noun:

• rice gruel traditionally eaten on the 7th day of the new year containing the seven plants of spring

expression / ichidan verb:

• to use up all of one's energy and willpower; to be exhausted (and have no will to go on)

noun:

• scattering
• leaflets - esp. チラシ - usually written using kana alone
• sushi rice in a box or bowl with a variety of ingredients sprinkled on top - abbreviation ➜ 散らし寿司
• writing in an irregular hand - abbreviation ➜ 散らし書き

noun / ~する noun:

• coming down from one's seat and prostrating oneself (to pay obeisance)

noun:

• musicians' box on the left side of the stage
• lower seat ➜ 下座【しもざ】

noun:

• ballast; heavy material placed low to improve a vessel's stability
• ballast; crushed stone, gravel, etc. used on a roadbed or railway track

noun:

• kamaboko; steamed seasoned fish paste, usu. in a semicylindrical shape on a strip of wood and sliced to go in soup, etc. - Food term

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to change (lower-body clothing: shoes, slippers, pants, a skirt, etc.) ➜ 着替える
• to put on the wrong pair of shoes by mistake ➜ 履き違える

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to descend; to go down; to come down
• to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.)
• to pass (of time)
• to surrender; to capitulate
• to be less than; to be inferior to - often in neg. form
• to have the runs; to have diarrhea - also written as 瀉る ➜ 腹が下る
• to pass (in stool); to be discharged from the body
• to depreciate oneself; to be humble - archaism

noun / ~する noun:

• taking advantage of (an opportunity); jumping on the bandwagon
• taking passage (in); getting a lift; getting a ride

noun:

• the other party (usu. in business); person or party with whom you are dealing (on the other end)

noun:

• waste-water port (of a dam, sewer, etc.); freeing port (on a ship)
• water hose outlet (for firefighting)

noun:

• title of a scripture or sacred text (e.g. Buddhist sutra)
• title on a scroll or rolled book ➜ 巻き物【まきもの】

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to request; to beg; to ask
• to call; to order; to reserve
• to entrust to
• to rely on - esp. 恃む

noun:

• article for sale; goods for sale; offering; For Sale (on a sign)
• specialty; selling point

noun:

• work-related injury; work-related illness; work-related death; on-the-job accident - abbreviation ➜ 労働災害
• workers' compensation insurance - abbreviation ➜ 労災保険

noun:

• flat part of the top of the cranium
• plate-like depression on the head of kappa ➜ 河童

noun:

• commentary (on any of the 384 lines of the hexagrams in the Book of Changes)

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun / adjectival noun:

• unsteadily (e.g. on one's feet); shakily; staggering; reeling; tottering; dizzily - onomatopoeia

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• wandering; wavering; aimlessly; without knowing what one is doing; having no goal in mind - onomatopoeia

noun:

• continued alertness; unrelaxed alertness; remaining on one's guard; being prepared for a counterstroke
• follow-through (e.g. in archery)
• lingering affection; attachment; regret; regrets; reluctance - orig. meaning

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to sell out
• to sell widely; to sell on a large scale

noun:

• arrow view; view on arrow; fragmentary view taken in the direction of an arrow

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be arranged (flowers, etc.); to be on display - esp. 生かる, 活かる
• to be buried - esp. 埋かる

noun:

• Little New Year (festival held on January 15th); 14th-16th days of the first month of the year; Koshogatsu

expression:

• a man's word is his bond; a man does not go back on what he's said - proverb ➜ 二言【にごん】

noun:

• New Year's banquet (held annually by the emperor on Jan. 5, prior to WWII)
• New Year's party ➜ 新年会