noun:

• young person acting like an old person
• officials who helped the council of elders during the Edo period ➜ 老中

noun:

• grasping the trend; firmly understanding how the situation is developing; getting a good sense of how things are changing - four character idiom

expression:

• "the shoemaker's children go barefoot" [figurative]; the dyer wears white [literal]; specialists often fail to apply their skills to themselves

noun:

• secretary (lowest of the four administrative ranks of the ritsuryo system) - archaism ➜ 四等官
• shrine official (ranking below a negi) ［しゅてん］ - obsolete term ➜ 禰宜

noun:

• free markets and open guilds - abbreviation ➜ 楽市楽座
• way of sitting on the ground with the sole of both feet pressed together

noun:

• prize archery
• imperial archery event held annually on the 18th day of the first lunar month (Heian period)

noun:

• thin washer on either side of the guard (tsuba) of a sword
• (up to) the hilt; wits' end ➜ 切羽詰まる

expression / adverb:

• indiscriminately; without consideration; irrespective of the occasion; paying no attention to the feelings or expectations of those nearby

expression:

• function follows form; the outside shapes the inside; belief comes from solemnity (i.e. from seeing an ornate temple) [literal] - proverb

noun:

• (yarn) count

suffix:

• n-th place (e.g. in a race); n-th in position (e.g. a starting lineup) - as in 二番手 ➜ 一番手

noun:

• Music Department (part of the Board of Ceremonies of the Imperial Household Agency)

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to capture all the popularity; to steal the show; to upstage

expression / ichidan verb:

• to arrange beforehand to tell the same story; to get the stories straight

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to get the hang of; to learn the secret to

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task
• to be ready; to be completed
• to be made; to be built
• to be good at; to be permitted (to do)
• to become intimate; to take up (with somebody)
• to grow; to be raised
• to become pregnant

noun:

• germ rice; half-milled rice; semi-polished rice; rice with the germ; rice polished to remove the bran but not the germ; milled rice with embryo buds - Food term

noun:

• semidarkness; deep and strange; hades; the present and the other world; dark and light

noun:

• compromised shaku (compromise between the Kyouhou shaku and the Matajirou shaku; approx. 30.3 cm) - archaism

ichidan verb:

• to have become worn
• to be used to the ways of the world

noun:

• supermoon; full moon or new moon occurring while the Moon is closest to the Earth

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to duff (golf); to sclaff; to hit the ground behind the ball during a stroke - Sports term ➜ ダフ

noun:

• anchor (of a ship) ➜ 錨【いかり】
• last runner or swimmer in a relay team
• news anchor; news presenter - abbreviation ➜ アンカーマン
• anchor (clock component); pallet fork ➜ アンクル
• anchor (HTML) - IT term
• link to previous post (e.g. in web forums) - IT term ➜ レスアンカー

conjunction / interjection:

• come; come now; come along; go on; hurry up
• well; who knows; I don't know...; uh; hmm
• well now; let's see; there we go; all right - said when surprised or happy
• about that; you see

godan ~う verb:

• to get involved or entangled in; to get mixed up in; to have something to do with; to have dealings with

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to embrace; to hold in the arms (e.g. a baby); to hug
• to harbour (e.g. grudge); to harbor; to bear; to have (e.g. ambition); to entertain (e.g. hope, suspicion) ［いだく］

godan ~く verb:

• to have sex with; to make love to; to sleep with ［だく］
• to sit on eggs ［だく］