expression / adjective:

• having a high threshold; awkward to approach or go to ➜ 敷居が高い

noun / ~する noun:

• measuring weight; weighing
• maximum weight (on a scales) ［ひょうりょう］

noun:

• incense clock (marks time with a smouldering train of incense)

noun:

• general election (of all members of a local government body) ➜ 地方公共団体

noun:

• public line (as opposed to a private or leased line) - IT term

noun:

• pictures of ancient wise men (name of a book)

noun:

• flow line; streamline; lines representing the flow of a fluid

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to take the form (of); to assume a shape

noun:

• culture of a higher order (as opposed to fundamental culture) ➜ 基層文化

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to mistake (A for B); to misread - みまごう does not conjugate

noun:

• following a text word by word (e.g. when translating) ➜ 逐語訳・逐語的【ちくごてき】

noun:

• colored shirt - From English "color shirt"
• shirt with a collar - From English "collar shirt"

noun:

• puncher (boxing); boxer with a strong punch - Sports term
• hole punch ➜ パンチ
• keypuncher - abbreviation ➜ キーパンチャー

expression:

• autumn weather is as fickle as a man's heart - proverb ➜ 女心と秋の空

noun:

• imposition (i.e. of rules, of a decision); compulsion

noun:

• hand drilling (to start a fire); hand drill

noun:

• date of issuance (e.g. of a license or passport)

noun:

• poster presentation (at a conference, etc.); poster session

noun:

• ceramics made in a mold
• formulaic production style in kyogen

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to dunk (e.g. food in a drink); to dip

noun:

• small calendar (or almanac) affixed to a pillar or wall ➜ 綴暦【とじごよみ】

noun:

• curved sword (e.g. a scimitar, shamshir, etc.); curved blade

noun:

• natural form (of a vitamin, etc); native form; naturally occurring

expression / noun:

• star seen on a rainy night; "rare occurrence" [figurative]; "rare sight" [figurative] ➜ 雨夜

noun:

• friendly shower; welcome rain; rain that comes after a drought ➜ 慈雨