noun / ~する noun:

• trial purchase; buying on trial

interjection:

• knock on wood; touch wood - spoken to ward off misfortune

noun:

• umbrella; parasol
• something shaped like an umbrella or a conical hat; shade (of a lamp); mushroom cap; pileus ➜ 笠【かさ】

noun:

• crotch; crutch; groin; thigh
• fork (in a tree, road, river, etc.); tines (of a fork)

~の noun:

• lengthy (of a book, etc.); voluminous Antonym: 小部

adverbial noun:

• most (e.g. most part); greater; fairly; a good deal; much

noun:

• collection (e.g. of a debt); dunning
• selection (for a position); patronage

~の noun:

• fresh; freshly picked; freshly caught

noun / ~する noun:

• rivalry of local warlords; a number of powerful (talented, influential) persons standing by themselves in a given field - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• pardon; extenuation; excuse ［かしゃく］
• borrowing ［かしゃく］

noun:

• borrowing a kanji with the same pronunciation to write a similar-sounding word

noun:

• hanafuda; Japanese playing cards (12 suits of 4 cards, each suit representing a month indicated by a flower)

noun:

• strut; short vertical post
• thickness (of a book minus the cover, a sheaf of paper, etc.)
• handbreadth; bundle - archaism ➜ 束【そく】

suffix noun:

• suffixed to words indicating a class of people to create a plural (esp. in impolite contexts)

noun:

• shintai; object of worship believed to contain the spirit of a deity, typically housed in a shrine - honorific language - Shintō term ➜ 神体

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to become empty (hollow)
• to relax from a tense situation into a vacant or absent minded state

expression / ichidan verb:

• to make a gesture or say something during a break in conversation, playing of songs, etc.; to interrupt

noun:

• disk-shaped pad for pressing paper when making a print from a wood block; rubbing pad; baren

noun:

• coherence theory (theory that a proposition is true if it corresponds with a specified set of other propositions) ➜ 対応説

noun:

• edict from a senior official in government or military which had the status of a binding official document

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to make a gesture or say something during a break in conversation, playing of songs, etc.; to interrupt - incorrect variant of 合いの手を入れる ➜ 合いの手を入れる

expression:

• harsh words make the going rough; consider your words; a round egg can be cut into a square [literal] - proverb

noun / ~の noun:

• on the desk

~の noun:

• theoretical; academic; armchair (e.g. plan); desktop; paper; not yet implemented - idiom ➜ 机上の空論

noun:

• gluing by hand; gambling without money (on the understanding that losses shall be covered later)

noun:

• public transmission rights (e.g. putting copyrightable material on the WWW or an FTP server)

noun:

• day on which many companies hold shareholders meetings (to limit disruption by would-be blackmailers)

noun:

• "grain in ear" solar term (approx. June 6, when awns begin to grow on grains) ➜ 二十四節気

noun:

• kakko; Japanese hourglass drum, played with sticks on both sides, traditionally used in gagaku - Music term