noun:

• public lodging house; simple lodging (including pensions, private lodging and capsule hotels) - abbreviation ➜ 簡易宿所

godan ~む verb:

• to hold fast deep in (one's mouth or other orifice, often used in a sexual context)
• to bring in a man for sex

godan ~ぐ verb / transitive:

• to earn (income); to make (money)
• to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to play (for time)

godan ~ぐ verb / intransitive verb:

• to work hard (at one's job); to labor; to labour; to toil

noun / suffix noun:

• degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.)

counter:

• counter for occurrences

noun / suffix noun:

• strength (of glasses); glasses prescription
• alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume

noun:

• extent; degree; limit ➜ 度を過ごす
• presence of mind; composure ➜ 度を失う

expression / noun / ~する noun:

• being held in suspense; being on edge; scared stiff; one's testicles going up and down [literal] - idiom - male language ➜ 上がったり下がったり【あがったりさがったり】

noun:

• sea air; sea breeze ［海気］
• ocean and atmosphere ［海気］
• type of yarn-dyed silk goods

noun:

• district; quarter
• enclosure; area enclosed by earthwork
• red-light district

prefix / suffix:

• wide and empty ［廓］

noun:

• collision; bumping into
• head-to-head training; drill consisting of pushing and being pushed; battering practice - abbreviation - Sumo term ➜ ぶつかり稽古

noun / adjectival noun:

• being faithful to one's principles; being of firm purpose and deep commitment; constancy; true blue - four character idiom

noun:

• type of lettering consisting of thick vertical and horizontal lines which is often used in seals

noun:

• Lolita fashion; fashion style characterized by frilly dresses, knee socks and bonnets - From English

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• keeping calm and collected at times of disappoinment; maintaining a serene state of mind in adversity - archaism - four character idiom

noun:

• San-you region of western Honshu (incl. Okayama, Hiroshima, southern Yamaguchi and sometimes western Hyogo prefectures)

noun:

• dance performance held in April by geisha and maiko in Kyoto's Gion district

noun:

• frizz; short tufts springing up from hair surface here and there; kink; idiot hair

noun:

• bronze currency of ancient China (some pieces shaped like spades and others like opened straight razors)

noun:

• river in which worshippers wash their hands (and rinse their mouth) prior to entering a shrine

noun:

• full interchange (an interchange that has exits and entrances in both directions)

noun:

• juvenile Japanese sea perch (usu. 2-3 years in age and 40-60 cm in length) ➜ 鱸

noun:

• female cook; kitchenmaid
• woman who served both as a waitress and a prostitute in Osaka teahouses - archaism

noun:

• var. of fresh Japanese sweet made of white bean paste, egg yolk, sugar and rice granules

noun:

• black-lacquered cowhide boots with curved toes, metal buckles, and brocade tops (worn with ceremonial dress)

expression / adjective:

• all bark and no bite; unable to live up to one's claims

noun:

• pure double chow; winning hand containing two identical chows (i.e. same numbers and same suit) - Mahjong term ➜ 一盃口【イーペーコー】

noun:

• Vocaloid; singing voice synthesis software and related products, or a humanoid persona voiced by such software