noun:

• using the Chinese-reading of kanji to represent native Japanese words (irrespective of the kanji's actual meaning) ➜ 万葉仮名

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

noun:

• looking up a word or kanji by its reading (rather than by its radical or stroke count)
• katakana-hiragana prolonged sound mark - colloquialism ➜ 長音符【ちょうおんぷ】

noun:

• start broaching (a subject); opening remark; start; commencement; beginning
• event at the start of the tenth month of the lunar calendar
• opening a sealed jar or container

suffix noun:

• from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); in the field of; being of the type of
• aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; on; above

noun:

• first volume (e.g. book) ➜ 下【げ】・上巻

noun / prefix:

• superior quality; best; top; high class
• going up
• governmental; imperial
• presenting; showing

prefix:

• ana- (medical, biol.)

adjective:

• slow; time-consuming; sluggish ［遅い・鈍い・遲い］
• late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); until a time far into the day or night ［遅い・晩い・遲い］
• later (than expected or usual); late; behind schedule; behind time; tardy; overdue; unpunctual ［遅い・晩い・遲い］
• too late; having missed the boat ［遅い・晩い・遲い］
• dull; stupid ［遅い・鈍い・遲い］ - archaism

noun:

• shrine ritual held with the first two months of the year to forecast (or pray for) a successful harvest
• seasonal planting of rice on a field affiliated with a shrine

auxiliary verb:

• indicates recollection or realization (i.e. of hearsay or the past); can form a poetic past tense
• indicates continuation from the past to the present
• end; conclusion - also written with the ateji 鳧

noun:

• sense of rhythm; rhythmical sense

pronoun:

• I; me
• oneself ［われ・わ］
• you ［われ・わ］ - archaism

prefix:

• prefix indicating familiarity or contempt ［わ］ - also 和 - archaism

noun:

• meaning of a picture

noun:

• meaning of a phrase

noun:

• meaning of a sentence

noun:

• panels, planks or plating on the hull of a ship or aircraft

noun:

• funny word or gesture
• funny part (in a puppet show, kabuki, etc.)
• a woman's temple hair - archaism ➜ 揉み上げ【もみあげ】

noun:

• sense of beauty; aesthetic sense

noun:

• sense of beauty; aesthetic sense

noun:

• sense of morality; moral sense

noun:

• moral sense; sense of morality

noun:

• sense of unity; sense of oneness

noun:

• sense of color; sense of colour

noun:

• sense of sound; sense of pitch ➜ 絶対音感

noun:

• sense of equilibrium; sense of balance

noun:

• sense of color; sense of colour

noun:

• sense of color; sense of colour