expression / godan ~す verb:

• to crack a joke; to tell a joke

expression / ichidan verb:

• to fight a battle; to have a fight

noun:

• conditions of a contract; terms of a contract

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to make a net; to knit a net

noun:

• centre of a prefecture; heart of a prefecture

noun:

• someone who has a title but no real duty; useless person ➜ 取り巻き
• actor playing a daimyo who merely sets the scene as part of the background (in kabuki) - original meaning ➜ 大名

~の noun / noun:

• not covered (e.g. of a sports opponent); unobserved; under the radar - From English "no mark"
• unmarked (e.g. of a product); unlabelled

expression / noun:

• a thorn in one's side; a pain in the butt (often someone higher in rank, ability, etc.); nuisance; something in the way - idiom

expression:

• even the unskilled can succeed by a fluke given enough tries; even a poor marksman will hit the target with enough shots [literal] - proverb ➜ 下手な鉄砲も数撃ちゃ当たる

noun:

• household of which half of the taxes were given to a designated person (ritsuryo system); vassal household allotted to a courtier ➜ 食封

expression:

• one cannot shake the will of even the lowliest man; a person's will should be respected; even a menial deserves his convictions - proverb

expression:

• women are not as clever as they think; women should know their place; even a clever woman will fail at selling a cow [literal] - proverb

noun / adverbial noun / suffix noun:

• (approximate) time; around; about; toward - ごろ when used as a suffix
• suitable time (or condition) ➜ 食べ頃
• time of year; season

noun:

• steaming basket (traditionally clay or wood) ➜ 蒸篭
• steaming vat (for steaming rice in sake production) ［こしき］

noun:

• involuntary upgrade; operational upgrade; free upgrade to business or first class on an overbooked flight - abbreviation ➜ インボランタリーアップグレード

expression / ichidan verb:

• to settle down; to get a steady job; to marry and raise a family
• to attire oneself; to outfit oneself

noun:

• primary colour; primary color
• pure color; unmixed color; striking color
• original color (of a painting, etc. as opposed to a reproduction)

adverb / ~する noun:

• doing nothing; being stupefied; flushingly; abstractedly; dazedly; blankly; dreamily - onomatopoeia
• dimly; hazily; faintly; vaguely; indistinctly - onomatopoeia

adverb:

• with a roar (e.g. flames); with a whoosh - onomatopoeia

noun:

• purificatory font at shrines and temples
• kitchen
• cupboard
• room adjacent to a tea ceremony room, where utensils are washed
• vendor of drinking water
• building for taking refuge during a flood

noun:

• speedrun; playing through a video game for additional challenge (e.g. as quickly as possible, to obtain the highest score, without using a certain weapon, etc.) ➜ やり込み【やりこみ】

noun:

• mekuri karuta (card game popular in the late Edo period)
• hanafuda; Japanese playing cards (12 suits of 4 cards, each suit representing a month indicated by a flower) ➜ 花札

noun / ~する noun:

• cover; covering; dust jacket
• cover song; cover version
• coverage

~する noun:

• to compensate for (a loss); to offset (a weakness); to back up

noun / ~する noun:

• leaping; activity
• leapfrog (over a problem); making a leap (e.g. in logic)
• making great strides; making rapid progress
• emerging
• becoming active; playing an active part

expression:

• a wise man changes his mind, a fool never; the wise adapt themselves to changed circumstances - proverb ➜ 君子豹変【くんしひょうへん】
• the wise make no scruple in suddenly changing their demeanor - proverb - colloquialism

expression / noun:

• match made in heaven; perfect match; great coupling; bush warbler in a plum tree (a common motif in poetry and classical Japanese painting) [literal] - idiom