noun:

• top up (e.g. a little bit to remedy an insufficiency) ➜ 足しになる

adverb / ~する noun:

• slightly (blushing) - onomatopoeia
• suddenly (getting bright, flaring up, flashing on, etc.) - onomatopoeia
• distractedly - onomatopoeia

noun:

• osteotomy
• finely cutting a fish to cut up its small bones

noun:

• devoted fan who shows up at every event (concert, etc.); groupie - from おまえいつでもいるな - abbreviation - slang

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to be accustomed to; to be used to
• to argue into silence; to talk down

noun:

• draining blood from a live fish (from above the gills and at the base of the tail) to keep it fresh ［いけじめ］
• fasting fish for several days to preserve flavour and quality (and reduce mortality during transport) - esp. いけしめ
• killing fish in a fishtank (immediately before cooking); fish killed in a fishtank - esp. いけしめ

noun:

• light-coloured ceramic cooking pan with a lid and short spout
• aluminum saucepan with a handle (usu. wooden) and often with snowflake-style embossed pattern (aluminium) - usu. 雪平鍋

noun:

• manager; steward; factotum; person next in rank to the chief retainers and in charge of general management and accounting in a samurai family (Edo period) ➜ 御用人
• useful person

noun:

• the five regent houses; five families of the Fujiwara clan (Konoe, Kujo, Nijo, Ichijo, and Takatsukasa) entrusted as imperial regents and advisors starting in the Kamakura period ➜ 摂関

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to go down in history; to remain in history

noun:

• Japanese bondage torture (hands and feet are behind the victim's back, and they are hanged from the ceiling with a rock on their back)

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to refuse; to reject; to dismiss; to turn down; to decline
• to inform; to give notice; to tell in advance
• to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)

ichidan ~ずる verb (alt. form of じる verbs) / intransitive verb:

• to decrease; to be reduced; to grow less; to abate

ichidan ~ずる verb (alt. form of じる verbs) / transitive:

• to reduce; to lessen; to cut down; to mitigate; to diminish
• to subtract; to deduct; to take off

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to decrease; to be reduced; to grow less; to abate

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to reduce; to lessen; to cut down; to mitigate; to diminish
• to subtract; to deduct; to take off

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to sink; to go under; to submerge
• to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to descend
• to feel depressed

pronoun:

• such and such (when being vague, placeholder, etc.); this and that

interjection:

• What?; What is the matter?; What are the items?

noun:

• diver's exposure suit; body suits, wet suits, and dry suits; suit which protects divers from exposure and abrasion

noun:

• Okinawa Reversion Agreement (1971); Agreement between Japan and the United States of America Concerning the Ryukyu Islands and the Daito Islands

noun:

• Suica (rechargeable prepaid IC card that can be used as a train pass in the greater Tokyo, Osaka and Sendai regions and also as electric money in some stores) ➜ パスモ

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to shorten; to cut short; to trim
• to cut down on; to reduce; to economize; to economise

godan ~ぐ verb / intransitive verb:

• to soften; to calm down; to be eased; to be mitigated; to subside; to abate

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to drop into; to slip into; to let fall into; to slide (something) down

noun:

• chancy trade (business) with a high turnover rate and uncertain profitability
• the entertainment, eating, and drinking business
• the night entertainment (nightlife) business

noun:

• certified center for early childhood education and care; ECEC; certified child center; type of combined day-care center and kindergarten