noun:

• word created by retaining the first syllable (or two) of a word and suffixing it with the word "moji" ➜ 女房詞

noun:

• rope used to cordon off consecrated areas or as a talisman against evil - abbreviation - Shintō term ➜ 注連縄
• cordoning off; cordoning-off sign - archaism

noun:

• being served food outside the meditation hall (at a Zen temple) ［ほいとう］ - archaism
• serving food; food served ［ほいとう］ - archaism
• begging; beggar - archaism

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to have as a side order (with drinks) ➜ 肴【さかな】
• to make fun of someone; to laugh at someone's expense - usu. Xをさかなにする - idiom ➜ 肴【さかな】

noun:

• chief financial official (Edo period); commissioner of finance; chief treasurer; paymaster
• chief accountant in a daimyo's service (Muromachi period)

ichidan verb:

• to rendezvous; to meet at a prearranged place and time; to arrange to meet

noun / ~の noun:

• left-wing (politics) Antonym: 右翼

noun:

• left wing (of a bird, aircraft, formation, etc.); left flank
• left field - Baseball term

noun:

• washing place (e.g. for laundry or tableware)
• place for washing oneself in a bathroom

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to rise to the surface; to surface
• to stand out (e.g. against a background)

noun:

• year of a person's birth ［せいねん］

noun / prefix noun:

• number of years since one's birth; age - e.g. 生年35歳

expression / ichidan verb:

• to warm the bench; to stay on the bench during a sports match

noun:

• previous work; preceding work
• first crop grown in a double-cropped field; preceding crop

noun:

• personal appearance and physique; person's appearance and physique giving a feeling of respectable character - four character idiom

noun:

• advancing in the face of death; having a narrow escape from the jaw of death - four character idiom

expression / ichidan verb:

• to dream of making a fortune at one stroke; to dream of getting rich quickly

noun:

• resting one's chopsticks across the top of one's bowl (a breach of etiquette)

noun:

• flunitrazepam (hypnotic drug formerly marketed as Rohypnol); roofies (flunitrazepam used as a date-rape drug)

noun:

• distance from the seam in the back of a kimono to the end of the sleeve

noun:

• chamber; room
• home of a monk; monk ➜ 坊・坊
• Chinese "room" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) - Astronomy term ➜ 二十八宿・蒼竜【そうりょう】

expression / adjective:

• unable to read the situation; unable to pick up on the mood of a conversation ➜ 空気を読む

expression / adjective:

• unable to read the situation; unable to pick up on the mood of a conversation ➜ 空気を読む

expression / adjective:

• there is no need to ...
• never happens; there is never a time when

expression:

• pay it forward; paying it forward; repaying a good deed by doing good for others

noun:

• policeman; cop - esp. お巡り ➜ お巡りさん
• walking in a circle (dog trick) - esp. お回り
• rounds (doctor, police beat, etc.) - archaism
• vegetables that accompany rice (secret language of court ladies) - archaism ➜ おかず・女房言葉

adverb / ~する noun:

• flaring up; burning hotly; suddenly becoming bright - onomatopoeia
• flying into a rage; losing one's cool - onomatopoeia
• opening suddenly and widely (e.g. eyes, mouth) - onomatopoeia
• acting resolutely - onomatopoeia - archaism