noun:

• girl-in-training (e.g. a geisha-in-training or a girl who performs miscellaneous tasks in a brothel) - archaism
• brat; scamp; rascal; jackanapes - archaism - derogatory term ➜ 小童【こわっぱ】
• disciple; apprentice - original meaning - archaism

noun / ~する noun:

• drawing away from someone because of their speech or actions; having the mood ruined
• zooming out or backing the camera away to get a wider image (film, TV)

expression:

• anything is better than nothing; kail spares bread; a bellyful is a bellyful, whether it be meat or drink; tea in the belly (will fill it) for a time [literal] - proverb

ichidan verb:

• to hunt a spy; to put a tail on someone; to stalk - from 尾行する and 付ける

noun / ~の noun:

• early ripening rice - usu. 早稲
• early-ripening fruit (grain, etc.) - usu. 早生
• person who becomes physically or mentally mature at an early age - usu. 早生

expression:

• women are not as clever as they think; women should know their place; even a clever woman will fail at selling a cow [literal] - proverb

noun:

• whorl of white hair on the forehead of the Buddha, represented by a white precious stone on statues of Buddha; urna

expression:

• a diamond on a dunghill is still a diamond; quality is quality; an old eagle is better than a young crow; even if it's rotten, it's still sea bream [literal] - proverb

noun:

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

adverb:

• together (with); at the same time; in a lump

noun:

• short speech at a dinner - From English "table speech"

noun:

• ceremony held at the end of a school term

noun:

• exhibition match held at a wrestler's retirement ceremony - Sumo term

noun:

• Deva king; fierce guardian god (at a temple gate) - four character idiom - Buddhism term

noun:

• prostitute working at a soapland; Turkish girl [literal] - sensitive ➜ ソープレディ・ソープランド

noun:

• prostitute working at a soapland - From English "soaplady"

noun:

• small strap tied at the waist of a hanpi ➜ 半臂

expression / ichidan verb:

• to make a bid (e.g. at an auction)

noun:

• three monastic positions with management roles at a temple - Buddhism term

noun:

• communications partner; entity at the end of a communication - IT term

noun:

• float at a festival upon which one can dance

noun:

• copying from a model without looking at it (calligraphy) ➜ 臨書

noun:

• sutra recitation at the bedside of a deceased person

noun:

• fortune slip (usu. bought at a shrine) ➜ 御神籤【おみくじ】

noun:

• turnaround (e.g. at the end of a driveway)