noun:

• deathbed adoption of a successor (to prevent extinction of the family line); person adopted by someone on his deathbed - four character idiom

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be in high spirits

noun:

• slot machine in a pachinko parlor (parlour) - from パチンコ and スロット - abbreviation

noun:

• leak of official secrets; leaking of confidential information

noun:

• traditional Japanese band of sandwich board advertisers

adverb:

• in detail; with great care; completely; fully

expression / adjective:

• of noble birth; wellborn ➜ 生まれのいい【うまれのいい】

expression:

• in any case; in either case; whichever the case may be

noun:

• catchers who warm up pitchers in the bullpen - Baseball term
• tank (character that soaks up damage for the rest of the party in an MMORPG)

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to rise in esteem; to become popular - idiom
• to rise in value (stocks)

noun:

• letter of resignation

noun:

• sense of defeat

noun:

• end of school year

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to dispose of; to sell off

noun:

• female employee of a brothel-massage parlor ➜ ヘルス・嬢【じょう】

noun:

• coarse silk from the outside of a cocoon (a type of waste thread)

noun:

• ascetic practice of silence

noun:

• alternative name for lily magnolia (Magnolia quinquepeta, Magnolia liliiflora) ➜ 木蓮【もくれん】

noun:

• type of brothel in Yoshiwara (Edo period) ➜ 埋茶女郎

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to attack the enemy in his unguarded moment

expression / noun:

• person of strong constitution unexpectedly falling ill; sickness of a stout man; the devil getting sunstroke [literal]

noun:

• Bachelor of Engineering

noun:

• directory or book of numbers (e.g. telephone nos)

noun:

• type of faceted glass from Edo ➜ 切り子ガラス

noun:

• long spell of rain in early spring