noun:

• without a helmet - abbreviation

noun:

• dish broiled in a mix of soy sauce, mirin, etc.; broiling with soy sauce, mirin, etc. - Food term

expression / noun:

• lead of a pencil

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to hear a rumor; to get wind of

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to give a cold (to someone)

noun:

• gate to the garden of a tea ceremony house

noun:

• portable shrine used to transport a sacred object ➜ 羽車

expression:

• used to create a rhetorical question indicating that the speaker actually believes the opposite is true; emphasizes a determination not to do something by means of a rhetorical question - female language ➜ ものか

expression / ichidan verb:

• to create a stir; to make waves; to raise a question about; to cause a sensation - idiom

noun:

• decorating the alcove of a tea room with a hanging scroll and flowers (in more formal tea ceremonies, during only the first and second half respectively)
• style of decorating a traditional Japanese room (esp. a study) in which incense, a pair of vases and a pair of candlesticks are placed on a table in front of a trio of hanging scrolls - orig. meaning

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to stand on a podium
• to teach; to be a teacher

expression / ~の noun:

• locked in a grapple ➜ 組んず解れつ

noun:

• creating a noun by affixing "ku" to the end of an inflectable word (e.g. "omowaku", "osoraku")

noun / ~する noun:

• adding a penalty to a crime (e.g. fines, prison); penalizing a crime

noun:

• (enter into, be in) a state of war

expression / ichidan verb:

• to cavil at a person's words; to use somebody's words to trip him up

noun:

• match that determines if a rikishi will have more wins than losses

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to have a family (e.g. wife or husband and children); to raise a family ➜ 所帯を持つ

noun:

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

noun:

• a period of two days

noun:

• the day after a holiday

noun:

• individually "washing" a partner's fingers or toes in one's vagina (esp. as a service at a soapland) - slang ➜ ソープランド

noun:

• (of Chinese) pronunciation of kanji with a medial between the initial consonant and center vowel
• (of Japanese) the long "o" vowel arising from combination of the "o" and "u" or "e" and "u" sounds

noun:

• a capriccio - Music term - From Italian ➜ カプリッチオ

noun:

• right of or to independence