noun:

• newspaper article where the journalist gives their own opinions, etc. on a particular topic; op-ed article

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to make a mistake (e.g. in choosing one's melds) - colloquialism - Mahjong term ➜ 裏目【うらめ】

noun / ~の noun:

• grilling on a skewer; spit-roasting

expression / ichidan verb:

• to hoist a flag

expression / adjective:

• having a strong alkaline taste; harsh to the taste ➜ あくの強い
• excessively strong-willed; fiercely individualistic; strongly idiosyncratic ➜ あくの強い【あくのつよい】

noun:

• sound like a steam engine

noun:

• division of a shrine's tutelary deity, in order to share it with another shrine; spirit divided in such a manner

noun:

• norito read at a great purification event - obscure term - Shintō term ➜ 大祓

noun:

• soba and rice cooked together along with meat, vegetables, etc. on a metal plate

noun / ~する noun:

• repeating a course; taking a course again - abbreviation - slang ➜ 再履修

noun / ~の noun:

• being raised in a town

noun:

• underside of a bird's wing
• lining of a haori ➜ 羽織

noun:

• bus without a step up into it, usually because it lowers itself or has a lift; low-floor bus - From English "non-step bus"

noun:

• rope used to cordon off consecrated areas or as a talisman against evil - Shintō term

noun:

• bathing guest at a hot spring

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to betray a secret

expression:

• if a cat washes its face, rain is coming - traditional belief - proverb

noun:

• referral to a committee

noun:

• small wooden door at the rear of a noh stage
• small garden gate ➜ 小門

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to disguise oneself as a woman

adverb:

• a little more

expression:

• in spring one sleeps a sleep that knows no dawn; in spring one sleeps like a log - proverb

noun:

• a political organization; a political organisation

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to forcefully open up a hole (in a wall, etc.)
• to speak frankly, holding nothing back ➜ 打ち明ける【うちあける】
• to throw out (everything inside)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to make a wish (to a god)