noun:

• being very popular; being in great demand

noun / ~の noun:

• being bent (with age); being stooped over

noun / adjectival noun / ~の noun:

• being the strongest; being powerful (mighty) without equal - four character idiom

noun:

• being bad at communication; being unsociable - abbreviation - colloquialism ➜ コミュニケーション障害

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• complete victory

noun:

• winning a tournament with no losses - Sumo term

~の noun:

• untitled; titleless; without a title; no subject (email)

noun:

• decorating the alcove of a tea room with a hanging scroll and flowers (in more formal tea ceremonies, during only the first and second half respectively)
• style of decorating a traditional Japanese room (esp. a study) in which incense, a pair of vases and a pair of candlesticks are placed on a table in front of a trio of hanging scrolls - orig. meaning

noun:

• losing the means of livelihood
• a samurai's annual rice stipend being suspended - archaism
• (in fishing) the fish swimming upward after biting the fishhook

expression / noun:

• ease of use; user-friendliness; usability; utility

noun / ~する noun:

• giving orders to someone and making use of him
• servant

noun:

• decorative black flagpole tassel made from tail hair (of a yak, horse, ox, etc.) or dyed hemp ➜ 大頭【おおがしら】

noun:

• treasure hunting
• lucky dip; game involving finding hidden prizes from a sand box, barrel of leaves, etc.

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• glasses and plates being scattered about after a party or banquet; articles lying about in a jumble - archaism - four character idiom

expression / adjective:

• spending a day's revenue within the day; not being attached to money (like a true Tokyoite)

noun:

• being forced to commit seppuku
• to be forced to bear responsibility and resign from one's position ➜ 詰め腹を切らされる

noun:

• cutting a person's sidelocks; evenly cut sidelocks (symbol of adulthood for noblewomen in the Heian era); ritual of cutting the sidelocks (coming-of-age ceremony for women from about 1568-1867) - archaism

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to insert; to put in ➜ 差す
• to plant (a cutting); to strike ➜ 挿し木
• to arrange (flowers) ➜ 挿し花
• to wear (a sword) in one's belt ➜ 差す
• to shut; to close; to lock; to fasten ➜ 鎖す【さす】

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to start; to begin; to commence
• to challenge; to pick (a fight); to make (war)
• to set (traps); to plant (explosives); to lay (mines)
• to make a meld call - Mahjong term ➜ 鳴く【なく】

noun:

• hydrilla (species of aquatic plant, Hydrilla verticillata)
• Papenfussiella kuromo (species of brown algae)

noun:

• peeler (for peeling a label from its base in a barcode printer)

expression:

• to sacrifice something small in order to save something great; to lose a leg to save one's life; to kill a small bug and help a large one - proverb

noun:

• exemption (from a regulation, etc. usu. because of small scale)
• cut-off cuffs (trousers, etc.)

noun:

• writing from top to bottom
• writing without a pause
• translation of classical Chinese into Japanese - abbreviation ➜ 書き下し文

noun:

• samadhi (state of intense concentration achieved through meditation) ［さんまい］ - Buddhism term - From Sanskrit

suffix noun:

• being immersed in; being absorbed in; indulging in; doing to one's heart's content - usu. ざんまい
• prone to; apt to - usu. ざんまい

adjective:

• feeling awkward; being ashamed; being bashful