noun:

• ratio of the margin of loss of an electoral candidate in a single-constituent district (used to break ties when determining the representative of a proportionally represented district)

noun:

• beach; seashore
• captured pieces (in the game of go); captured stones - abbreviation - usually written using kana alone ➜ 揚げ浜
• Yokohama - abbreviation ➜ 横浜
• riverbank; riverside - archaism - Ōsaka dialect

interjection:

• get lost; get out of my sight; scram; beat it; buzz off; go away ➜ 消え失せる

noun:

• leader of a female gang; leader of a group of delinquent girls

noun:

• puzzle ring; wire puzzle
• exercise where students link crossed hands in a circle and try working together and without letting go

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to fill (one's heart); to experience a welling up of feelings or sensations
• to feel nauseated

noun:

• Feast of the Seven Herbs of Health (7th of January); one of the 5 seasonal festivals ➜ 五節句

noun:

• one-way analysis of variance; one-way ANOVA - Mathematics term ➜ 分散分析【ぶんさんぶんせき】

expression / godan ~ぐ verb:

• to extend from one year to the next; to go to the next year

noun:

• getting free admission on the strength of one's name; being let in somewhere because one is recognized

noun:

• full flush; winning hand containing only tiles of one suit - Mahjong term - From Chinese
• homogeneity (e.g. manuf. using products from one source)

noun:

• trunk; torso; body; abdomen; waist
• plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo)
• frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.); hull (of a ship)

noun:

• veranda; porch; balcony; open corridor ➜ 縁【えん】
• bone at the base of a fin; meat at the base of a fin (esp. of a flatfish) ［縁側］ ➜ 担鰭骨

noun:

• simple type of clothing consisting of a large piece of cloth with a hole in the middle for the head

noun / ~する noun:

• rise (e.g. of a movement); emergence; rearing one's head; gaining prominence; coming to the fore; gaining power; gathering strength

noun:

• immortal mountain wizard (in Taoism); mountain man (esp. a hermit)
• one not bound by earthly desires or the thoughts of normal men

noun:

• kasaya; monk's stole - Buddhism term
• wearing an article of clothing in the same manner as a kasaya (i.e. draped over one shoulder) - abbreviation ➜ 袈裟懸け

noun:

• special seats and standing-only space in the galley for people who only intend to see one act of a kabuki play

expression:

• actio libera in causa; manufacturing the conditions of one's own defence (e.g. getting drunk in order to commit a crime)

noun:

• conditions of a location; suitability of a location; convenience of a location

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to open (e.g. doors) - esp. 開く
• to open (e.g. business, etc.) - esp. 開く
• to be empty - esp. 空く
• to be vacant; to be available; to be free - esp. 空く
• to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.) - esp. 明く
• to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.) - esp. 明く
• to come to an end - esp. 明く

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to open (one's eyes, mouth, etc.) - esp. 明く

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to have a hole; to form a gap; to have an interval (between events) ➜ 穴が開く

noun:

• texture (cloth, fabric, paper)
• market tone; undertone
• balance between the position of white and black stones (in go) ➜ 囲碁

noun / suffix:

• including; inclusive of ［こみ］

noun:

• komi; extra points given to the white player as compensation for playing second (in go) - usu. コミ - usually written using kana alone - abbreviation ➜ コミ出し【コミだし】

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to keep one's temper; to maintain one's composure; to remain calm; to keep presence of mind; to preserve one's equilibrium

noun:

• (of a woman) divorcing and moving back in with her parents - sensitive
• (of an employee) leaving a position only to return to it later
• (of a ship) leaving from and returning to the same port