ichidan verb:

• to take a pinch of something (e.g. salt); to pick up in one's fingers

noun:

• apprenticeship in the running of a household; prospective bride who undertakes an apprenticeship to learn housekeeping - four character idiom

noun:

• troubles brought on by what one has written; incident occasioned by a serious slip of the pen - four character idiom

noun:

• creole (pidgin which has become a mother tongue) - From French
• Creole (person of mixed ancestry, esp.in the Caribbean)

noun:

• exact center of the Garbhadhatu mandala - obscure term
• platform upon which the fire is lit in a stone lantern

expression:

• even the hardest of hearts can be moved to tears; a tear in the ogre's eye [literal] - proverb

noun:

• pota pota yaki (var. of senbei (rice cracker) coated with a sweet soy-sauce glaze on top)

godan ~く verb:

• to have a facial tattoo (esp. one around the eye, one form of punishment in ancient Japan) - was v4k - archaism - obscure term

noun:

• scapulimancy (divination using the cracks in the heated shoulder blade of a deer); scapulomancy; spatulamancy; armomancy - archaism

noun:

• row of syllables on the Japanese syllabary table that ends with the vowel sound "a" - Linguistics term ➜ 五十音

expression / noun:

• official history (e.g. a state-sanctioned account of history subject to revision when the government changes)

noun:

• breaking up a match (on the decision of the referee, in boxing, etc.) - From English "referee stop"

noun:

• stile; doorjamb; doorpost; vertical frame element on the left or right of a door or window

noun:

• spring "tsuchinoe" day that falls closest to the vernal equinox (a day of religious significance for harvests) ➜ 社日・戊【つちのえ】

noun:

• party to celebrate the successful completion of a project (job, concert, play, etc.); celebration party ➜ 打ち上げ会

expression / noun:

• crowning glory (e.g. winning the last game of the season, creating a final spectacular art work)

noun:

• roadside land prices; price of land adjoining a major road, used to calculate inheritance and gift taxes

noun:

• pushing away food one does not want to eat with one's chopsticks (a breach of etiquette)

noun:

• incense which supposedly allows the spirit of a departed loved one to be seen in the smoke

noun:

• potbellied sumo wrestler; wrestler with a big belly ➜ あんこ型【あんこがた】
• goosefish (any fish of family Lophiidae); monkfish; sea devil - orig. meaning ➜ 鮟鱇【あんこう】

noun:

• first day (in the year) that a particular species of bird or insect, etc. sing or chirp ➜ 終鳴日

noun:

• last day (in the year) that a particular species of bird or insect, etc. sing or chirp ➜ 初鳴日

noun / ~する noun:

• winning a prize or place (in a contest)

noun / ~する noun:

• standing in a row; forming a line; alignment

adverb / ~と adverb:

• (walking a long distance) at a steady pace; trudgingly - onomatopoeia