expression / ichidan verb:

• to call dibs; to establish a claim; to spit on something (thus preventing others from taking it) [literal] - idiom

expression / ichidan verb:

• to sing (chant, speak) with a melody or rhythm; to set to music (verse, lyrics, etc.)

~する verb (spec.) / intransitive verb:

• to wash one's hair or body; to bathe in water - archaism
• to receive (a favor, blessing, benefit) - archaism

noun:

• voluntary insurance; optional insurance; extra insurance; vehicle insurance in addition to the basic mandatory insurance ➜ 強制保険

noun:

• point worthy of note; highlight (e.g. in a film); thing to note
• good prospects for the future; promise

noun / ~する noun:

• passing on to the next life - Buddhism term
• death
• giving up a struggle; submission
• being at one's wits' end; being flummoxed
• coercion

noun:

• divine wind (esp. a typhoon thought to have protected Japan from a Mongolian invasion in the 13th century)
• kamikaze ［かみかぜ］

noun:

• menko; children's game in which thick circular or rectangular cards are slapped down on the ground to overturn other cards

noun:

• crib sheet; cheat sheet - From English "cunning paper"
• large sketchbook used during TV filming to notify the cast of special stage direction, relay messages, etc.

expression:

• matter being discussed (e.g. in a private conversation)
• our side of the story (in contrast to another's version)

noun:

• blue dragon (an auspicious creature in Chinese mythology)
• Azure Dragon (god said to rule over the eastern heavens) ➜ 四神

noun:

• Artemisia (genus of a between 200 to 400 species of plants in the daisy family Asteraceae) ➜ 蓬・アルテミシア属

noun:

• cutover; cut-over; starting new (IT) equipment; transferring from the old to a new (hardware and/or software) system - IT term

noun:

• cloudy sky that appears when the migrating birds that stayed for winter and autumn in Japan leave to go north

noun:

• way of entangling one's hands together to leave a small opening between the middle and ring fingers; fox's window [literal]

noun:

• Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus niloticus) (larger member of the family Cichlidae, important to aquaculture since ancient Egypt)

noun:

• game in which people sit in a circle taking turns to imitate the previous person's humorous facial expression or gesture

expression:

• even the strong-willed fall into temptation - proverb
• there's nothing you can't do if you set your mind to it - proverb

noun:

• shiritori; word-chain game; word game in which players must give a word starting with the last syllable of the word given by the previous player

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to be precocious; to be mature for one's age; to seem grown-up; to seem mature

expression:

• it's always darkest before the dawn; the darkest hour is just before the dawn

noun:

• rainy season (in Japan from early June to mid-July)
• rain during the rainy season

noun / ~する noun:

• opening (a door, window, etc.); leaving open
• opening up (e.g. to the public); allowing (public) access

expression:

• at every opportunity; whenever possible; whenever the occasion arises; from time to time; occasionally

noun:

• shintai; object of worship believed to contain the spirit of a deity, typically housed in a shrine