ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to stray from the right path; to go wrong; to go off the rails; to turn delinquent

noun:

• familiarity with the land
• locality or terrain (usually associated with knowing or feeling the locality)

noun:

• the eight early Japanese Buddhist sects - abbreviation ➜ 八宗
• eight Japanese monks who visited China during the early Heian ➜ 入唐八家

noun:

• burning of New Year's gate decorations (usu. on the 15th day of the New Year)

expression:

• as of the end of (today, this month, etc.); to make (today, etc.) the last (day) ➜ 声を限りに

expression:

• to live long is to outlive much; the longer you live, the more shame you suffer - proverb

noun:

• obstructing the discharge of official duties; hindering a government official in the execution of his duties

noun:

• very superior old pale (cognac); VSOP
• one-track mind; person who always acts the same or says the same thing (esp. person who always cracks the same kind of jokes) - humorous term - From English "very special one pattern" ➜ ワンパターン
• VLBI Space Observatory Programme; Very Long Baseline Interferometry Space Observatory Programme ➜ 超長距離干渉計【ちょうちょうきょりかんしょうけい】

noun:

• announcer; presenter; broadcaster; reporter
• in-house television talent who does on-location fluff pieces for variety shows

noun / ~する noun:

• not writing or contacting for a while; neglecting (failing) to write (call, visit, etc.); long silence ➜ 無沙汰

noun / suffix noun:

• department (in an organization); division; bureau - higher than a 課
• club
• part; component; element
• category

counter:

• counter for copies of a newspaper or magazine

noun / ~する noun:

• concentration; diligence; devotion
• asceticism; zeal in one's quest for enlightenment ➜ 六波羅蜜
• adherence to a vegetarian diet

noun / ~する noun:

• criticizing; lambasting; pointing out faults; finding fault
• calling for a retake; ordering (somebody) to redo something

noun:

• used women's clothing store (catering to male clientele who purchase panties, high-school uniforms, etc. for sexual arousal) ➜ ブルセラ

noun:

• short roughly woven fence - usu. not 間狭 - archaism
• divider between boxes (i.e. for box seats) in a theatre, etc.

expression / noun:

• butcher-bird prey impaled on twigs, thorns, etc. for later consumption

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to serve; to work for; to attend

~する verb (spec.) / transitive:

• to treat; to feast; to provide dinner for

noun:

• tea chest
• box for tea utensils (tea ceremony)

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to treat; to feast; to provide dinner for ➜ 饗する

~する verb (spec.) / transitive:

• to manage
• to carve; to write (for posterity)

noun:

• applicant for a job; job seeker; job-hunter

noun:

• dietary supplement (for sports); energy supplement; nutritional supplement

noun:

• the year before a critical age; the year before an inauspicious year ➜ 厄年

noun:

• strength; power; proficiency; ability

suffix noun:

• the strength of ... people; the strength of ... men - after a number of people