noun:

• wait to turn either of two pairs into a three-of-a-kind to finish one's hand - Mahjong term - From Chinese ➜ シャンポン待ち【シャンポンまち】

noun / ~と adverb / ~たる adjective:

• tinkling sound (esp. bell on the Emperor's carriage); bright sound of metal being struck - archaism

noun:

• cry of the phoenix - archaism

noun:

• 15th day of the 1st, 7th and 10th lunar months ➜ 上元・中元・下元
• heaven, earth and man
• 1st January; New Year's Day

noun or verb acting prenominally:

• ternary - Chemistry term

noun or verb acting prenominally / noun:

• same; identical; equal; uniform; equivalent; similar; common (origin); changeless; alike

adverb:

• anyway; anyhow; in either case - usu. part of a 'nara' conditional

noun / ~の noun:

• morality; righteousness; justice; honour (honor)
• meaning
• teachings; doctrine - Buddhism term

noun / prefix noun:

• nonconsanguineous relationship (i.e. of in-laws)
• prosthesis

noun / ~する noun:

• stepping (in place); stamping (up and down); stomping; marking time (for a soldier)
• standstill; stalemate

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• noisily (crowd of people talking); clamorously; in a hubbub; jabberingly; chatteringly; buzzingly - onomatopoeia

adverb / ~と adverb:

• loudly (laughing) ［かやかや・カヤカヤ］ - onomatopoeia - archaism

noun:

• food delivery service; catering
• walk-on part (in a play or film); background actor; extra

noun:

• grain thief; sharpened tube for testing rice in bags - abbreviation ➜ 米刺し
• sashimi (sliced raw fish) - abbreviation ➜ 刺身
• stabbing; piercing; pricking ➜ 刺す・刺す

noun:

• ninja (persons in feudal Japan who used ninjutsu for the purposes of espionage, assassination, sabotage, etc.) ➜ 忍術

noun:

• manure; night soil; dung; fertiliser; fertilizer
• something that will help one develop in the future

noun:

• tempura served over a bowl of rice
• (in comedy) repeating the same gag or silly line - colloquialism

noun / adjectival noun:

• pastime; hobby; favorite amusement

noun / ~する noun / adjectival noun:

• dissipation; debauchery; loose living; prodigality; indulging in alcohol, women, gambling, etc.; profligacy - derogatory term ➜ 道楽息子・道楽娘

noun:

• one mountain
• pile (of something); heap; lot (in sale)
• hump; worst part
• large profit; killing ➜ 一山当てる【ひとやまあてる】

noun:

• halation (i.e. in photography, a halo-effect when additional light leaks out around the subject)

noun:

• miler; competitor in one-mile races
• person who uses airlines' mileage services, frequent-flyer points, etc. - From English "miler"

noun:

• utility
• room with sink, washing machine, etc. in a house or apartment

noun:

• utility room (with sink, washing machine, etc. in a house or apartment)

expression / noun:

• drop in the bucket; very small quantity; chicken feed; insignificant amount; sparrow tears [literal] - idiom

noun:

• 1000 ryou (an old Japanese coin)
• Sarcandra glabra (species of flowering shrub in the family Chloranthaceae) - usu. センリョウ

noun:

• legend; tradition
• biography; life
• method; way
• horseback transportation and communication relay system used in ancient Japan

noun:

• former rank in the Japanese army and navy, equiv. to private first-class, lance corporal, etc. ➜ 士長

adverb:

• briefly; in general; roughly; from beginning to end; through (e.g. glancing, flipping) ➜ 一通り【ひととおり】

noun:

• lines of the palm; aptitude; handwriting; apt move (in a go or shogi game); standard method

noun:

• makizushi; sushi made rolled in nori seaweed with a core of filling - Food term