noun:

• Japanese foxtail (Alopecurus japonicus)

noun:

• sake; Japanese rice wine - colloquialism ➜ 日本酒【にほんしゅ】

noun:

• shamisen; samisen; three-stringed Japanese lute ➜ 三味線

noun:

• southern Japanese mudskipper (Periophthalmus argentilineatus) ➜ トビハゼ

noun:

• kurofuda; type of Japanese playing cards

noun:

• all-Japanese-are-middle-class mentality

noun:

• national confession of Japanese war guilt

noun:

• Japanese canopy plant (Paris japonica)

noun:

• Japanese holly fern (Crytomium fortunei)

noun:

• Japanese household legal structure (1898-1947)

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to be temperate in; to refrain; to abstain; to hold back; to restrain oneself from excessive ...
• to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number)

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for
• to be soon; to be in the offing

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to be in a close relationship (e.g. as a backer, etc.)

noun / ~する noun:

• going in order; proceeding in order; moving forward in order Antonym: 逆行
• direct motion; prograde motion - Astronomy term
• carrying out something without disobeying one's orders - archaism

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

~の noun / noun:

• totally at a loss; lose one's bearings; in a maze; in a fog; all at sea; up in the air; mystified; bewildered - four character idiom

expression:

• a day in life is better than a thousand days in the afterlife; better one day in this world than a thousand in the next - proverb

particle:

• at (place, time); in; on; during
• to (direction, state); toward; into
• for (purpose)
• because of (reason); for; with
• by; from
• as (i.e. in the role of) ➜ として
• per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month")
• and; in addition to
• if; although - archaism

noun:

• manager; steward; factotum; person next in rank to the chief retainers and in charge of general management and accounting in a samurai family (Edo period) ➜ 御用人
• useful person

adverb:

• in short; in brief; to sum up; ultimately; in the end; in the long run; when all is said and done; what it all comes down to; when you get right down to it ➜ 詰まり【つまり】

noun / ~の noun:

• flowers in full bloom; time of year in which flowers are in full bloom
• the age at which someone (esp. a woman) is at the peak of their beauty
• booming or peaking (in popularity)

noun:

• ryokan; Japanese-style lodging, usu. professionally-run ➜ 民宿【みんしゅく】

noun:

• tatami mat; Japanese straw floor coverings

noun:

• bento; Japanese box lunch ➜ お弁当

noun:

• udon; thick Japanese wheat noodles

noun:

• tabi; Japanese socks (with split toe)

noun:

• shamisen; samisen; three-stringed Japanese lute