noun:

• sharp ear; long ears
• ability to remember everything one hears

adjectival noun / noun:

• secluded - archaism
• leaning to one side - archaism

noun / ~する noun:

• physical labor; physical labour; physical work
• forced labor imposed by the government (e.g. under the ritsuryo system) ➜ 力役【りきやく】

suffix:

• ending; quitting; closing - after a noun ➜ 店じまい
• ending before one had time to do something one wanted or intended to - after the 〜ず negative form of a verb; indicates disappointment

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to bake; to plate; to print; to fire (e.g. pottery); to stain
• to burn into one's memory; to sear into one's consciousness

~する noun:

• to become a mistress; to serve as a concubine ➜ 妾奉公
• to serve one's master ➜ 主人に仕える

noun or verb acting prenominally:

• heart-pounding; exciting; thrilling; heartrending

godan ~る verb:

• to have one's heart pound; to be thrilled

expression / adjective:

• not having enough workers; being understaffed; being undermanned - idiom
• having nothing one can do about something; having no options - idiom

noun:

• slip of the pen; mistake in writing
• something ruined by a mistake in writing (e.g. postcard)

noun:

• thirty-first day of the month
• thirty-one days

noun:

• winding a replacement thread, wire, etc.
• changing from an overarm to an underarm grip on one's opponent's belt - Sumo term

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to miss a meal
• to lose the means to make one's livelihood

noun:

• jockey's racing uniform
• one's best clothes (esp. for women), normally put aside for important meetings, dates, etc. - colloquialism

noun:

• type Japanese folkloric monster (yokai), thought to be a trio of weasels who appear in a whirlwind to cut their victim
• cut caused by whirlwind

noun:

• sleeveless ceremonial robe for samurai (replacing the Muromachi period suou) ➜ 素襖
• sleeveless robe worn by commoners - archaism

noun:

• poor piece of work; rubbish ➜ 駄作
• one of my works - humble language

noun:

• lipped bowl
• one side of a story or argument

noun:

• everyone; anyone - more emphatic than 誰も ➜ 誰でも・誰も
• no-one - with neg. verb ➜ 誰も

noun:

• male bragging; male conceit
• bragging about one's husband or (male) lover ➜ 女自慢

noun / ~する noun:

• incomplete combustion; imperfect combustion
• being off one's game; not doing one's best; being unable to use all of one's strength; failing to obtain the desired result - idiom

noun / expression:

• in the belly
• in one's heart of hearts

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to wither (esp. plants as winter draws near); to fade; to shrivel ➜ 末枯れる【うらがれる】
• to pass one's prime; to start deteriorating; to begin to decline

noun:

• nest (of boxes); nesting
• concealed information
• adopting a child after one's own has died; child adopted in this manner ［入れ子］
• cavity in an oar (fitted onto a peg as part of a traditional oarlock) ➜ 櫓杭

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• devote oneself to
• to do as one pleases; to act selfishly

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to take care of - archaism
• to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with - archaism ➜ 持て余す