noun:

• hand-clapping performed to celebrate the conclusion or completion of something (3-3-3-1 rhythm, done once)
• single clap after a cheer

noun:

• changing the world; turning the tide
• torpedo modified as a suicide weapon (used in WWII)

noun:

• person of high rank; nobleman - archaism - honorific language ➜ 御前【ごぜん】
• wife of a nobleman

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to pretend not to know; to feign ignorance ➜ 空とぼける
• to tell a lie; to lie

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to cause to embrace; to combine; to conjoin
• to sell strong-selling products and poorly selling products together as a package

noun:

• altering pronunciation or meaning; word with altered pronunciation or meaning
• turning or twisting part of a text (in Chinese poetry) - abbreviation ➜ 転句【てんく】

adverb:

• sizzle (sound of meat cooking) - onomatopoeia
• shrill droning of a cicada

interjection:

• excuse me! (when calling out to someone) - archaism
• right?; don't you agree? - archaism

noun:

• cutting the New Year's rice cake (January 11th)
• traditional breaking of a sake cask at weddings, receptions, etc.

noun:

• break in the rain
• waiting for a break in the rain

noun:

• headliner
• latter half of a formal tea ceremony (in which the tea is actually consumed) ➜ 初座

noun:

• salt
• crest of a wave; flowerlike patterns on waves in the Japan Sea in winter

~する verb (spec.):

• to exile; to banish
• to revise the wording of a phrase

noun:

• monkey; ape
• personification of a monkey (e.g. Mr. Monkey)

noun:

• morning meal (for priests, monks, etc.) - Buddhism term
• food offering at a Buddhist ceremony

noun / ~する noun:

• bathing; washing one's body or hair; ablution
• receiving a blessing; receiving an honor

noun:

• thrice moving from house to house
• the importance of creating an environment conducive to a child's learning - abbreviation ➜ 三遷の教え

noun:

• book or scroll that has been handed down through generations; book of secrets
• delivering a letter

noun / ~の noun:

• stammer; stutter; faltering; speech impediment
• person with a speech impediment - sensitive

noun:

• exact center of the Garbhadhatu mandala - obscure term
• platform upon which the fire is lit in a stone lantern

adverb:

• suddenly and forcefully (e.g. jerk, poke, shove) - onomatopoeia
• in a single gulp; in one go - onomatopoeia

adverb / ~と adverb:

• noisily; with loud footsteps - onomatopoeia
• in a crowd; incessantly; all together

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to pass the peak (of something); to get through the most difficult part; to be over the worst (e.g. an illness) - idiom
• to cross a pass - orig. meaning

noun:

• daimyo's spare residence or emergency refuge
• residence of a daimyo's successor

noun:

• knowing how to swim
• returning a favor ➜ 魚心あれば水心