noun:

• launching; launch
• end (of a theatrical run, etc.)
• closing party (e.g. a theater show); cast party; party to celebrate successful completion of a project ➜ 打ち上げ会【うちあげかい】

noun:

• tattoo (esp. a tattoo of a flame-wreathed dragon wrapped around and swallowing the tip of an upright sword); person with a tattoo ➜ 倶利迦羅

noun / ~する noun:

• pressing one's hands together in prayer

noun:

• triangular frame of a thatched roof

expression:

• Yours sincerely; Yours truly; Sincerely yours - at the end of Buddhist correspondence ➜ 敬具

suffix:

• particularly; especially
• indicates the number of horses or oxen drawing a carriage; indicates the number of oars on a boat
• indicates the number of movies, plays, etc. comprising a single program; indicates the number of items or methods used

expression:

• struggling to grab hold of one's opponent's belt with one's dominant hand - Sumo term

noun:

• angel's index; proportion of one's income spent on one's children ➜ エンゲル係数【エンゲルけいすう】

expression:

• if there is a chance; if possible; if circumstances permit; if things go well; if luck is on my side

noun:

• pleasant sound; crack (of a baseball bat); roar (of a motor)

noun:

• tip of a brush or pen; (force of a) writing style

noun:

• minutes of a pre-trial hearing; records of a preliminary examination

noun:

• anticipation of a fall (in prices); prediction of a price drop

noun:

• traces of a moving light; trail (e.g. of a meteor)

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be caught in; to be stuck in
• to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to be delayed; to take time
• to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to be involved with
• to fall for (a trick); to be deceived; to be cheated
• to be on one's mind; to worry one; to be bothered by; to feel uneasy
• to be obstructed; to be hindered
• to splash

noun / ~する noun:

• entering a state of intense concentration - Buddhism term ➜ 出定
• death (of a high monk, etc.)

noun:

• biography of a monk or history of a temple told in pictures

noun:

• chairman
• leader of a troupe; proprietor of a theatrical company

noun:

• nucleus (of a project proposal, of a social movement, etc.) - four character idiom

noun:

• prevailing mood of a locality; emotional climate of a district

noun:

• underside of a bird's wing
• lining of a haori ➜ 羽織

noun:

• urheimat; original homeland of a people or of a language

godan ~う verb:

• to say; to utter; to declare
• to name; to call
• to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise ［言う］

noun:

• master (of a house, shop, etc.)
• husband (informal)
• sir; boss; master; governor; word used to address a male patron, customer, or person of high status
• patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy ➜ パトロン
• alms; almsgiving; almsgiver - orig. meaning; usu. written as 檀那 - Buddhism term - From Sanskrit "dāna" ➜ 檀越・檀家

noun:

• crime for which one's three types of relatives will be punished; crime implicating one's relatives of all three types - obscure term ➜ 三族

noun / ~の noun:

• having a child (usu. from a former relationship); accompanied by one's child

expression / adjectival noun:

• to be as busy as a bee; like Christmas and a birthday feast rolled into one - idiom