suffix:

• -ness (nominalizing suffix, esp. of sensory or subjective adjectives) - also written with the ateji 味 ➜ 甘み
• nominalizing suffix indicating location ➜ 深み
• (as ...mi ...mi) alternating between ... and ... ➜ 降りみ降らずみ

noun:

• Act against Unjustifiable Premiums and Misleading Representations; Law for Preventing Unjustifiable Extra or Unexpected Benefit and Misleading Representation - Law term

noun:

• big three dragons; winning hand consisting of pungs or kongs of each of the three types of dragon tiles - Mahjong term

noun:

• baldness; bald head
• children's hairstyle of short untied hair; children with short untied hair ［かぶろ・かむろ］
• young girl working as a servant for a high-class prostitute (Edo period) ［かぶろ・かむろ］ ➜ 太夫・天神
• idiot; moron - derogatory term - usually written using kana alone

noun:

• metal rod; metal bar; iron rod; crowbar
• iron club; iron staff with rings on top (traditionally used by night watchmen)

expression:

• to be frank with you; to tell you the truth; I'm going to lay my cards on the table

noun / ~の noun:

• outside the hall (or stadium, market, etc.); off the grounds; off the premises; off-track Antonym: 場内

noun:

• a number of interesting stories; book containing a number of interesting stories

noun:

• border; boundary - usu. さかい
• turning point; watershed ［さかい］ - often ...を境に
• area; region; spot; space; environment - usu. きょう
• psychological state; mental state - usu. きょう
• cognitive object; something perceptible by the sense organs or mind ［きょう］ - Buddhism term

noun:

• mince (minced meat or fish) ［タタキ・叩き・敲き］
• seared skipjack tuna ［叩き・敲き］ ➜ 鰹
• robbery; extortion ［叩き・敲き］ - slang
• hard-packed dirt (clay, gravel, etc.) floor; concrete floor - usu. 三和土 (gikun)
• whipping; lashing; bashing; beating; flaming ［タタキ・叩き］

noun:

• someone who made a short trip to America; going to America just long enough for a pee (ref. to short USA trip after WWII to boost one's credentials) - obsolete term - derogatory term ➜ 小便【しょんべん】

expression:

• all men are alike; all lives are alike; all men live and die; we all bleed the same; a pike conger has one life, a shrimp does too [literal] - proverb

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be pretentious; to put on airs; to try to appear smart; to act brave; to try to look cool ➜ 粋がる

expression / noun:

• collecting herbs and pulling out young pine trees by the roots (annual event held on the first Day of the Rat of the New Year)

noun:

• photomontage; manipulated photo; photoshopped picture - slang - abbreviation ➜ コラージュ
• kora (West-African instrument)
• kora layer; layer formed from volcanic ash on the southern part of the Satsuma Peninsula - Geology term

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be pretentious; to put on airs; to try to appear smart; to act brave; to try to look cool

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to carry up; to bring up; to lift up
• to elevate (someone) to a high position; to convince someone to accept a post (esp. through flattery)

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to shorten; to cut short; to trim
• to cut down on; to reduce; to economize; to economise

noun:

• mountain and water; landscape (containing hills and rivers)
• landscape picture ［さんすい］ - abbreviation ➜ 山水画
• mountain stream; water that flows down from a mountain
• garden which contains an artificial hill and a pond ［さんすい］ ➜ 築山

noun:

• leaving or staying
• (one's) course of action; (one's) position; (one's) attitude

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to place an obnoxious person in an out-of-the-way post to be rid of him or her

noun:

• person who is made to do things or go get things for someone else; person who runs errands; gofer - abbreviation - colloquialism ➜ 使いっ走り

noun:

• Bodhi-manda (place of Buddhist practice or meditation, esp. the place under the bodhi tree where Buddha attained enlightenment) - Buddhism term

suffix:

• ending; quitting; closing - after a noun ➜ 店じまい
• ending before one had time to do something one wanted or intended to - after the 〜ず negative form of a verb; indicates disappointment

noun:

• heavy rotation; frequently broadcasting or listening to the same music; frequently wearing the same outfit