noun:

• anchor (of a ship) ➜ 錨【いかり】
• last runner or swimmer in a relay team
• news anchor; news presenter - abbreviation ➜ アンカーマン
• anchor (clock component); pallet fork ➜ アンクル
• anchor (HTML) - IT term
• link to previous post (e.g. in web forums) - IT term ➜ レスアンカー

noun / ~する noun:

• (apostatizing through) trampling on a fumi-e; trampling on a tablet bearing Christian images ➜ 踏み絵

noun:

• allegiance test; loyalty test ➜ 踏み絵

noun / ~の noun:

• old person; elderly person; senior citizen

noun:

• trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay - Sumo term
• senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate)
• important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)

noun:

• townhouse (i.e. house in the middle of a town); traditional townhouse
• tradesman's house (esp. a home with a shop in front); merchant's house; merchant's family

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to approach; to draw near; to get close
• to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to wither; to wilt; to droop; to fade - esp. 萎れる, 凋れる
• to be dejected; to be disheartened; to be depressed; to be crestfallen - esp. 萎れる, 悄れる

expression / noun:

• why-why analysis; method of questioning that leads to the identification of the root cause(s) of a problem

noun:

• visiting a shrine on New Year's Eve and staying there until (or returning on) New Year's Day

noun / ~する noun:

• making one's debut; making one's first appearance - esp. 顔見せ
• (just) showing one's face; showing up - esp. 顔見せ ➜ 顔を見せる
• introductory kabuki performance (to introduce the actors) - esp. 顔見世
• December kabuki performance at Kyoto's Minamiza Theater in which all famous actors perform - esp. 顔見世 ➜ 顔見世狂言

noun:

• fire festival (often celebrating the absence of fires)
• New Year's ritual at Izumo Shrine
• festival involving fire dedicated to the gods

noun:

• the sun, the moon and the stars; the heavenly bodies - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• venting one's anger (on someone or something); taking out one's anger on

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to dribble; to spill
• to suspend; to hang down; to slouch; to dangle

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to pick; to pluck
• to snip; to cut; to nip; to trim ［摘む］

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to excite; to incite; to stimulate; to arouse; to tempt; to stir up

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to formalize; to formalise; to stick to formality; to be ceremonious; to punctilious

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to glitter; to glisten; to sparkle; to twinkle; to glare; to gleam

~する verb (spec.):

• to abolish; to abandon; to repeal; to discontinue
• to dethrone; to depose

expression:

• for; in regard to; per ➜ に対して

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to bloom in profusion

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to drink in one gulp

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to be in high spirits

godan ~る verb:

• to gather in large groups

expression / ichidan verb:

• to throw in a suggestion