noun:

• hunger knock; hitting the wall; bonk - Sports term

noun:

• bath at a temple for the poor, sick and prisoners

noun:

• proper diet and Chinese herbal medicine share the same principles - four character idiom ➜ 医食同源

noun / ~する noun:

• burying a dead person's personal belongings with the body

expression / adjective:

• unable to move; dead in the water; completely helpless

noun:

• vinegared water, used for dampening the hands when making sushi - Food term ➜ 酢水

noun:

• shots taken with camera in the same position - from 同一ポジション - abbreviation

noun:

• using the sleeves of one's kimono as a pillow - archaism

noun:

• type of local militia most active during the Qing dynasty

noun:

• partial bath; submerging only part of the body in water

noun:

• kurultai; quriltai; political and military council in the Mongol Empire - From Mongolian "khuruldai"

noun / ~する noun:

• hadouken (fireball attack from the fighting game "Street Fighter II")

noun:

• lake shaped like the kanji "heart" character (traditional Japanese gardens)

noun:

• celebration held 50 days after the birth of a child ➜ 五十日【いか】

noun:

• fiftieth day after the birth of a child
• fifty days

expression:

• don't bother the Buddha, give no heed to God - humorous term

noun:

• regular (customer)
• client who frequently visits the same prostitute

noun / counter:

• swing; shake; wave; swinging

noun:

• appearance; behaviour - usually written using kana alone
• pretence (pretense); show; pretending (to) - oft. after a noun+の or verb in the dictionary form - usually written using kana alone ➜ 振りをする

noun / ~の noun:

• going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction - usually written using kana alone

noun:

• move (dance); postures
• lead in (e.g. to a running joke, asking a question); lead up - oft. as フリ - usually written using kana alone ➜ 前振り
• unsewn part of a hanging sleeve on a traditional Japanese woman's garment

suffix / counter:

• counter for swords, blades, etc.

noun:

• not wearing underwear or pants - archaism

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to stop; to turn off - esp. 止める, 停める
• to park - esp. 止める, 停める
• to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to hold back (tears); to hold (one's breath); to relieve (pain) - esp. 止める, 停める
• to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade; to forbid; to prohibit
• to notice; to be aware of; to concentrate on; to pay attention to; to remember; to bear in mind ➜ 目を留める・気に留める
• to fix (in place); to fasten; to tack; to pin; to nail; to button; to staple - esp. 留める
• to detain; to keep in custody - esp. 留める

noun / ~する noun:

• holding (a conference, exhibition, etc.); opening; hosting (e.g. the Olympics)

noun / suffix noun / counter:

• class; order; rank

suffix:

• et cetera; etc.; and the like ➜ 等【など】

prefix:

• equal; iso-

noun / ~の noun:

• black person

noun:

• woman in the nightlife business; demimondaine; geisha and prostitutes - archaism ➜ 玄人

noun / suffix noun:

• entering
• setting (of the sun)
• containing; content; audience ➜ サイン入り
• income
• beginning

noun / ~の noun:

• name; title; appellation; (something) nominal
• (under the) pretext (of); pretense

noun:

• running
• gliding
• first (harvest) of the season
• beginning; start
• kitchen sink - colloquialism