noun:

• action taken to soften the impact of something - From English "one cushion"

noun:

• dapeng (giant bird in Chinese mythology, similar to the roc or Garuda)

noun:

• Elatostema umbellatum var. majus (variety of plant related to the nettles)

noun:

• appointed official sent to administer a certain region (in the Ryukyu Kingdom)

noun:

• hostess bar where patrons are allowed to touch the hostesses' breasts - slang - vulgar - abbreviation ➜ おっぱいパブ

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to taste and compare several dishes (or foods) of the same type

noun:

• Trapa incisa (species of plant closely related to the water caltrop)

noun:

• farmland given to nobles of the fifth rank or above (ritsuryo system)

expression:

• being ready to drink sake by the keg; drinking like a fish

noun:

• swatting; deceiving the police into sending armed officers to a particular address

noun:

• regulation baseball (as opposed to the variety played with a rubber ball) ➜ 軟式野球

noun:

• anniversary of a person's death (on which Buddhist commemorative rites, etc. are performed) ➜ 命日【めいにち】
• 49th day after a person's death, on which Buddhist rituals are performed ➜ 七七日

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be submerged; to be soaked
• to be pickled; to be well seasoned - esp. 漬かる
• to be totally immersed (in a condition, e.g. laziness)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be seen; to be in sight
• to be able to see
• to see - honorific language
• to be worth watching; to be worth seeing

godan ~る verb:

• to become decrepit; to be in one's dotage; to become dull; to lose one's astuteness; to lose one's touch; to become senile; to lose one's edge; to go downhill

noun:

• Shoki the Plague-Queller; Zhong Kui (traditional Chinese deity said to prevent plagues and ward off evil beings); vanquisher of ghosts and evil beings, and reputedly able to command 80,000 demons
• Shoki (WWII fighter aircraft)

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to bring near; to bring close; to let go near
• to associate with; to bring (people) together; to let come near (of a person)

noun:

• arraying a number of reference books in order to compose poetry; literary composition crammed with maxims, ancient episodes, legends, etc.
• otters lining a catch of fish on a river bank; (people) making offerings (esp. of fish) - orig. meaning

adverb / ~と adverb:

• clearly; plainly; distinctly - onomatopoeia

~する noun:

• to be clear; to be definite; to be certain; to be exact; to become clear; to clear up - often as はっきりした

~する noun / adverb / ~と adverb:

• to be hairy (person); to be thickly bearded - onomatopoeia
• to be dense (vegetation); to be thick - onomatopoeia
• to be slow (person); to be dull - onomatopoeia

expression:

• the soft may prove more durable than the hard; willow trees don't break under the weight of snow [literal] - proverb

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be choked up; to be crushed (emotionally); to be overcome (with emotion); to be shocked; to be horrified

noun:

• ceremony performed by a sorcerer to protect a noble setting out on a trip
• walking in large steps
• walking with a disabled leg; someone with a disabled leg

noun:

• method of dyeing in which a color repeatedly goes from dense to diffuse, diffuse to dense - imported from western China and used in Buddhist pictures, temple ornaments, etc., during the Nara and Heian periods

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to develop a rash or inflammation (e.g. in response to a skin irritant); to react to (something)
• to be strongly influenced (usu. negative or critical nuance)