noun:

• daughter; young lady - Izu Oshima dialect
• young man; eldest son - Tōhoku, Hokkaidō dialect
• passive role in a male homosexual relationship - prison slang ➜ 女役

noun:

• roasted or deep-fried fish or meat, marinated in a spicy sauce

noun:

• Aspergillus kawachii; Aspergillus awamori var. kawachi; white koji mold, used in shochu production

noun:

• Omachi rice; late growing wet-land rice variety, often used in sake production

interjection:

• heigh-hoh; heave-ho ➜ どっこい
• used as a meaningless word in a song for rhythm ➜ どっこい

noun:

• anime freak; person overly interested in female anime and video game characters - derogatory term - slang

noun:

• term used in translation; translation equivalent
• word borrowed and translated from another language

noun:

• countries that do not use Chinese characters in their writing; non-kanji countries

expression / adjective:

• useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point ➜ 意味がある【いみがある】

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be in a mess; to have things scattered here and there

noun:

• doll cake; sponge cake in various shapes filled with red bean paste - Food term

noun:

• village school (esp. in Edo-era Japan, and ancient Korea and China)

noun / ~する noun:

• bogging down; dragging on; turning into a quagmire; becoming mired in a mess

noun:

• simmering after steaming - Food term
• simmering (in a small amount of broth); smothering; estouffade - Food term

noun:

• karma mandala (in Shingon); three-dimensional mandala with a sculpture of each deity - Buddhism term ➜ 四種曼荼羅【ししゅまんだら】

expression / adjective:

• depending largely on; playing a large role in; due largely to - as ～によるところが大きい

noun:

• (in soccer) system of using different starting lineups for different matches - Sports term

noun:

• (China's) new normal; state of slower economic growth in China since 2012

noun:

• surname; family name
• hereditary title (used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing) ［せい］ ➜ 姓【かばね】

noun / prefix:

• rag; scrap; tattered clothes
• fault (esp. in a pretense, pretence); defect

adjectival noun:

• run-down; shabby; junky

noun / ~する noun:

• opposition; rebellion; revolt; resistance; backlash; refusal
• rebounding; recoiling; repulsion
• rally (e.g. in stock prices); recovery

noun:

• tide; current
• sea water
• opportunity; chance ［しお］
• thin soup of fish or shellfish boiled in seawater ［うしお］ - abbreviation ➜ 潮汁【うしおじる】

noun / ~する noun:

• throwing into; inserting; depositing
• investment; putting in (personnel, etc.)
• release of a product
• making (an electrical circuit)

suffix:

• Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; Ms. - after a person's name (or position, etc.) - honorific language
• makes words more polite (usu. in fixed expressions) - usu. after a noun or na-adjective prefixed with お- or ご- - polite language ➜ お粗末さまでした

noun:

• state; situation; appearance

noun:

• ball (for sport, games, etc.)
• kemari; type of football played by courtiers in ancient Japan ［鞠・毬］ ➜ 蹴鞠