noun:

• signboard bearing a prohibition notice

expression:

• a student must never forget to honor their teacher (honour) - proverb

noun:

• credit card issued by a particular store or business - From English "house card"

noun:

• carrying out in a large group

noun:

• waiting woman in a shogun or daimyo's palace

noun:

• three crops a year

~と adverb:

• with a swoosh; at one fell swoop - onomatopoeia

noun:

• exhibition match held at a wrestler's retirement ceremony - Sumo term

expression:

• three women make a market - proverb ➜ 女三人寄れば姦しい

noun:

• material before the opening credits in a film, anime, etc. - From English "avant title"

noun / ~する noun:

• cutting a fingernail (or toenail) to the quick; cutting a nail too close

noun:

• deep-set nail; deep-set part of nail

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to cancel a denominator; to clear an equation of fractions - Mathematics term

noun / ~する noun:

• making a secret recording ➜ 隠し録り

noun:

• wait for the middle tile of a chow - Mahjong term - From Chinese ➜ 嵌張待ち【カンチャンまち】

noun:

• telephone made from two cans and a piece of string

noun:

• course of a thrown ball - Baseball term
• course of a hit ball (golf, tennis, etc.) - Sports term

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to play a hand game (e.g. rock, paper, scissors)

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to make a sound; to give off a sound - often XXX(と)音がする
• to hear a sound

noun:

• item with a long slender neck (e.g. vase, bottle)
• long-necked person

noun / ~する noun:

• winter visit to a shrine

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to have as a side order (with drinks) ➜ 肴【さかな】
• to make fun of someone; to laugh at someone's expense - usu. Xをさかなにする - idiom ➜ 肴【さかな】

noun:

• residence maintained by a daimyo in Edo

noun:

• reel for a spare bowstring - archaism ➜ 弦巻

noun:

• interference with a public servant in the execution of his or her duties - abbreviation ➜ 公務執行妨害罪

noun:

• appearance or style of a house