noun:

• Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; Chinese plum
• lowest (of a three-tier ranking system) ➜ 竹【たけ】・松【まつ】

noun / ~する noun:

• making use of; application; practical use; effective management (e.g. of funds)
• operation; handling; steering (esp. a boat)

noun:

• start; beginning; build up
• how well a pitcher pitches at the start of the game - Baseball term

noun:

• bright light
• hope; bright future
• light emanating from a buddha or bodhisattva, symbolizing their wisdom and compassion - Buddhism term

noun:

• natural features; scenery
• things particular to a certain region or season; characteristic scenery and customs; scenes and manners

noun:

• lower tier; lower step; lower column; lower berth; bottom shelf
• low position (of a sword in kendo, etc.)

noun:

• (sheet) music; (musical) note; (musical) score
• genealogy; family tree
• record of a game of go, shogi, chess, etc. - abbreviation ➜ 棋譜

adjectival noun / noun / ~の noun:

• stylish; smart; fashionable
• high collar ➜ ハイカラー
• hair dressed in a western style

~する noun:

• to dress in the latest Western fashion

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to draw through one's hand; to stroke (e.g. a beard) ［しごく］
• to work someone hard ［しごく］

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to masturbate - usu. シゴく

noun:

• person with a lot of free time on their hands; person of leisure; idler

noun / ~する noun:

• parting in tears; tearful parting; coming to grief; having to take a different tack; going separate ways

noun / ~する noun:

• making a country prosperous; prosperous country
• Kōkoku era (of the Southern Court) (1340.4.28-1346.12.8)

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to have a chat with; to exchange words or promises; to promise; to get engaged

noun:

• store that has been gone out of business; household that lives without carrying on a business

~の noun:

• freshly cut
• freshly tailored

noun:

• tree cut to specified length, especially for corners of a kemari court ➜ 蹴鞠【けまり】

noun:

• Muromachi-period texts or annotations of texts used in Zen lectures
• extracting from or excerpting (a classic)

noun:

• (monetary) present to a person in distress; gift of money in token of one's sympathy; solatium

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to enter into a person's feelings; to guess what somebody feels (using one's intuition)

noun:

• error which directly allows a run to score - Baseball term - From English "timely error"

noun:

• fish, meat, and vegetables stewed in a thick, sweet sauce of soy sauce, sugar and mirin - Food term

noun:

• tapir (Tapirus spp.)
• mo; mythological Chinese chimera similar to a tapir, said to devour bad dreams

noun / adjectival noun:

• obstinate; stubborn; hard-headed; being incapable of making sound judgments because of a narrow, inflexible and obstinate mentality - four character idiom

noun / adjectival noun / ~の noun:

• hyperconsciousness; too great a sense (of); something being only one's imagination; letting imagination run away with one - four character idiom

noun / adjectival noun:

• obstinate; stubborn; hard-headed; pigheaded; incapable of making sound judgements because of a narrow, inflexible and obstinate mentality - four character idiom

expression:

• missing important things here and there; full of gaps; as if the teeth of a comb were missing [literal]