expression / ichidan verb:

• to be drawn to; to feel the call of ...; to have one's heart-strings pulled

noun:

• Bird Day Fair (held at Otori Shrine on each Day of the Bird in November) - archaism ➜ 酉の市

expression / ichidan verb:

• (for the taste of something) to become apparent
• (for someone's character) to come out

expression / noun:

• pro among pros; best of the best; top tier; ultimate professional; player's player

noun:

• moving shallow; spawning run; movement of fish from deep to shallow water during the spawning season

adjectival noun / noun:

• inhuman; immoral; unreasonable; outrageous; wicked - archaism ➜ 無道

noun:

• (the crime of) barbarity (such as killing three people in one family, or dismembering a corpse) ➜ 八虐

noun:

• Cakraratna; wheel-shaped treasure possessed by the ideal universal ruler, carried in front of him during excursions to allow easy passage - Buddhism term ➜ 転輪王・法輪

noun / ~する noun:

• glued to; closely related to
• giving total coverage to the key figure(s) of a TV or film documentary

noun:

• hand-clapping performed to celebrate the conclusion or completion of something (3-3-3-1 rhythm, done three times) ➜ 一本締め【いっぽんじめ】

godan ~す verb:

• to knock down the price of
• to make a successful bid (for an article); to buy at auction

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to let the tension out of one's shoulders; to relax; to not take oneself too seriously

expression / noun:

• fruits of one's wife's labour (in assisting her husband's career, e.g. by running the household)

temporal noun / adverbial noun:

• the other day; lately; recently; during this period
• meanwhile; in the meantime ［このかん］

adjectival noun / noun:

• hard (on the ears); offensive (to the ear); rasping; rough; harsh; grating; jarring; cacophonous

noun / ~する noun:

• taking the podium; mounting the rostrum; going on stage to give a speech, etc.

noun:

• deep double underarm grip which prevents the opponent from grabbing the belt - Sumo term

noun:

• metal rod in a wooden plane which holds the chip breaker against the blade

prefix:

• august (in ref. to the emperor or the gods); imperial; divine - honorific language

noun:

• big moment (e.g. performance, in the spotlight); gala occasion; (on the) world stage ➜ 晴れ舞台

noun:

• finishing board nailed where the floor boards meet the wall; (similar to) skirting, baseboards

noun:

• over-the-counter drug; medication bought directly from the drugstore without a prescription ➜ 売薬

noun:

• passing the physical examination as a Grade One conscript (in the former Japanese military)

expression / noun:

• leaving an online shopping session without purchasing the goods in the cart - IT term

~する verb (spec.) / transitive:

• to take the name of; to call oneself
• to pretend; to feign; to purport

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to recall; to hit upon...; to occur to (one)
• to feel the call of ...