noun:

• flagstaff decorated with ivory carried by the emperor or a general

noun:

• democide; the murder of any person or people by a government

noun / ~する noun:

• brushing

noun:

• blushing (blotchiness or milkiness in paint applied to a surface)

noun:

• leather or cloth wrapped around the handle of a sword

noun:

• fee paid for the services of a geisha or prostitute

noun:

• ascending trench or pathway cut into a naturally-occurring slope ➜ 横堀【よこぼり】

noun:

• isolated gain in a slow or declining market (stock, currency, etc.)

noun:

• isolated gain in a slow or declining market (stock, currency, etc.) ➜ 独歩高【どっぽだか】

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

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

noun:

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

noun:

• patterned cloth laid on a table or Buddhist altar; antependium

noun:

• long strips of decorative paper or leather attached to a matoi ➜ 纏

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to raise one's hand or hands - usu. 手を挙げる
• to surrender - usu. 手を上げる
• to raise a hand to someone (as a threat to strike) - usu. 手を上げる
• to improve - usu. 手を上げる ➜ 腕を上げる

noun / ~する noun:

• cutting a fingernail (or toenail) to the quick; cutting a nail too close

noun:

• deep-set nail; deep-set part of nail

noun:

• muscle; tendon; sinew
• vein; artery
• fiber; fibre; string
• line; stripe; streak
• reason; logic ➜ 筋が通る
• plot; storyline
• lineage; descent
• school (e.g. of scholarship or arts)
• aptitude; talent
• source (of information, etc.); circle; channel
• well-informed person (in a transaction)
• logical move (in go, shogi, etc.)
• ninth vertical line - Shōgi term
• seam on a helmet
• gristly fish paste (made of muscle, tendons, skin, etc.) - abbreviation ➜ 筋蒲鉾
• social position; status - archaism

suffix noun / noun / ~の noun:

• on (a river, road, etc.); along

suffix / counter:

• counter for long thin things; counter for roads or blocks when giving directions
• (Edo period) counter for hundreds of mon (obsolete unit of currency) - archaism

adjectival noun / noun:

• minor; small; unimportant; obscure Antonym: メジャー

noun:

• minor league - abbreviation - Baseball term ➜ マイナーリーグ
• minor (key, scale, mode, etc.) - Music term
• miner

noun:

• speed-sensitive
• suspended solids
• Schutzstaffel; SS
• service station
• sporty sedan
• shortstop
• steamship
• secret service

noun:

• pre-ritsuryo official established in key provinces, responsible for administration of his home and surrounding provinces - archaism ➜ 律令制・総領

noun:

• draft; draught; cold air entering through the crack of a door or window
• cooling off of a relationship; draft of cold air between two persons

noun:

• regular train; local train; train that stops at every station

noun:

• regular train; local train; train that stops at every station ➜ 普通列車

noun / ~の noun:

• main body (of troops)
• nucleus; backbone; mainstay; key figure
• center field; centre field; center fielder; centre fielder

noun:

• athlete competing in the middle-number match in a team competition, i.e. second in 3-on-3, third in 5-on-5 (kendo, judo, etc.) ➜ 先鋒【せんぽう】

noun / ~の noun:

• medium-level; mid-level; midsize

expression / ichidan verb:

• to peak (at a given time or given group); to approach the peak; to come to a peak

noun / ~する noun:

• sinking; foundering; going down; submersion
• getting dead drunk - colloquialism
• having too much fun (esp. in a red-light district, etc.) and missing work or neglecting one's duties - colloquialism
• staying in one place for a long time - backpacker slang - slang