noun / suffix noun:

• training; education; upbringing

noun:

• stocking up; laying in
• preparation (e.g. ingredients)
• girl studying to become a geisha

noun:

• ornament
• dead body used to test a blade
• unlicensed prostitute who always works out of the same cathouse

noun:

• dark ghost shark (Hydrolagus novaezealandiae, a shortnose chimaera endemic to New Zealand)

particle:

• denotes uncertainty ➜ とやら
• such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like; A and B and whatnot - as ＡやらＢやら...

noun:

• foot of a mountain; base of a mountain ➜ 山下【さんか】
• mine; colliery - esp. 山元
• owner of a mountain; operator of a mine - esp. 山元

noun:

• below; down; under; younger (e.g. daughter)
• bottom
• beneath; underneath
• just after; right after - as 下から, 下より, etc.

noun / ~の noun:

• inferiority; one's inferior (i.e. one's junior)

noun:

• trade-in ➜ 下取り

prefix noun:

• preliminary; preparatory ➜ 下準備

noun:

• alliance (of the Six Kingdoms against the Qin dynasty, and of individual Kingdoms with the Qin dynasty) - four character idiom ➜ 合従・連衡
• (tactic of) making & breaking alliances (to benefit oneself as the occasion demands); resorting to alliances as a diplomatic expedient - four character idiom

noun:

• one's relatives by blood and marriage (in blood and law); one's kith and kin - four character idiom

noun:

• one's free time; one's time off; day off; time-out - From English "off time" ➜ オンタイム

noun / ~の noun:

• under the wing (esp. of an aircraft)
• under one's wing; under one's control

noun / ~する noun:

• landing on an aircraft carrier; deck-landing
• reaching a warship; arrival of a warship (at a port)

expression:

• towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic) ➜ 向ける

noun / ~する noun:

• taking command of a corps in a battle; command exercised by the leader of a group - four character idiom

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to starve; to be famished; to be hungry
• to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for

noun / ~の noun:

• farce; charade

noun:

• person who serves tea
• short and humorous improvised sketch (originating from Edo-era kabuki)

noun / ~の noun:

• only one (person, thing); sole; unique

~の noun:

• highest; best; most outstanding
• custom-made

noun:

• miler; competitor in one-mile races
• person who uses airlines' mileage services, frequent-flyer points, etc. - From English "miler"

noun / ~の noun:

• failure; defective article; dead loss; botch

noun:

• good-for-nothing; worthless person; flop

expression / noun:

• shape of the "dai" kanji (esp. person with arms and legs outstretched); sprawling; lying spread-eagled

expression:

• after a while; a little while later; shortly afterward; after a brief interval

noun:

• red eyes; bloodshot eyes
• red-eye ➜ 赤目現象
• red mullet (Chelon haematocheilus) - usually written using kana alone ➜ 赤目魚
• facial gesture of pulling one's eyelid down and sticking out one's tongue

noun:

• particle; postpositional word in Japanese grammar that functions as an auxiliary to a main word - Linguistics term

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• noninterference; leaving something to take its own course; giving someone a free hand with something

noun:

• unlucky day (according to astrology); (previously a) death anniversary; purification and fast day ➜ 陰陽道

noun:

• free on board (i.e. seller pays to have goods placed on a ship); FOB