expression / ichidan verb:

• to throw in the towel

noun:

• one's rival in love

noun / ~の noun:

• in-vehicle; on-board

noun:

• language game in which extra syllables are added to words - e.g. やきもち→やしきしもしちし ➜ 入れ詞

noun:

• in-house lawyer

noun:

• New Year's visit to a shrine or temple which lies in a favorable (favourable) or lucky direction

noun:

• gate in the middle of the corridor connecting an annex to a pond-side building (in traditional palatial-style architecture) ➜ 寝殿造り・対の屋・釣り殿
• central gate (between the main gate and main hall of a temple)
• central gate (separating the inner and outer gardens of a teahouse)

noun:

• conjugation (inflection, declension) of ichidan verbs ending in "iru" - abbreviation ➜ 上一段活用

noun:

• opponent in a debate or argument

noun / ~する noun:

• laboring in vain or for no result; labouring in vain

noun:

• festival in honor of Daikokuten ➜ 大黒天

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be balding in the front; to have a receding hairline

noun:

• toy from Fukushima prefecture in the shape of a red cow, also used as a talisman against smallpox

noun / ~の noun:

• variation in color (colour); having a different color ➜ 色変わり【いろがわり】

noun:

• stationed in Germany

adverb:

• (not) in the least; (not) at all

godan ~す verb:

• to write down or convey in full

suffix noun / ~の noun:

• stopped in the midst of; half- (i.e. half-read) - after the -masu stem of a verb

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to rotate in one's hands; to treat; to manage; to dispose of

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to gain a reliable foundation and be in a safe condition; to board a large ship [literal]

noun:

• difference in temperature
• difference in degrees of enthusiasm, interest, commitment, etc.

expression:

• out with the demon, in with fortune; devils out, good luck in - recital chanted on Setsubun during the bean-scattering ceremony ➜ 豆まき・節分

noun:

• traveling in luxury; travelling in luxury; junket - four character idiom

noun:

• river in which worshippers purify themselves before praying

noun:

• method of awarding rare in-game items in mobile games only when the player has bought a full set of other in-game items - abbreviation ➜ ガチャ・コンプリートガチャ