noun:

• autumn eggplant; eggplant picked eaten in the autumn ➜ 茄子

expression / ichidan verb:

• to break off with (e.g. one's lover) - idiom
• to be sharp enough to cut one's skin (of a new banknote, etc.)

noun:

• Chiloscyllium (genus of carpet sharks or bamboo sharks in the family Hemiscylliidae with long snouts and subterminal nostrils)

noun:

• scoophead (Sphyrna media, species of little-known hammerhead shark found in tropical waters of the western Atlantic and eastern Pacific)

noun:

• finelined surgeonfish (Acanthurus grammoptilus, species of Western Pacific tang found in the Philippines, Indonesia and north-western Australia)

noun:

• wooden board used on the ridge-ends of a roof instead of an onigawara tile (sometimes covered in copper sheeting) ➜ 鬼瓦

noun:

• event where schoolchildren wash their inkstones, brushes and desks the night before Tanabata to pray for success in their studies - obscure term ➜ 七夕

noun:

• mix of peanuts and spicy baked or fried mochi chips in the shape of kaki (Japanese persimmon) seeds - abbreviation ➜ 柿の種【かきのたね】・ピーナッツ・柿ピー【かきピー】

noun:

• mix of peanuts and spicy baked or fried mochi chips in the shape of kaki (Japanese persimmon) seeds - abbreviation ➜ 柿の種【かきのたね】・ピーナッツ・柿ピー【かきピー】・ピー柿【ピーかき】

noun:

• letters from exiled Europeans in Jakarta to their Japanese wives and half-Japanese children (during the Edo period)

noun:

• (rocky) seashore party; seashore festival ➜ 磯遊び
• celebration in honor of the dragon god by fishermen after a good haul

noun:

• playing shogi with a handicap of the rook and bishop
• participating in a contest while missing key players, pieces, etc.

noun:

• Japanese book size (approx. 12.5cm by 17.5cm) ➜ 半紙【はんし】
• late Edo-period novelette depicting life in the red-light district ➜ 洒落本

noun:

• menko; children's game in which thick circular or rectangular cards are slapped down on the ground to overturn other cards - Ōsaka dialect ➜ めんこ

expression / intransitive verb / godan ~る verb:

• to be on one's mind; to worry one; to care about; to be bothered by; to feel uneasy; to be anxious; to be curious about
• to feel like; to feel inclined to
• to fancy; to like; to catch one's eye

expression / ichidan verb:

• to resolve to do; to make up one's mind to do; to set one's heart on; to have one's heart set on

expression:

• with no regard to one's appearances; with no concern of how one's act looks like

expression / ichidan verb:

• to close one's eyes partly; to squint
• to smile with one's whole face; to look fondly at

noun / ~する noun:

• covering one's head with a handkerchief, scarf, etc.; tying a cloth around one's head ➜ ほおかぶり

noun:

• God's will; heaven's decree; mandate of Heaven; fate; karma; destiny
• one's life; one's lifespan

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to make narrower; to shut (an umbrella); to shrug (one's shoulders); to purse (one's lips)

expression:

• it is none of one's business; it is not one's place to say (do) something - idiom

godan ~す verb:

• to use one thing for several purposes; to use the same thing on multiple occasions
• to work someone hard; to order around; to boss

noun:

• first letter of a word; capital letter (at the start of a word or sentence)
• initials (of one's name)

adverb:

• hourly; from one minute to the next; from hour to hour; moment by moment; with each passing moment - four character idiom