noun:

• purple fleshed sweet potato (any one of several different such) - often called yams in America, but this is technically incorrect

noun:

• hairstyle; shape of one's head
• fish served whole ［かしらつき］ ➜ 尾頭付き【おかしらつき】

expression / ichidan verb:

• to achieve one's first victory after a string of losses - Sumo term

noun:

• eating one's bento before lunchtime (e.g. of a student)

noun:

• demon of ill desires that injures one's body and mind - Buddhism term ➜ 四魔

noun / ~する noun:

• dying of shame; being so ashamed one wants to die

noun:

• guardian deity of pregnant women, newborn babies and one's birthplace ➜ 産の神

noun:

• guardian deity of pregnant women, newborn babies and one's birthplace

noun:

• one's favourite member of a pop group, etc. - abbreviation ➜ 推しメンバー【おしメンバー】

noun:

• one's favourite member of a pop group, etc.

noun:

• tears on the sleeves (of one's kimono); "weeping copiously" [figurative] - lit., e.g. in 源氏物語

noun:

• marrow; pith
• centre; center; nucleus; hub
• bottom of one's heart

noun:

• one's repertoire of pitches - usu. 持ち球 - Baseball term
• balls at hand (in pachinko) - usu. 持ち玉

noun / ~の noun:

• middle of the road; centrism; moderation; golden mean

noun:

• the middle (of what one is doing); half-way
• middle way; middle path - Buddhism term

noun:

• tone mark; mark placed in one of the four corners of a hanzi to show the tone in Chinese

noun:

• tone mark; mark placed in one of the four corners of a hanzi to show the tone in Chinese ➜ 声点

noun / adjectival noun:

• being proven guilty of a crime; having one's guilt for a crime made clear; (the) nature of offense being (becoming) clear - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• wind blowing down, coming over a mountain

noun:

• immediately after one's draw - Mahjong term
• winning off a discarded tile from the player to one's right or across the table on the turn after letting one's winning tile go by from the player to one's left - Mahjong term

noun / ~の noun:

• number one in all of America; best in all of America

noun:

• empty air; sky
• shunyata; emptiness; the lack of an immutable intrinsic nature within any phenomenon - Buddhism term
• air force - abbreviation ➜ 空軍

noun / adjectival noun:

• fruitlessness; meaninglessness
• void (one of the five elements) ➜ 五大

~の noun:

• empty (e.g. set) - Mathematics term

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to weaken (of willpower, solidarity, etc.); to lose one's edge; to become less tense; to become lax (of discipline, rules, etc.)

expression:

• thanks for taking care of me; thanks for taking care of my loved one

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to fray one's nerves; to wear out one's nerves; to frazzle one's nerves; to be a nervous wreck

noun / ~する noun:

• performing a part in one's own play; playing a musical piece that one has written - four character idiom
• doing everything by oneself (from preparation to execution)
• put-up job; charade
• sock-puppeting (i.e. pretending to be more than one person on the Internet)

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to cock one's head in puzzlement; to tilt one's head in contemplation; to wrack one's brain; to think hard