expression / godan ~る verb:

• to curry favour; to butter up; to fawn over; to humour someone (humor); to put in a good mood (e.g. a baby) - obscure term ➜ 機嫌を取る

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to curry favour; to butter up; to fawn over; to humour someone (humor); to put in a good mood (e.g. a baby) - obscure term ➜ 機嫌をとる

noun:

• panel; scene-panel
• painted backdrop (panel at the back of a noh stage), on which a pine tree is painted - symbolically a reflection of tree at the front of the stage

noun:

• substitute national holiday; day off in lieu of a national holiday that falls on a Sunday; compensatory holiday

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to take candy from a baby; to accomplish something with ease; to twist a baby's arm [literal] - idiom ➜ 赤子の腕をひねる

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to take candy from a baby; to accomplish something with ease; to twist a baby's arm [literal] - obscure term - idiom ➜ 赤子の手をひねる

noun:

• amateur wrestling on a street corner or in an empty field (esp. in autumn) - Sumo term
• wrestling show in a roadside tent - Sumo term

noun:

• just before a war - archaism
• day before a holiday - archaism
• day before the one on which prostitutes were forced to accept customers - archaism ➜ 紋日

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to have a well-defined character (of video game, anime, etc. character); to stand out as a character

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to wind (e.g. a watch)
• to give (somebody) a good prodding; to make (somebody) shape up - idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• moving to a different location to start a new job; (proceeding to) new appointment

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to operate a business; to run a business; to manage all by oneself

expression / ichidan verb:

• to raise (hoist) a flag
• to raise an army
• to start a new business

noun / ~する noun:

• to set upon a journey; to start travelling; to set off on a trip ➜ 旅立ち・出立

godan ~つ verb / transitive:

• to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to hit (e.g. baseball); to break wind
• to set free; to release; to let loose
• to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)
• to send out (a person to carry out a duty)
• to set fire to - in the form 火を放つ ➜ 火を放つ

noun:

• crown (of head); summit (of mountain); spire - esp. 頂
• easy win for one - 頂き,戴き
• something received - 頂き,戴き

noun:

• place for boarding vehicles; bus stop; bus terminal; railway platform; taxi stand; jetty; wharf

adjectival noun / noun / ~の noun:

• distorted; crooked; irregular; warped

noun / adjectival noun:

• oval; elliptical shape

noun:

• round, wooden container for cooked rice ➜ 飯櫃【めしびつ】
• oval coin

noun:

• aftercare; care for patients after discharge from hospital - Medicine term
• after-sales service - From English "after care" ➜ アフターサービス

adverb:

• in general; on the whole; for the most part; by and large; almost all

noun / ~する noun:

• going from door to door greeting relatives and friends
• complimentary visit for the New Year

noun / ~する noun:

• closing up shop (for the day)
• stopping business; going out of business

noun:

• bumpy tiles set in public areas to mark the path for the blind

noun / ~する noun:

• separating words in Japanese with spaces (e.g. in kana-only books for children) - Linguistics term

noun:

• baby talk (e.g. "choo-choo" for train); words and speech patterns used by infants