noun:

• imprisonment (for one to three years) - archaism ➜ 五刑

noun:

• three activities (action, speech and thought) - Buddhism term ➜ 身口意

noun:

• 3D; three dimensional

~の noun:

• three-quarter length (usu. clothing)

noun:

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

expression:

• killing three birds with one stone - four character idiom ➜ いっせきにちょう

noun:

• expansion (in space) of a sales area; increase in the number of beds (in a hospital, etc.)

noun:

• gate in the middle of the corridor connecting an annex to a pond-side building (in traditional palatial-style architecture) ➜ 寝殿造り・対の屋・釣り殿
• central gate (between the main gate and main hall of a temple)
• central gate (separating the inner and outer gardens of a teahouse)

noun:

• taste (of a liquid, esp. alcoholic beverages) - usu. のみくち
• someone who enjoys alcohol
• place one's lips touch on the rim of a cup
• shape of one's mouth when drinking
• tap; faucet; spigot - usu. のみぐち

expression:

• prevention is better than cure; an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure; look before you leap; forewarned is forearmed; a stitch in time saves nine; a walking stick before stumbling [literal] - proverb

noun:

• altered photograph, usu. with sexual connotations, such as putting someone's face on top of a picture of a nude idol, etc. - From English "idol collage"

expression:

• a bad wife spells the ruin of her husband; a bad wife means a hundred years of bad luck to her husband

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to assume the posture of praying; to press the palms and fingers of both hands together; to do reverence (e.g. before a statue of the Buddha); to pay one's respects
• to beg; to make a supplication
• to see (something or someone of high status) - sometimes used sarcastically in modern Japanese - humble language

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to swindle out of; to cheat out of; to defraud of
• to misrepresent oneself as; to pretend to be; to assume (a name or title); to falsify (e.g. a seal)

noun / ~の noun:

• outside (e.g. of a building); exterior
• outside (of a group, company, etc.); outside world

expression:

• you cannot excuse a bad deed with a petty act of benevolence; steal a pig and give the feet for alms [literal] - proverb

noun:

• (not even) a bit of; (not even) a hint of; (not) an iota of - four character idiom

noun / suffix noun:

• hole - also read めど for this sense ➜ 穴が開く
• deficit; shortage; missing person (in a team, meeting, etc.)
• vacancy; opening
• flaw
• profitable place (or item, etc.) not well known by others
• upset victory (with a large payoff)
• pit (of a theater) - slang ➜ 平土間
• hiding place - archaism
• underbelly (of society, etc.) - archaism

noun:

• schrund (crevasse, esp. a bergschrund, a crevasse near the head of a glacier) - From German ➜ ベルクシュルント

~と adverb / adverb:

• with a bump; with a clunk - onomatopoeia ➜ こつんと
• yelp (e.g. of a fox); bark; howl - onomatopoeia

noun:

• pronunciation; reading (e.g. of a kanji)
• way of reading (out loud)
• interpretation (e.g. of a text); reading

noun:

• one's heart; the mind; inner feelings; inmost thoughts; true motives

noun:

• passing by flying - archaism
• fickle heart; man who frequently meets with harlots - archaism

adverb:

• with a clunk; with a clank - onomatopoeia
• the sound of a sudden decrease (in profits, vigor, etc.)

adverb:

• a great deal; very much; a lot - onomatopoeia
• with a great amount of effort - onomatopoeia - archaism