noun:

• saddening (dye); agent used in dyeing to darken a colour
• blanching - Food term

expression / adjective:

• to a great extent; impressive; staggering; horrible; complete; whole; total - colloquialism

expression:

• there's no such thing as a free lunch

noun:

• giving up on winning a hand and discarding only safe tiles - Mahjong term

noun:

• giving up on winning a hand and discarding only safe tiles - Mahjong term ➜ 降り【おり】

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to make a mistake (e.g. in choosing one's melds) - colloquialism - Mahjong term ➜ 裏目【うらめ】

noun / ~する noun:

• pickling; soaking a metal in an acidic solution to remove impurities

noun:

• dot; point; mark
• tip; gratuity ［ぽち］ - Kansai dialect

suffix:

• a little; paltry; piddling; mere ［ぽち］ - often as っぽち ➜ ぽっち

expression / noun / adjectival noun / ~の noun:

• small amount; jot; nothing much; (to a) slight degree; wee bit

noun:

• being entered in a new family register (through adoption, marriage, etc.) - obsolete term - Law term

noun:

• person who beheads somebody to end a seppuku ➜ 介錯
• assistant; helper

noun:

• instant yakisoba in a cup ➜ カップ麺【カップめん】・焼きそば【やきそば】

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to reach a situation about which nothing can be done

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to travel on frequently (e.g. a road or path)

noun:

• soba in hot broth, topped with a salty-sweet dried herring

noun:

• low-ranking samurai - abbreviation - derogatory term ➜ 三一侍
• rolling three and one (in a dice game) - orig. meaning ➜ ピン

expression / adverb:

• before one could; in no time at all; without a gap - usu. after plain verb

noun:

• staff at a horse changing station during the ritsuryo period - archaism

noun / ~する noun:

• sprinkling salt on a raw vegetable and rubbing it in - Food term ➜ 揉む【もむ】

expression:

• confirmed as completed - often at end of document ➜ 完【かん】・以上【いじょう】
• everything must go (e.g. in a sale) - abbreviation ➜ 完全完売【かんぜんかんばい】

noun:

• nursing; caring for the sick
• deathwatch; attendance at a deathbed

noun:

• meal (esp. dinner) served in one's room (at a ryokan) ➜ 旅館

noun:

• drybrush; brush which gives a blurred effect in writing or painting

noun:

• table d'hôte; set meal (usu. in a hotel) - From French ➜ アラカルト

adverb:

• seriously; in earnest; for real; all out; really; with a will