noun:

• elder chief of a village or town during Edo Period - archaism ➜ 年寄り

noun / ~する noun:

• cleaning up or covering for another; bearing the consequences of someone else's error; paying a debt for someone; wiping another's buttocks [literal]

ichidan verb:

• to spring or rush out

noun / ~する noun:

• skipping school or work without a good reason; playing truant; playing hooky

noun:

• lucky or unlucky aspect of a given day

noun / ~する noun:

• exchanging parts or equipment to effect a change in performance

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• homeward voyage or flight

expression:

• more or less

noun:

• person or organization (esp. yakuza) in charge of solving problems caused by subordinates - slang
• member of a biker gang driving behind the rest (in charge of keeping the police away from the other members) - slang ➜ 暴走族

noun:

• customers losing interest in product or shop

noun:

• grill or grate for toasting rice cakes

noun:

• true or false

godan ~つ verb / intransitive verb:

• to roll around in the grass or mud

noun:

• jellied fish or meat broth

noun:

• violent robbery or burglary; killing and robbing (someone)

noun:

• three-base hit; triple - Baseball term ➜ 三塁打【さんるいだ】

noun:

• (of a website) being delisted or censored by the Google search engine

noun:

• shrine receiving offerings from the provincial government (pre-Meiji) or the national treasury (post-Meiji) - obsolete term

noun:

• male convict or prisoner

noun:

• words mainly used in songs or poetry ➜ 歌語

godan ~う verb:

• to miss (boat, plane, train, etc.)

noun:

• branch of a sacred tree (esp. sakaki) with paper or cotton strips attached (used as a Shinto offering) - poetic name - archaism ➜ 玉串

noun:

• impression given by a painting or image

noun:

• assistant or associate professor

noun:

• rice gruel containing vegetables, fish, etc., and seasoned with miso or soy sauce ➜ 雑炊