noun:

• elevated walkway through the audience to the stage (kabuki)
• honourable end to a career

noun / ~する noun:

• electric short-circuit
• drawing a hasty inference between two events; jumping to a quick conclusion; dealing with matters quickly and carelessly

noun / ~の noun:

• side; beside
• feature of a sword blade

particle:

• indicates possessive - occasionally ん, orig. written 乃 or 之 ➜ 乃
• nominalizes verbs and adjectives
• substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases ➜ が
• (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion - often ん
• (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis - female language
• (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

noun:

• conical hat (East-Asian style); coolie hat
• something shaped like a conical hat or an umbrella; shade (of a lamp); mushroom cap; pileus ➜ 傘【かさ】

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to burst into bud; to sprout
• to have a crush; to be infatuated - colloquialism ➜ 萌え

noun:

• overhand throw - Baseball term
• a throw using the outside of the arm - Sumo term

noun / ~する noun:

• enrollment in kindergarten; enrolment in kindergarten
• entering a park, garden, zoo, etc.

noun:

• handsome man - from Kabuki system of ranking characters
• actor in a love scene

noun:

• new rice field; newly developed rice field
• wasteland or marshland newly reclaimed as a rice field (Edo period)

noun:

• vocal message; speech; statement
• prologue at the start of a kabuki performance

noun:

• heavenly god; heavenly gods - also pronounced てんしん
• spirit of Sugawara no Michizane
• Tenmangu shrine (dedicated to Michizane's spirit) ➜ 天満宮
• pit of a dried plum; dried plum - colloquialism ➜ 梅干し
• tenjin hairstyle - abbreviation ➜ 天神髷
• prostitute of the second-highest class (Edo period)

noun / ~する noun:

• glued to; closely related to
• giving total coverage to the key figure(s) of a TV or film documentary

noun:

• world view; outlook on the world; Weltanschauung (philosophy)
• appearance of a world (e.g. in fiction)

noun:

• same room

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• sharing a room; occupying the same room

noun:

• boss; leader; head
• difficult enemy in a video game, usu. found at the end of a level or game

noun:

• (Russell) snowplow; track-clearing vehicle - abbreviation ➜ ラッセル車
• carving a trail through deep snow (by foot when mountaineering)

noun:

• shot (in films)
• shot (of alcohol)
• hitting a ball (e.g. in tennis)

noun / ~する noun:

• shoot (in basketball)

noun:

• only
• prostitute attached to the exclusive service of a single member of the Occupation Forces (WW2) ［オンリー］

noun:

• resistance - From French
• popular resistance against a military invasion (especially of that by the French against the Nazis in World War II)

interjection:

• play ball!

noun:

• starting a match (of baseball, tennis, etc.)

noun:

• sanitary
• utility area in a kitchen, etc. where there are laundry facilities

noun:

• bromide
• publicity photograph of a movie star, entertainer, etc.

adjectival noun / ~の noun / noun:

• fastidiousness; enthusiasm for one thing; meticulousness; monomania; obsession
• susceptibility for a stiffening of the shoulders

noun:

• long-handled Chinese spear; lance; pike
• weapon; arms ［ほこ］
• grip of a bow ［ほこ］
• parade float decorated with long-handled Chinese spears - abbreviation ➜ 矛山車