noun:

• unstitched, open side of some traditional Japanese clothing; clothing with such an open side - abbreviation ➜ 縫腋
• robe worn by military officials with a round collar, unstitched open sides and no ran ➜ 闕腋の袍

expression:

• used to make an assertion - at sentence-end with falling intonation - female language - colloquialism
• used to ask a question - at sentence-end with rising intonation - female language - colloquialism

noun:

• driving off birds
• procession held at the New Year to chase away the birds for the year, with children singing songs as the villagers walked from house to house
• female street musician who wore a braided hat and carried a shamisen
• street entertainer who appeared on New Year's eve and performed with a fan

~の noun / adjectival noun:

• on the cheap side; comparatively cheap ➜ 高め【たかめ】

noun:

• wait tile which produces a winning hand with a lower score - Mahjong term

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to ring an alarm bell
• to sound a warning; to blow a whistle; to warn; to raise the alarm; to send a wake-up call - idiom

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to crush (with one's hands)
• to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration); to pigeonhole; to smother

noun:

• partly burned charcoal
• servant boy at a brothel or teahouse - archaism

adverb:

• in general; generally
• as a whole; all in all; altogether; summing it up

noun:

• hand-clapping performed to celebrate the conclusion or completion of something (3-3-3-1 rhythm, done once)
• single clap after a cheer

noun:

• changing the world; turning the tide
• torpedo modified as a suicide weapon (used in WWII)

noun:

• person of high rank; nobleman - archaism - honorific language ➜ 御前【ごぜん】
• wife of a nobleman

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to pretend not to know; to feign ignorance ➜ 空とぼける
• to tell a lie; to lie

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to cause to embrace; to combine; to conjoin
• to sell strong-selling products and poorly selling products together as a package

noun:

• altering pronunciation or meaning; word with altered pronunciation or meaning
• turning or twisting part of a text (in Chinese poetry) - abbreviation ➜ 転句【てんく】

adverb:

• sizzle (sound of meat cooking) - onomatopoeia
• shrill droning of a cicada

noun:

• cutting the New Year's rice cake (January 11th)
• traditional breaking of a sake cask at weddings, receptions, etc.

noun:

• break in the rain
• waiting for a break in the rain

noun:

• headliner
• latter half of a formal tea ceremony (in which the tea is actually consumed) ➜ 初座

noun:

• salt
• crest of a wave; flowerlike patterns on waves in the Japan Sea in winter

~する verb (spec.):

• to exile; to banish
• to revise the wording of a phrase

noun:

• monkey; ape
• personification of a monkey (e.g. Mr. Monkey)

noun:

• morning meal (for priests, monks, etc.) - Buddhism term
• food offering at a Buddhist ceremony

noun / ~する noun:

• bathing; washing one's body or hair; ablution
• receiving a blessing; receiving an honor

noun:

• thrice moving from house to house
• the importance of creating an environment conducive to a child's learning - abbreviation ➜ 三遷の教え

noun:

• book or scroll that has been handed down through generations; book of secrets
• delivering a letter