noun:

• was ［ワズ］
• was just in; just left; just did - esp. in Twitter - slang

noun:

• story (verbal) problem
• problem expressed in words - Mathematics term

noun:

• choir singing from music - From English "choral reading"
• reading aloud in a group

noun:

• ancient oriental belt decoration

suffix / counter:

• counter for swords ［佩］

noun / ~の noun:

• fine crystal; clear glass

expression:

• mirror found in hell in Enma's chamber that allows people to see their good and bad deeds - abbreviation ➜ 浄玻璃の鏡

noun:

• charcoal made from thin branches
• charcoal sold in bulk (instead of in straw bags) ➜ 散【ばら】

noun:

• captured piece that can be reused - Shōgi term
• person or object held in reserve; available means

noun:

• turning over; flipping over
• reply; response
• marks written alongside characters in a classical Chinese text to indicate their ordering when read in Japanese ➜ 返り点
• lapel

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to throw something to each other; to pass something back and forth; to bandy something around
• to take part in a pitching duel - Baseball term

noun:

• sauteed vegetables with fish or poultry made into a stew
• poultry or fish stew with chili peppers and Welsh onions mixed in

noun:

• chopping block ➜ 叩く【たたく】
• springboard for discussion; draft proposal; tentative plan

expression / noun:

• lost decade; decade of economic stagnation
• decade in Japan from 1992 to 2002

noun:

• price of a flower
• fee for a geisha's companionship

noun:

• mouth; speech ［く］ - Buddhism term

suffix / counter:

• counter for people or implements - usu. こう

noun:

• source of funds; gold mine; patron; milch cow
• cash box; safe

noun:

• Japanese book size (approx. 12.5cm by 17.5cm) ➜ 半紙【はんし】
• late Edo-period novelette depicting life in the red-light district ➜ 洒落本

noun:

• (automotive) assembly - abbreviation
• man who drives a woman around for free; man used by a woman for his car - from 足 - slang

noun:

• combatant
• interested party in warfare; warring nation; belligerent

noun:

• writings on many different topics ➜ 雑書
• book that cannot be classified in any category

adverb / ~の noun:

• as a god
• as was done in the age of the gods

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to stay long; to hang around; to hang out; to frequent
• to be immersed (in water) for a long time; to soak

noun:

• puzzle ring; wire puzzle
• exercise where students link crossed hands in a circle and try working together and without letting go

adverb / ~と adverb:

• intermittently; bit by bit; little by little; by ones and twos - onomatopoeia
• in drops (e.g. of rain) - onomatopoeia

noun:

• various medicines; medical treatment
• supper in a Zen temple; rice porridge served for supper in a Zen temple

noun:

• paper, cloth, wood, etc. representation of a sacred object
• paper doll used in purification rites - Shintō term