godan ~う verb:

• to poke each other; to jab each other

expression / ichidan verb:

• to show one's affection; to express one's love ➜ 思いを込めて・込める【こめる】・思い【おもい】

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to soothe one's soul; to raise one's spirits

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to stifle a laugh; to hold back a laugh

expression:

• though sitting on a pile of riches, one comes back empty handed; to have a good opportunity only to let it slip from your grasp - proverb

noun:

• the right to sunshine; in zoning, the right to have sunlight falling on one's building not be obstructed by new buildings

expression / noun:

• pleasant memory to take to the afterlife; good memory; something that makes one feel one can die in peace

expression / ichidan verb:

• to greet in a friendly manner; to treat someone as if they were a guest in one's own home

noun:

• Premium Friday; government-backed campaign to allow workers to go home early the last Friday of the month - From English

adjectival noun:

• concerning the result (as opposed to the means used to achieve this result or the original goal)

noun:

• transferring a shintai in a portable shrine, e.g. to another shrine or to a ceremony - Shintō term ➜ 神体

noun:

• practical language; language used for day-to-day activity (in contrast to official languages); facility language

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to start with the looks; to start (at the wrong end) by focusing on the superficial

noun:

• spices; condiments; seasoning
• adjuvant (in Chinese medicine); addition of an adjuvant - Medicine term
• meat, fish, vegetables, etc. added to rice or udon (e.g to make gomoku meshi) - Kansai dialect ➜ 五目飯

expression:

• (I) won't (say) anything no matter what (expression is followed by negative verb relating to say, answer, etc.) to not (tell) even under any threat ➜ 口が裂けても言えない【くちがさけてもいえない】

noun:

• karayuki-san; young Japanese women who were sent to work (mainly as prostitutes) in foreign countries, esp. in Southeast Asia (Meiji to early Showa) ➜ 唐行き【からゆき】

noun:

• band

~する noun:

• to perform in a band; to create a (pop) band

noun:

• The Bund (Shanghai, China)

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to be commonly referred to as; as people say; as the saying is; they say ➜ 所謂【いわゆる】

ichidan verb:

• to give way to the light of the morning (i.e. the darkness gives way)

expression / noun:

• my spouse (esp. used to refer to one's wife); my wife; my husband

noun / ~する noun:

• letter (e.g. of complaint); letter to the editor; letter from a reader
• contribution (to a newspaper, magazine, etc.) ➜ 投稿

adjective:

• nonexistent; not being (there) ➜ 亡い
• unpossessed; unowned; not had
• unique ➜ またとない
• not; impossible; won't happen - as ...ことがない, etc.; indicates negation, inexperience, unnecessariness or impossibility

auxiliary adjective:

• not ... - after the ren'youkei form of an adjective ➜ ない
• to not be...; to have not ... - after the -te form of a verb

noun / adverb:

• (being) about to start out; (being) about to leave - usu. 出掛けに, etc. ➜ お出掛け
• having just left; (being) on the way

noun:

• taxing one's ingenuity in devising something; agonizing over designing or creating something; making strenuous efforts to devise good ways and means to do something - four character idiom

noun / ~の noun:

• place where things are sold; point of sale; POS; sales floor; counter (in shop)

noun:

• favorable time to sell; good time to sell ➜ 売り時・買い場