noun:

• traditional Koshogatsu ceremony where the newly-wed wife is hit on the rump with a sacred wooden pole to ensure her fertility ➜ 小正月・祝い棒

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be formal; to be ceremonious; to stand on ceremony

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to be ready to cry; to be on the point of tears

noun:

• attaching and detaching; putting on and removing; installing and removing ➜ 着脱
• desorption Antonym: 吸着【きゅうちゃく】

noun:

• ganglion; swelling on a tendon sheath - Medicine term
• ganglion; nerve ganglion; nerve knot - Anatomy term ➜ 神経節

noun / ~の noun:

• self-questioning

~する noun:

• to self-question; to rethink; to reflect on oneself

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to stand on a podium
• to teach; to be a teacher

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to go easy on somebody; to be easygoing; to be lenient

noun:

• income-based levy; per income levy; taxation on income basis

expression / ichidan verb:

• to live under another's roof; to become a dependent on
• to flatten oneself (against); to lean in close to

noun / ~する noun:

• waiting on a table; serving (at dinner)

noun:

• waiter; waitress; waitperson; server; cabin boy; bellboy; page; pageboy
• office boy; office girl

noun / ~する noun:

• accompanying; being in attendance on

noun:

• inner offerer (any of the 10 high-ranking monks serving at the inner offering hall) - abbreviation ➜ 内供奉

noun / ~の noun:

• peep; peeping

noun:

• peep show; device with lens mounted on a stand or in a box to view enlarged pictures - abbreviation ➜ 覗き機関

noun:

• main course (of a formal meal)
• extremely high-grade Japanese meal served all at once (on a table with legs) - abbreviation ➜ 本膳料理

noun:

• piggybacking marketing; the method of making sales by jumping on a bandwagon (like that of a boom, popularity, disaster, etc.) - four character idiom

noun:

• winding a replacement thread, wire, etc.
• changing from an overarm to an underarm grip on one's opponent's belt - Sumo term

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to accurately guess what subjects will turn up on a test; to have one's predictions turn out correct

expression:

• first verse of a nursery rhyme sung by children on cold days (similar to "It's Raining, It's Pouring")

expression:

• the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence; the neighbour's salted rice bran paste (smells sweeter) [literal] - proverb

noun:

• projecting part (of a headland, etc.) ［でばな・出鼻］
• moment of departure; (on the) point of going out
• outset; start; beginning

noun:

• deity that originated on the Asian mainland, particularly the Korean Peninsula, during the Yayoi or Kofun Periods (e.g. Ame no Hiboko) ➜ 渡来

~の noun / adjectival noun / noun:

• at first glance poor, but on closer examination not too bad; crude but charming (of artwork, etc.); poorly made but captivating

particle:

• hey; you - at sentence-end; indicates certainty, emphasis, contempt, request, etc.
• hey - after a noun; used when calling out to someone
• hey; hold on - in mid-sentence; used to catch one's breath or get someone's attention

interjection:

• yo; hey

noun:

• on-site work; work-site operations