noun:

• woman in waiting in the inner part of a lord's mansion (Edo period) - archaism ➜ 御殿女中

noun:

• waiting in front of a temple to be accepted for training (in Zen Buddhism) - Buddhism term

suffix:

• first doing of ... (ever, in one's life, in the new year, etc.) - after the -masu stem of a verb

noun:

• washing of bones before placing them in a bone storage urn (esp. in Okinawa) ➜ 厨子

noun:

• dust, etc. that gathers in the bottoms of sleeves (esp. in Japanese traditional clothing)

expression:

• nowhere in sight; seems to be no prospect; up in the air - usu. as ～のめどが立たない, etc. ➜ めどが立つ【めどがたつ】

expression:

• nowhere in sight; seems to be no prospect; up in the air - usu. as ～のめどが立たず, etc. ➜ めどが立つ【めどがたつ】・めどが立たない

noun:

• card to pick up (in card games); card that is picked up by players instead of read (in karuta); card printed with the second half of a poem (in karuta) ➜ 読み札

expression / ichidan verb:

• to speak unanimously; to speak in chorus; to speak in unison; to speak in one voice - usu. as 口をそろえて

noun:

• variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; for haori: at least 7.27 m in length; for other clothes: at least 6.06 m in length
• 300 tsubo (991.74 meters square, 0.24506 acres)
• six ken (10.91 m)

adjectival noun / noun:

• too many; too much; excessive; superfluous; superabundant; extra; spare; surplus - often as 余計に

adjectival noun / ~の noun / noun:

• unnecessary; needless; uncalled-for; otiose

adverb:

• abundantly; excessively; needlessly; all the more

noun:

• Yellow Cab - trademark
• Japanese woman who readily sleeps with foreign men (sometimes a stereotype of all Japanese women) - slang

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to wrap up; to tuck in; to pack; to do up; to cover with; to dress in

godan ~む verb:

• to conceal; to hide; to be engulfed in; to be enveloped by

adverb / ~の noun:

• much more; still more; all the more; more than ever

noun / ~の noun:

• single layer (or storey, etc.)

adverb:

• rather; sooner; preferably - archaism ➜ いっそ

expression:

• almost never; few and far between; little or nothing; hardly any; hardly anything at all; very little

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to cut loose; to act without restraint; to throw off all inhibitions; to go wild

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to outwit; to outsmart; to counterplot; to defeat - idiom ➜ 裏かく
• to pierce something all the way through

adverb:

• not always; not necessarily; not all; not entirely - used with neg. verb

noun:

• the whole year; all the year

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be in full bloom; to blossom in full glory; to be in fullness of bloom

~する verb (spec.) / intransitive verb:

• to contribute; to play a part in; to have a hand in; to be conducive to; to be instrumental in
• to finance

noun:

• make-or-break game in a go or shogi tournament
• ozeki-ranked wrestler being in danger of losing his rank if he fails to win 8 or more bouts in a 15-day tournament - Sumo term

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to live; to exist
• to make a living; to subsist
• to be in effect; to be in use; to function
• to come to life; to be enlivened
• to be safe (in baseball, go, etc.)

noun:

• joint; knuckle
• tune; melody
• knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem
• part; notable characteristic ➜ 思い当たるふしがある

noun / ~する noun:

• loss (of weight or volume, e.g. in transit); ullage; outage
• decrease (in value); reduction