noun:

• empathetically putting oneself in the place of a handicapped person - From English "cap handy"

noun:

• redface dwarfgoby (Trimma benjamini, species found in the Western Pacific); ring-eye pygmy-goby

noun:

• broadfin sawtail catshark (Galeus nipponensis, found in China, Japan, and the Kyushu-Palau Ridge)

noun:

• seven boarding schools established in Kyoto by noble families during the early Heian period ➜ 大学別曹

noun:

• curtain separating a central room from the aisles around it (in palatial-style architecture) ➜ 母屋【もや】・庇

noun:

• pompadour-like hair style, popular for unmarried women in the Edo period; shimada coiffure - abbreviation

noun:

• residence for low class samurai enrolled in one of the police forces (Edo period) ➜ 与力・同心

noun:

• dark sweet liquid produced after the third heating in a thermal sugar-refining process

noun:

• blackback butterflyfish (Chaetodon melannotus, species found in the Indo-Pacific)

noun:

• downstage left (in noh), where the secondary actor is often seated ➜ 脇【わき】

noun:

• mushroom that springs up in the morning and withers by night; "something short-lived" [figurative] - archaism

noun / ~する noun:

• tiger's howling
• "being out and active in the world (of a hero, etc.)" [figurative]

noun:

• economic downturn precipitated by the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy in 2008 - From English "Lehman Shock"

noun:

• blessing of man; winning with a discard in the first turn - Mahjong term - From Chinese

noun:

• blessing of earth; winning with a self-drawn tile in the first turn - Mahjong term - From Chinese

noun:

• young men and women who frequented Miyuki Street, Ginza, in the summer of 1964

noun:

• magistrate in charge of finding out and converting hidden Christians (during the Edo period)

noun:

• ballast; heavy material placed low to improve a vessel's stability
• ballast; crushed stone, gravel, etc. used on a roadbed or railway track

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to part (usu. of people); to part from; to part with; to be apart from
• to separate (of a couple); to break up; to divorce
• to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to carry something out of a place
• to elevate (someone) to a high position; to convince someone to accept a post (esp. through flattery)
• to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject); to raise (an issue); to mention

godan ~ぶ verb / intransitive verb:

• to shout; to cry; to scream; to shriek; to yell; to exclaim
• to clamor (for or against); to clamour (for or against)

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to become quiet; to quiet down; to quieten down - esp. 静まる
• to calm down; to die down; to subside; to abate; to be suppressed - esp. 鎮まる

~と adverb / adverb:

• lapping (e.g. of waves against the shore) - onomatopoeia
• steadily (advancing); gradually (approaching) - onomatopoeia

~の noun / adjectival noun:

• sufficient (of the amount of liquid needed to cover a submerged object); just enough - often used adverbially as ひたひたに - onomatopoeia

~と adverb / adverb:

• speedily; promptly; quickly; smoothly - onomatopoeia - archaism
• closely; exactly - onomatopoeia - archaism

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to rub; to chafe; to strike (match); to file; to frost (glass)
• to lose (e.g. a match); to forfeit; to squander one's money (e.g. through gambling, Pachinko, etc.)

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to make (someone) do ➜ 為せる
• to allow (someone) to ➜ 為せる

auxiliary verb / godan ~す verb:

• to let; to allow; to cause - aux. verb indicating the causative
• to be permitted to - aux. verb indicating the granting of permission
• to do - aux. verb used as an honorific for others' actions - honorific language

noun:

• swidden - archaism