noun:

• the first rain to fall between the late autumn and the early winter - archaism

noun / ~する noun:

• joining a company; getting a job with a company; entering a company

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to place on (something)
• to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to pick up; to help on board - esp. 乗せる
• to load (luggage); to carry; to take on board - esp. 載せる
• to send out (on the airwaves, etc.)
• to deceive; to take for a ride
• to (sing) along with (musical accompaniment)
• to let (someone) take part
• to excite (someone)
• to publish (an article); to run (an ad) ［載せる］

expression:

• any number of people; a large number of people

expression:

• a wise man keeps wide company; a fool joins a clique - proverb

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to quarry; to cut (timber); to cut and carry off ［切り出す・切りだす・切出す・伐り出す・伐りだす］
• to begin to talk; to break the ice; to broach ［切り出す・切りだす・切出す］
• to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.) ［切り出す・切りだす・切出す・鑽り出す］
• to select and extract (from a media file); to splice out ［切り出す・切りだす・切出す・伐り出す・伐りだす］

noun:

• figure eight; figure of eight
• shape of "hachi", the kanji for eight ［八の字］

~と adverb / adverb:

• with a twitch (e.g. an eyebrow); with a dip; with a bob; with a flutter - onomatopoeia ➜ ぴくっと

~と adverb:

• with a bang; with a crash; with a bump; with a jolt - onomatopoeia
• suddenly (fall); sharply - onomatopoeia

adverb:

• with a twitch (e.g. an eyebrow); with a dip; with a bob; with a flutter

noun:

• model; dummy; mock-up
• model (profession); fashion model
• model (of a car, etc.); make; version
• model; example; template; standard
• model (in model theory); theory
• person a fictional character was modeled on; inspiration

noun:

• dance where a female dancer dresses up as a man (late Heian to early Kamakura period)
• noh dance performed by a man without a mask

expression / noun:

• cornering the market; stock cornering; a corner ➜ 買い占め【かいしめ】

adverb:

• a little; a bit; slightly
• just a minute; for a moment; briefly
• somewhat; rather; fairly; pretty; quite
• (not) easily; (not) readily - before a verb in negative form

interjection:

• hey!; excuse me

expression:

• despite having waited a long time; in spite of having waited a long time

noun:

• the true, the good, and the beautiful

noun:

• the people; the public; the world

noun:

• ritual music and dancing in shrines and temples
• rice dance; rice festival
• tofu (or fish, etc.) baked and coated with miso - abbreviation - Food term ➜ 田楽焼き
• turning something in the manner one would use to cook dengaku-doufu on both sides - abbreviation ➜ 田楽返し

noun / ~する noun:

• setting a place; setting the table

expression / ichidan verb:

• to bother; to embarrass; to harass; to give someone a hard time; to give someone a lot of trouble

noun:

• (a) principle; (a) reason; (a) point; some truth

expression / noun:

• being in a helpless situation; (like a) fish on a chopping board [literal] - idiom

adverb / suffix:

• throne; crown; (nobleman's) seat - orig. from 座居, meaning "seat"
• government position; court rank ➜ 位階
• social standing; rank; class; echelon; rung

noun:

• grade (of quality, etc.); level; tier; rank
• digit (e.g. the tens, the hundreds, etc.); place ➜ 桁
• degree; extent; amount ➜ どの位

noun:

• cawing (of a crow)

noun:

• child in elementary or middle school
• go-between; intermediary; middleman; mediator; intercessor ➜ 仲人【ちゅうにん】
• person of middling talent, strength, etc. ［ちゅうじん］ - archaism
• middle-class person; bourgeois person ［ちゅうじん］ - archaism