noun:

• taking one's children along (to an event, into a new marriage, etc.)

noun:

• candidates (in an election) who have won or are projected to be elected - from 当選及び当選確実

noun:

• mechanism used to lift an actor onto the stage (in kabuki)

noun:

• pinfall; pinning an opponent's shoulders to the ground (e.g. in wrestling)

noun / ~する noun:

• returning to the previous page (in an internet browser) - colloquialism - From English "browser back"

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to go in the direction of; to proceed toward; to proceed according to; to repair to; to betake oneself to
• to become; to face (facts, circumstances, etc.)
• to abide by; to agree to; to consent to; to obey - archaism

noun:

• leaping flames; flying sparks

noun / ~する noun:

• spread of fire (due to leaping flames)
• repercussions in unanticipated areas; spilling over; effects of an incident spreading to those seemingly uninvolved

noun:

• impetigo contagiosa - colloquialism - usually written using kana alone ➜ 膿痂疹・膿疱疹

noun:

• command interpretor - IT term

noun:

• water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water) - み is generally used in compounds ➜ 湯【ゆ】
• fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid
• flood; floodwaters
• water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout ［みず］ - Sumo term ➜ 力水
• break granted to wrestlers engaged in a prolonged bout ［みず］ - Sumo term ➜ 水入り

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to grant; to confer; to present; to award
• to provide; to afford; to offer; to supply
• to assign
• to cause
• to pass (a variable to a function) - IT term

noun:

• using a meat ax when a knife would suffice; taking a sledgehammer to crack a nut; using a grand-scale measure (a massive instrument) to deal with an insignificant problem

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to continue; to last; to go on
• to continue (without a break); to be unbroken
• to occur again and again
• to lead to; to connect to; to adjoin
• to come after; to follow; to succeed; to rank next to
• to hold out; to keep; to last

noun:

• below; down; under; younger (e.g. daughter)
• bottom
• beneath; underneath
• just after; right after - as 下から, 下より, etc.

noun / ~の noun:

• inferiority; one's inferior (i.e. one's junior)

noun:

• trade-in ➜ 下取り

prefix noun:

• preliminary; preparatory ➜ 下準備

noun:

• the happiness (good fortune) of being an actor; feeling blessed for being an actor - four character idiom

expression:

• an army marches on its stomach; you can't fight on an empty stomach [literal] - proverb

ichidan ~ずる verb (alt. form of じる verbs) / intransitive verb:

• to decrease; to be reduced; to grow less; to abate

ichidan ~ずる verb (alt. form of じる verbs) / transitive:

• to reduce; to lessen; to cut down; to mitigate; to diminish
• to subtract; to deduct; to take off

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to decrease; to be reduced; to grow less; to abate

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to reduce; to lessen; to cut down; to mitigate; to diminish
• to subtract; to deduct; to take off

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to invite; to ask
• to beckon; to wave someone in; to gesture to
• to call in; to send for; to summon
• to bring on oneself; to cause; to incur; to lead to; to result in

noun:

• wicket gate; wooden door
• entrance to an entertainment venue (i.e. sumo arena, etc.)

noun / ~する noun:

• fasting; abstinence; confinement to one's house on an unlucky day

noun:

• key (to understanding); point (e.g. of an argument) ➜ 捉えどころのない

noun / ~の noun:

• atavism; throwback; reappearance of an earlier characteristic; skipping a generation; reversion to ancestral type

expression:

• not able to escape an urgent problem without making some sacrifice

noun:

• plan to overcome an obstacle or break out of a deadlock; breakthrough solution

noun:

• corridor connecting an annex to a pond-side building (in traditional palatial-style architecture) ➜ 中門・寝殿造り