ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to be well-kneaded
• to be seasoned; to be experienced; to be mature and well-rounded

expression / ichidan verb:

• to collapse; to give up; to lose one's nerve; to have one's knees give way ➜ 腰砕け【こしくだけ】

expression / ichidan verb:

• to season (e.g. with salt); to flavour; to flavor; to lace (e.g. with whisky) - Food term

~の noun / temporal noun:

• current; urgent; pressing; impending

~する noun:

• to confront (an issue); to face (up to something)

adverb:

• for the meantime; at present

noun:

• destined to poverty; parsimonious spirit; tendency to be frugal; poor person's mentality (e.g. inability to relax)

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to wheeze; to breathe with difficulty; to gasp

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to use one's own judgement; to not be swayed by others; to have confidence in oneself

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to meet (someone of higher status) - humble language ➜ 会う・目にかかる
• to be recognized (esp. by someone of higher status); to be visible; to be seen; to be noticed - archaism

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to lose one's cool; to blow one's top; to flip one's lid; to get angry

noun:

• selling one's personal effects in order to live (like peeling the layers of a bamboo shoot one by one)

noun:

• expert; learned person
• doctor; PhD; Dr. - colloquialism ➜ 博士【はくし】
• instructor at the imperial court (ritsuryo period)
• pitch and length marks (to accompany a Buddhist liturgical chant, etc.) ➜ 墨譜

noun:

• (young) man adhering to a masculine version of gyaru fashion (usually marked by hair dyed brown or blond, gaudy clothes and accessories) ➜ ギャル

noun:

• natural features; scenery
• things particular to a certain region or season; characteristic scenery and customs; scenes and manners

adjectival noun / noun / ~の noun:

• stylish; smart; fashionable
• high collar ➜ ハイカラー
• hair dressed in a western style

~する noun:

• to dress in the latest Western fashion

~の noun:

• freshly cut
• freshly tailored

noun:

• tree cut to specified length, especially for corners of a kemari court ➜ 蹴鞠【けまり】

noun:

• (monetary) present to a person in distress; gift of money in token of one's sympathy; solatium

noun:

• error which directly allows a run to score - Baseball term - From English "timely error"

expression:

• there is no love like a father's; no child knows how dear he is to his parents - proverb

noun:

• system for showing appreciation to the author of a web-site; virtual applause; web-applause [literal] - sometimes abbr. to 拍手

noun:

• washable chopsticks carried in a case (to be used in place of disposable chopsticks)

adjective:

• easy to get into (e.g. of music, etc.); easily getting into (a certain mood, etc.)

expression:

• every last one; one and all; from A to Z
• as soon as; right after; no sooner (than) - verb+はしから - usually written using kana alone

noun:

• realm of a Buddha; Pure Land; paradise - Buddhism term ➜ 浄土
• Buddhist country; land where Buddha has appeared to spread his teachings - Buddhism term

noun:

• rice bought and sold on a rice exchange
• rice used to produce unrefined sake
• rice paid as rent

expression / ichidan verb:

• to keep a secret when asked about it, but let it slip inadvertently when chatting on another occasion