noun:

• format (esp. of publication, e.g. A5, B4, etc.) ［判型］
• size of a sheet of paper used for ukiyoe

noun:

• one-sided wait for the end tile of a three-in-a-row which will finish one's hand (i.e. for a 3 while holding 1-2, or for a 7 while holding 8-9) - Mahjong term

noun:

• one-sided wait for the end tile of a three-in-a-row which will finish one's hand (i.e. for a 3 while holding 1-2, or for a 7 while holding 8-9) - Mahjong term - From Chinese ➜ 辺張待ち【ペンチャンまち】

noun:

• mirror-shaped mochi, usu. a pair stacked in order of size with a daidai on top, used as a New Year offering, then cut and eaten on January 11.

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to eat - male language
• to live; to make a living; to survive
• to bite; to sting (as insects do)
• to tease; to torment; to taunt; to make light of; to make fun of
• to encroach on; to eat into; to consume
• to defeat a superior; to threaten a position
• to consume time and-or resources
• to receive something (usu. an unfavourable event) - colloquialism
• to have sexual relations with a woman, esp. for the first time - male language - vulgar

noun:

• main temple; main building of a shrine
• alternate name for the Shishiden; Hall for State Ceremonies ➜ 紫宸殿・内裏
• central building of a palace; State Chamber

noun:

• making a piece of clothing with the same cloth inside and out; making a kimono with lining of the same fabric - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• conclusion; execution (of a contract); entering (into treaty)
• fastening (as in a joint)

noun:

• (professional) driver (of a taxi, train, etc.); motorman
• mate (on a ship); officer ➜ 航海士

noun:

• hairstyle of Meiji and Taisho era, featuring a bun resembling a halved peach

noun:

• approach (to a castle gate)
• front of a structural member ➜ 見込み【みこみ】

noun:

• nakamise; shops lining a passageway in the precincts of a Shinto shrine

particle:

• a sort of thing like; used after a phrase to modify the following noun

noun:

• drawing a dish towards oneself using one's chopsticks (a breach of etiquette)

noun:

• corpus delicti (concrete evidence of a crime, e.g. a bullet-riddled body)

noun:

• dwelling place of a god (usu. in reference to a large rock) - archaism

noun:

• use of a verb or adjective conjugation (esp. ren'yōkei) as a noun ➜ 連用形

noun / ~する noun:

• tucking up the sleeves of a kimono with a tasuki ➜ 繦

noun / ~する noun:

• forced relocation of a daimyo to a different domain by the Edo shogunate

noun:

• tie-dyeing - archaism - obscure term
• heraldic design of a square with a hole in the center - obscure term

noun:

• returning of a package to depot after a failed delivery attempt

noun:

• Grand Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager and the Empress Consort

noun:

• Grand Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager and the Empress Consort - obscure term ➜ 三后

noun:

• Grand Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager and the Empress Consort - obscure term ➜ 三后

noun:

• principal object of worship at a temple (usu. a buddha or bodhisattva); principal image; idol
• the man himself; the person at the heart of the matter - humorous term