noun:

• plain-woven silk cloth produced on Hachijo Island (sometimes striped) - abbreviation ➜ 八丈絹・八丈縞

noun:

• ancient inscriptions of Chinese characters on oracle bones and carapaces ➜ 甲骨文字

noun:

• soba noodles eaten on New Year's Eve ➜ 蕎麦

noun / ~する noun:

• watching (esp. during an emergency); being on alert

noun:

• guard; watchmen

suffix noun / prefix noun / noun:

• food with dressing on it (e.g. salad) - when a suffix, follows a word indicating the type of dressing ➜ 和える

noun:

• harassment or bullying based on age - From English "aging harassment"

noun:

• young mottled spinefoot pickled in salt (usu. served on tofu) - Ryūkyū dialect ➜ 藍子

noun:

• high fan speed (setting on air conditioner)
• squall; sudden gust

noun:

• cry of earthworms (heard on autumn nights and rainy days)

noun / ~の noun:

• (actor) relying on acting skills (rather than good looks, etc.)

noun:

• jizya (historical Islamic tax levied on non-Muslims); jezia; jezya - From Arabic

noun:

• fish served with white rice on New Year's eve ➜ 年取り

noun:

• eggslut; breakfast dish based on coddled egg and pureed potato - Food term

expression:

• parents overvaluing their own children but looking down on others' - proverb ➜ 親の欲目【おやのよくめ】

noun / ~する noun:

• running alone; running solo
• having a large lead (over the others); being far ahead (of everyone else)
• having one's own way; ignoring others' opinions and acting as one wishes; arbitrary action

noun:

• lost child; lost person; stray child; missing child

expression / noun:

• coming home after midnight; person who comes home after midnight ➜ 御前様【ごぜんさま】

noun:

• being very talented and intelligent; talented and intelligent person

noun:

• being fond of children; person fond of children

noun:

• first day of cherry blossoms reaching full bloom; first day in which at least 80% of the somei yoshino cherry blossom has opened (in a specific region or place)

noun:

• tirthika; non-Buddhist teachings; non-Buddhist - Buddhism term Antonym: 内道
• heterodoxy; unorthodoxy; heresy; heretic
• demon; fiend; devil; brute; bad person - derogatory term
• type of fish one did not intend to catch

noun:

• the wise readily adapt themselves to changed circumstances; the wise are quick to acknowledge their mistakes and correct them - four character idiom
• (in colloquial usage, ironically or as an excuse) the wise make no scruple in suddenly changing their demeanor

noun:

• conditions of a location; suitability of a location; convenience of a location

expression / ichidan verb:

• to take a breather; to take a rest; to take a break

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to receive; to get
• to catch (e.g. a ball)
• to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.)
• to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to suffer (an injury); to feel (influence)
• to undergo (e.g. surgery); to take (a test); to accept (a challenge)
• to be given (e.g. life, talent) - esp. 受ける, 享ける

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to find funny; to find humorous; to be amused (by) - esp. ウケる - colloquialism - usually written using kana alone

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to follow; to succeed; to be descended from - esp. 受ける, 享ける
• to face (south, etc.)
• to be modified by - esp. 受ける, 承ける - Linguistics term
• to obtain (a pawned item, etc.) by paying a fee - esp. 請ける, now primarily used in compound words ➜ 請け出す

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to be well-received; to become popular; to go down well - esp. ウケる, うける - usually written using kana alone