suffix:

• under ... years of age; less than ... years old

noun:

• moon (esp. full moon)
• circle fashioned after the moon
• decorative ring on the chest of a monk's stole ➜ 袈裟
• straw trivet
• white crescent-shaped chest patch of an Asiatic black bear ➜ 月の輪熊

noun:

• young adult still living at home; dependent ➜ 部屋住み
• female servant working for a lady-in-waiting working in the inner part of a lord's house (Edo period) ➜ 部屋方
• freeloader living in a samurai's house
• young kabuki actor in service of a master (Edo period)

noun:

• first ears of rice of the season; first crops of the season; first harvest of the season
• offering (to the gods)

noun / ~する noun:

• founding a country
• opening of a country (e.g. Japan) to the world ➜ 鎖国

noun:

• taking a story with a grain of salt; hearing only half the story

noun:

• small pillars supporting the main pillars of a torii or a temple gate

noun:

• development of a text ➜ 起承転結
• the second line in a four-line Chinese poem

expression / godan ~ぐ verb:

• to pick up the thread of a story; to resume a conversation

noun / suffix noun:

• coming out; going out; outflow; efflux; rising (of the sun or moon)
• attending (work); appearing (on stage); one's turn to go on
• start; beginning
• origins; background; person (or item) originating from ...; graduate of ...; native of ...; member of ... (lineage)
• architectural member that projects outward
• highest point of the stern of a ship
• amount (comprising something); amount of time or effort required to do something - usu. after the -masu stem of a verb as 〜出がある or 〜出がない, etc. - usually written using kana alone

noun:

• taking up a new line of work; the beginning of things
• starting the preparations for New Year's festivities (December 8 in Tokyo, December 13 in Kyoto)
• resuming work after the New Year's vacation ➜ 仕事始め

noun:

• territory of a stall vendor
• spot on a farm where the harvest would be put in order (Edo period) - archaism

noun / adverbial noun / suffix noun:

• degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about; approximately

noun:

• bow-twirling ceremony at the end of a day of sumo wrestling

noun:

• focal point of a lens in front of the subject ➜ ピント

noun:

• type of sushi with a variety of ingredients sprinkled on the rice - Kansai dialect ➜ 五目寿司

noun:

• slip-guard (on one side of the body of a shamisen)

noun / ~する noun:

• verification of the authenticity of a document (e.g. by seal or handwriting) - obscure term

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to have the (full, general) selection available; to have (a lineup) from A to Z; to have the full array of

noun / ~の noun:

• (dental) alveolus; (dental) alveoli; socket in the jaw containing the root of a tooth

noun:

• daughter of the home; unmarried woman who owns (the future rights to) a home

noun:

• win of a low-ranked wrestler in the extra eighth bout in the tournament - Sumo term

noun:

• loss of a low-ranked wrestler in the extra eighth bout in the tournament - Sumo term

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to be put at a disadvantage; to get the short end of the stick

noun:

• first rank in the hierarchy of the government
• highest rank given to a shrine