noun:

• Szechuan dish of noodles covered with a sauce of sesame paste and chili oil - From Chinese "dan dan mian"

noun:

• surrounding area ［へ・べ］ - archaism
• shore (of the sea) ［へ・べ］

suffix:

• suffix used as a rough indicator of location, direction, time, etc. - esp. え,べ

expression:

• matter being discussed (e.g. in a private conversation) - colloquialism ➜ こちらの話
• our side of the story (in contrast to another's version)

noun:

• home territory of a powerful figure; Imperial Court; businessman's turf; Shogun's headquarters ➜ 膝元【ひざもと】

noun:

• wooden board used on the ridge-ends of a roof instead of an onigawara tile (sometimes covered in copper sheeting) ➜ 鬼瓦

noun:

• kami celebrated at the beginning of New Year (usu. to pray for a good harvest) ➜ 神【かみ】
• goddess of (lucky) directions ➜ 歳徳神

noun:

• building where one keeps oxcarts and other conveyances inside a private estate
• resting area for one's oxcart, wagon, etc.

noun:

• person who estimates the variety and quantity of wood necessary to build a house from looking at the plans

noun:

• expulsion; dismissal; ejection; eviction
• drum beat at the end of a day's performance (in the theatre, sumo, etc.)

noun:

• carrying (on one's shoulder); bearing; shouldering; taking responsibility for
• bucket carried on either end of a pole - abbreviation ➜ 担い桶

noun:

• children's lunch box of cooked rice and a Western-style side dish (popular late Meiji and Taisho periods)

noun / ~する noun / intransitive verb / prefix noun:

• occurring frequently; being susceptible; age, body part, group of people, etc. in which a disease or condition occurs especially frequently - Medicine term

noun:

• medal; shield; badge
• card on which dharani (etc.) are written ➜ 陀羅尼
• notice board (in a Zen temple)
• tile (mahjong, dominos, etc.) ➜ 牌【パイ】

noun:

• wait to turn either of two pairs into a pung to finish one's hand - Mahjong term

adverb / ~と adverb:

• giving two or three light tugs (or pushes) - onomatopoeia
• worrying about; moping; brooding over; fretting - archaism - onomatopoeia
• suddenly angry; feeling a surge of anger - archaism - onomatopoeia

noun:

• (rocky) seashore party; seashore festival ➜ 磯遊び
• celebration in honor of the dragon god by fishermen after a good haul

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• belonging to (a group, organization, etc.); affiliation (with); being attached to; being under the control of

noun / ~の noun:

• same period; corresponding period
• same year (of graduation, entering a company, etc.); contemporary; classmate

noun / ~する noun:

• synchronization; synchronism

expression / godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to challenge (esp. in a lawsuit); to take on an opponent (in negotiations, contest, etc.)

noun:

• Shinto priest - sensitive - Shintō term
• chief Shinto priest (of a shrine) - sensitive - Shintō term
• Welsh onion; pun in Buddhist monk jargon ➜ 葱【ねぎ】

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• attachment (e.g. email); appendix (e.g. of a report, document, etc); annex; appendage; annexure

noun:

• red bean paste; red bean jam; anko
• filling (e.g. of a manjū) ➜ 饅頭
• stuffing; padding

noun:

• distinguished family; noted family; noble family
• family status in the Imperial Court ➜ 家格
• master (of a craft); expert

noun:

• wooden mosaic work; parquetry; wooden mosaic (e.g. on a piece of furniture); marquetry; marqueterie

noun:

• lion dance; traditional dance performed by one or more dancers wearing a guardian lion costume