noun:

• homophone; word with the same pronunciation and similar meaning as another but a different written form

noun:

• rolling (something); knocking down - abbreviation
• fishing with multiple hooks on a weighted line ➜ 転がし釣り
• repeatedly buying and selling

noun:

• first half of a tea ceremony (in which the charcoal is set and light food served) ➜ 後座【ござ】

noun:

• pasha; honorary title in Ottoman Empire and pre-republican Egypt - From Turkish "paşa"

~と adverb / adverb:

• click; sound of a camera shutter - onomatopoeia ➜ パシャッと

noun:

• inscription of a fantastic birdlike creature found on Yin and Zhou dynasty bronze ware, etc. - obscure term ➜ 文様

noun:

• boiled pine pitch and oil (traditionally used as a glue in archery, etc.)

noun:

• Osaka Incident; plot by Oi Kentaro and the Liberal Party to support a Korean uprising, 1885

expression:

• someone who was just crying quickly cheers up and smiles; a child's emotions change easily

noun:

• sexual activity (at a brothel) involving body lotion and an air mattress - From English "mat play"

noun:

• sport that requires a strong willpower and hunger for success (esp. boxing) - From English "hungry sports"

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to create a breeding ground for future problems; to turn a blind eye to future trouble; to allow for something to come back and bite one in the ass (in the future)

noun:

• fried finely minced daikon, great burdock, carrot and shiitake mushrooms wrapped with crumbled tofu in dried beancurd and deep-fried
• Japanese tofu and vegetable chowder - abbreviation ➜ 巻繊汁
• black soybean sprouts fried in sesame seed oil wrapped in dried beancurd and stewed - orig. meaning - archaism

noun:

• bird's egg (esp. a chicken egg)
• chick; baby bird (esp. a baby chicken)
• eggshell-colored traditional Japanese paper made primarily of Diplomorpha sikokiana fibres (high-quality, glossy) - abbreviation ➜ 鳥の子紙
• eggshell (colour) - abbreviation ➜ 鳥の子色
• red and white oval rice cakes - abbreviation ➜ 鳥の子餅

noun:

• using a meat ax when a knife would suffice; taking a sledgehammer to crack a nut; using a grand-scale measure (a massive instrument) to deal with an insignificant problem

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to stumble a step or two forward (when trying to stop); to pass one's destination and stumble a step or two forward; to totter

noun:

• "dancing" with hands and arms from a seated position; dancing empty-handed

expression / noun:

• bathhouse thievery; stealing someone else's clothes and valuables at a bathhouse

noun:

• national law; laws of a nation
• national rites and ceremonies
• Japanese literature

noun:

• heart-to-heart communication; thought transference; holding a flower and subtly smiling [literal] - four character idiom

noun:

• particle that attaches to a phrase and acts on the whole phrase - e.g. the の of のです ➜ のです

noun:

• envelope containing betrothal money and given as part of a betrothal gift

godan ~む verb:

• to go round and cut in; to take a roundabout path

noun:

• three highest ranks in a ministry: minister, vice minister and parliamentary secretary ➜ 大臣【だいじん】・副大臣・政務官

noun:

• grounds of a Shinto shrine
• enchanted land; abode of immortals and gods

noun / ~する noun:

• down (opposite of up); becoming lower; being brought down; bringing down
• being down (e.g. with a cold) and unable to continue (work)
• down (e.g. a system); not running (e.g. servers) - IT term
• download; downstream - abbreviation - IT term

noun:

• down (feathers)