noun:

• various intimate services (e.g. massage) rendered by a female high school student or young woman wearing a high school uniform ➜ ＪＫビジネス【ジェイケイビジネス】

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 / ~の noun:

• sweet words; smooth talk; cajolery; flattery; sycophancy

adjective:

• meek; gentle; modest; sweet; charming; touching
• praiseworthy; admirable

noun:

• love birds; sickeningly sweet and soppy couple - from ばかなカップル - colloquialism

noun:

• last spurt; home stretch; last part of a race or period of time where you give it your best effort

noun:

• five implements placed in front of a Buddhist altar: two candlesticks, two vases (usu. containing flowers made of gilded copper) and one incense burner

noun:

• regular adoption (official adoption with the consent of both parties and without dissolving the relationship with the biological parents)

expression:

• very fond of; more fond of than eating; so fond of that someone would rather not eat than go without; more important than three meals a day ➜ 三度の飯より好き【さんどのめしよりすき】

expression / godan ~く verb:

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

noun or verb acting prenominally:

• fleshy; plump; chubby; corpulent

~する noun:

• to apply thickly; to slap on; to coat with something thick

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

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to gather momentum; to gather strength; (for a trend) to reach a peak

adverb / ~と adverb:

• walking on frost; crunching (e.g. on gravel) - onomatopoeia
• lots of coins or jewels - onomatopoeia
• cutting into large pieces; loosely weaving - onomatopoeia

adjectival noun:

• large (pieces, stitches, sand grains, etc.) - onomatopoeia

noun:

• area of a soccer pitch between the penalty area and the centre ring (of tactical importance) - Sports term - From English "vital area"

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:

• dealing in rice speculating on the year's harvest while the paddies are still covered with snow - four character idiom

godan ~む verb:

• to carry on one's back
• to burden oneself (e.g. with debts, responsibilities, etc.)

noun:

• kimono with completely attached sleeves (i.e. lacking an opening on the side under the armpit) ➜ 八つ口

noun:

• lotus position (meditation and yoga posture); padmasana; sitting with legs crossed and feet placed on opposing thighs - abbreviation ➜ 結跏趺坐【けっかふざ】

noun:

• black bean sauce - Food term - From Chinese

noun:

• working the corners; hitting the corners of the plate; pitcher's technique of throwing a ball aiming at the edge of the strike zone - Baseball term - From English "corner work"
• cornering skill (skating, driving, etc.)