noun:

• part; section
• part of the body; affected part (of the body)

~の noun:

• local (e.g. anesthesia); topical

noun:

• private parts; genitals

noun:

• social conditions; phase of life; (sign of) the times; state of society

noun:

• Caribbean reef shark (Carcharhinus perezii, species of requiem shark found in the tropical waters of the western Atlantic Ocean from Florida to Brazil)

noun:

• available to promise (i.e. a product is in stock and can be promised to a buyer); ATP

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to repeat a mistake (of somebody); to make the same mistake as that of ...; to follow the rut (left by someone else) [literal] ➜ 前車の轍を踏む・前轍を踏む

noun:

• straggling hair; hair too short to be tied or arranged with the rest of the hair (typically around the sideburns); lovelock ➜ 後れ毛

noun:

• three sun (ca. 9.1 cm) ➜ 寸【すん】
• something small, short or thin (roughly the size of three sun)
• stall-keeper; huckster; hawker ➜ 的屋
• prostitute of the lowest rank - archaism

expression:

• fighting with one's back to the wall; having burnt one's bridges; last stand; from strategy of general Han Xin in the Battle of Jingxing - idiom

noun:

• capital; metropolis; seat of government
• capital (of music, fashion, etc.); city (e.g. of light)
• location of the Imperial Palace

noun / suffix noun:

• fiscal year (usu. April 1 to March 31 in Japan); financial year
• academic year; school year
• product year

noun:

• husband who rules the roost; domineering husband - four character idiom
• the hectoring of the husband

noun:

• lamenting the passing of spring; lamenting the passing of one's youth

noun:

• 34th of the sexagenary cycle; thirty-fourth of the sexagenary cycle ➜ 干支

expression:

• the law of arising and ceasing; the law of creation and destruction - Buddhism term

noun:

• master; head of household; man of the house; principal supporter of a temple

expression / noun:

• the harmonizing, mentally and physically, of two parties engaged in an activity; singing from the same hymn-sheet; dancing to the same beat - idiom

expression:

• no time like the present; make hay while the sun shines; it's the auspicious day when you've just thought of it [literal] - proverb

noun:

• sleeping in a ship
• sleeping on the surface of the water (of a bird)
• restless sleep
• casually sleeping together (e.g. unmarried couple)

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to spread (e.g. a rumour); to talk about (widely); to make fun of
• to sing the praises of; to praise to the skies

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to surpass the rest (e.g. of a large group); to stand out from the crowd; to be the best by far ➜ 抜群

expression:

• words can lead to disaster; the tongue is the root of calamities; the more you open your mouth the more likely you are to put your foot in it - proverb

noun:

• the public; the street (e.g. "word on the street")
• street; district; quarters
• location (e.g. of a battle); scene (e.g. of carnage)
• divide (e.g. between life and death)
• fork (in a road); crossroads - orig. meaning

noun:

• taking up a new line of work; the beginning of things
• starting the preparations for New Year's festivities (December 8 in Tokyo, December 13 in Kyoto)
• resuming work after the New Year's vacation ➜ 仕事始め

auxiliary adjective:

• seeming ...; appearing ... - expresses judgement based on evidence, reason or trustworthy hearsay

suffix / adjective:

• -ish; like a ...; typical of ...; appropriate for ...; becoming of ...; worthy of the name ... - after a noun, adverb or adjective stem

noun:

• one of the six administrators of a Zen temple (in charge of accounting) ➜ 六知事