expression:

• a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course

noun:

• washing of bones before placing them in a bone storage urn (esp. in Okinawa) ➜ 厨子

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be able to hold one's head up (of a baby)

noun:

• rice paddy with a thick layer of mud at the bottom; muddy rice field

expression / noun:

• in front of one's eyes; just nearby; within a stone's throw ➜ 目と鼻の先【めとはなのさき】

noun:

• raised platform on the bank of a river for enjoying the summer cool

expression / adjective:

• (after the ren'yōkei form of a verb) indicates concession or compromise ➜ てもいい
• indicates permission ➜ てもいい

noun:

• anomaly; angular distance of a planet from its perihelion as seen from the sun - Astronomy term

noun:

• food mall; restaurant area (of a department store, airport, etc.); restaurant floor

noun:

• deutomerite; posterior sac; posterior chamber - Medicine term
• women's quarters at the rear of a house

noun:

• custom of having toddlers step on a sticky rice cake on their first birthday

noun:

• passing food from one person's chopsticks to another's (a breach of etiquette)

noun:

• route for a date; course of activities for dating couples - From English "date course"

expression:

• birds of a feather flock together; don't mix your horses with your cows - proverb

expression / noun:

• empty eyes; thousand-yard stare; blank glaze; expressionless look; eyes of a dead fish [literal] - idiom

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to tear; to rip up ［裂く］
• to cut up; to cleave; to cut open (esp. the abdomen)
• to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers) ［裂く］
• to spare (time, money, etc.); to use part of something ［割く］
• to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye - archaism ➜ 黥く

noun:

• Japanese hackberry (Celtis sinensis var. japonica); Chinese nettle tree
• enoki mushroom (Flammulina velutipes); winter mushroom; velvet shank; enokitake; enokidake ［えのき・榎］ - abbreviation

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to find a clear solution; to come to a clean decision; to give a clear explanation
• to divide

noun:

• Amitabha (Buddha); Amida - Buddhism term
• ghostleg lottery; ladder lottery; lottery in which participants trace a line across a lattice pattern to determine the winner - abbreviation ➜ 阿弥陀籤【あみだくじ】
• wearing a hat pushed back on one's head - abbreviation ➜ 阿弥陀被り【あみだかぶり】

noun:

• thoughts; opinion; (one's) discretion - honorific language
• however much money you wish to give (as alms, a fee at a museum, etc.)
• fondness (for a significant other, etc.; often used teasingly); love; fancy; liking

noun:

• rice cracker; Japanese cracker; rice cookie; wafer

noun:

• Eurasian bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula); Japanese bullfinch

noun:

• thin paper (esp. thin Japanese vellum paper) ➜ 薄様【うすよう】

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to be clear (of a sight, sound, colour, etc.); to be bright; to be vivid; to be crisp
• to be clear-headed; to be alert; to be on the ball; to be wide awake
• to look upbeat; to be perky; to be cheerful - often as 冴えない
• to master (a skill); to excel at; to cleanly execute
• to be satisfying - often as 冴えない ➜ 冴えない
• to become frigid; to become intensely cold - original meaning; now somewhat old-fashioned

noun / ~する noun:

• advance arrangements; preparatory meeting; briefing session
• overlap (of a coat, etc.)
• making something match exactly - archaism