetable stalk) at a 45 degree angle; cutting in a way that blunts or rounds the cut ➜ 削ぐ

noun / prefix noun:

• smallness; small item
• short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days) ➜ 小の月
• elementary school - abbreviation ➜ 小学校
• younger or inferior (of two items or people with the same name)
• unit of field area (approx. 400 sq m) - archaism

noun:

• credits roll (at the end of a show or movie); end credit roll - From English "endroll"

noun:

• "tsuchinoe" day that falls closest to the vernal or autumnal equinox (a day of religious significance for harvests) ➜ 戊

noun:

• side house (to the east, west, or north of a main residence; home to women, children and servants) ➜ 寝殿造

noun:

• polished gyaru; girl or young woman adhering to a toned down version of the gyaru fashion trend - colloquialism ➜ ギャル

noun:

• hemp rope fastened from the bow of a Japanese ship to the tip of the mast ➜ 筈

noun:

• arriving at the final stop (of a bus, train, etc.); reaching the end of the line

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to suffer a blast or indirect blow; to be subject to the surplus force of an impetus

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to know shame; to have a sense of shame; to be ashamed

noun:

• mamba (snake of the genus Dendroaspis)
• yamanba; manba; girl or young woman adhering to a fashion trend often characterized by extremely gaudy and colourful facial make up, heavily tanned skin and hair dyed in a bright hue - abbreviation ➜ ヤマンバ

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to decide; to choose; to determine; to make up one's mind; to resolve; to set one's heart on; to settle; to arrange; to set; to appoint; to fix
• to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match)
• to persist in doing; to go through with
• to always do; to have made a habit of - as 決めている
• to take for granted; to assume
• to dress up; to dress to kill; to dress to the nines
• to carry out successfully (a move in sports, a pose in dance, etc.); to succeed in doing
• to immobilize with a double-arm lock (in sumo, judo, etc.) - Martial Arts, Sumo term
• to eat or drink something; to take illegal drugs

noun:

• Imperial surname; title borne by a prince of the blood as a head of a house ➜ 宮家【みやけ】

noun:

• perception; intuition; the sixth sense

noun:

• the sixth sense; intuition; hunch

noun / counter:

• swing; shake; wave; swinging

noun:

• appearance; behaviour - usually written using kana alone
• pretence (pretense); show; pretending (to) - oft. after a noun+の or verb in the dictionary form - usually written using kana alone ➜ 振りをする

noun / ~の noun:

• going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction - usually written using kana alone

noun:

• move (dance); postures
• lead in (e.g. to a running joke, asking a question); lead up - oft. as フリ - usually written using kana alone ➜ 前振り
• unsewn part of a hanging sleeve on a traditional Japanese woman's garment

suffix / counter:

• counter for swords, blades, etc.

noun:

• not wearing underwear or pants - archaism

noun:

• the scruff or nape of the neck

noun:

• the grief or feelings of the Emperor

noun:

• beginning of the month or the year; New Year's Day; the calendar

noun:

• groove in a shamisen player's fingernail caused by the friction of the string of the instrument ➜ 糸道【いとみち】

noun / ~する noun:

• canonization (in a textual sense)

noun:

• Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) usu. to the general populace ➜ お達し【おたっし】