noun:

• warbler being in a valley - obscure term ➜ 鶯遷【おうせん】
• valley in which warblers live - obscure term
• remaining obscure and unsuccessful - obscure term ➜ 鶯遷【おうせん】

noun:

• winning hand composed of two sets of two identical chows plus a pair - Mahjong term ➜ 一盃口【イーペーコー】

noun:

• apartment with one bedroom and a combined living room, dining room and kitchen ➜ ＬＤＫ【エルディーケー】

noun / ~の noun:

• koma shape; five-sided shape in the form of a koma (shogi game piece) ➜ 駒【こま】

noun:

• written investigation; report of an investigation
• school record (on a student); transcript (of grades)

noun:

• Buddhist priest; bonze
• close-cropped hair; crew cut; person with a shorn head
• boy; sonny; lad - familiar language - derogatory term
• not catching anything (in fishing) ➜ お凸【おでこ】

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• in passing another (esp. colliding with oncoming traffic, bumping into a person); the moment two persons or objects meet

noun:

• shaking; shake; jolt; jolting; vibration; tremor; flickering
• unsettledness; instability; vacillating; wavering
• existence of multiple spellings, pronunciations, usages, etc. for a single word - Linguistics term

expression:

• A virtuous person does (should) not commit an act that offends his moral principles no matter how hard pressed he may be - four character idiom

noun:

• getting frightened even by a slight noise; hearing the enemy in every leaf that rustles; being afraid of one's own shadow - four character idiom

noun:

• young female TV announcer (who also frequently functions as a television talent doing on-location fluff pieces for variety shows) - abbreviation ➜ アナウンサー

expression / noun or verb acting prenominally:

• fast-talking; always having another argument ready; not able to keep one's mouth shut; never at a loss for words ➜ 口の減らない

noun / ~する noun:

• squatting (usu. with elbows on knees and often while smoking, typically considered a low-class posture)

noun / suffix noun:

• special Nara-period administrative division for areas containing a detached palace (Yoshino and Izumi) - archaism

noun:

• secretary; third highest-ranking officials in the Dazaifu - archaism ➜ 大宰府

noun:

• street performance in which the performer transforms a specially-made bamboo screen into various shapes while chanting an accompanying poem ➜ 南京【ナンキン】・簾【すだれ】

adverb:

• completely; absolutely; totally ➜ 一向に
• (not) at all; (not) a bit; (not) in the least - in a negative sentence
• earnestly; intently; determinedly

noun:

• Jōdo Shinshū - abbreviation ➜ 一向宗

noun / ~する noun:

• order (esp. to a number of people); command
• ritual of bowing at start and end of school class

adjectival noun / ~の noun:

• smallish; on the small side; somewhat small; undersized; small size ➜ 大振り

noun / ~する noun:

• short swing of a bat, racquet, etc.

noun / ~の noun:

• not wearing a mask (in kendo, noh, etc.)
• sober face ➜ 素面【しらふ】
• sobriety ➜ 素面【しらふ】

noun / adjectival noun / ~の noun:

• face with no make-up; unpainted face - archaism ➜ 素顔【すがお】

noun:

• deposit (e.g. on the purchase of a house); earnest money; guarantee money
• margin (payment); warrant money; cover

noun:

• incantation to rid a child of insects traditionally believed to cause disease; charm to cure colic, tantrums, etc.

noun:

• false bottom; fake bottom; raised bottom; platform (shoes); kick (of a bottle)
• exaggeration; overstatement

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to decorate with many bright colours (colors); to create a beautiful variegated pattern ［彩なす・綾なす］
• to manipulate skillfully

noun:

• wedgie (to a girl) i.e. pulling up the underwear from the back, driving it into the vulva - vulgar

noun:

• rope that ties the lower end of the sail to the hull (on a Japanese-style ship)