noun:

• band

~する noun:

• to perform in a band; to create a (pop) band

noun:

• The Bund (Shanghai, China)

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to be commonly referred to as; as people say; as the saying is; they say ➜ 所謂【いわゆる】

ichidan verb:

• to give way to the light of the morning (i.e. the darkness gives way)

expression / noun:

• my spouse (esp. used to refer to one's wife); my wife; my husband

noun / ~する noun:

• letter (e.g. of complaint); letter to the editor; letter from a reader
• contribution (to a newspaper, magazine, etc.) ➜ 投稿

adjective:

• nonexistent; not being (there) ➜ 亡い
• unpossessed; unowned; not had
• unique ➜ またとない
• not; impossible; won't happen - as ...ことがない, etc.; indicates negation, inexperience, unnecessariness or impossibility

auxiliary adjective:

• not ... - after the ren'youkei form of an adjective ➜ ない
• to not be...; to have not ... - after the -te form of a verb

noun / adverb:

• (being) about to start out; (being) about to leave - usu. 出掛けに, etc. ➜ お出掛け
• having just left; (being) on the way

noun / suffix noun:

• playing
• play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect) - usually written using kana alone

noun:

• idea; notion; concept; conception
• sense (e.g. of duty)

noun / ~する noun:

• resignation; preparedness; acceptance
• observation and contemplation; meditation - Buddhism term

noun / ~する noun:

• stepping (in place); stamping (up and down); stomping; marking time (for a soldier)
• standstill; stalemate

noun:

• humanity and justice (esp. in Confucianism); virtue
• duty
• formal greeting (between gamblers) - perhaps derived from 辞儀 ➜ 辞儀【じんぎ】・仁義を切る
• (gang's) moral code

noun:

• result; effect; performance; success
• workmanship; execution; shape and quality (of an article); finishing touches

noun / ~の noun:

• farce; charade

noun:

• person who serves tea
• short and humorous improvised sketch (originating from Edo-era kabuki)

noun:

• en-tout-cas (track or tennis court surface made of clay and crushed brick) - From French

noun:

• rain chain (hanging from a gutter and functioning as downspout, often made of ornamental cups)

noun:

• legend; tradition
• biography; life
• method; way
• horseback transportation and communication relay system used in ancient Japan

adjectival noun / noun:

• scruffy; unconcerned about one's personal appearance

noun / adjectival noun:

• rough and uncouth vigor (vigour)

noun:

• nama-fu; wheat gluten mixed with rice flour and steamed in large blocks - Food term ➜ 麸【ふ】

noun:

• snow, moon, and flowers; beauty of the four seasons (from a poem by Bai Juyi) ➜ 月雪花【つきゆきはな】

noun:

• Japanese grass vole (Microtus montebelli)
• any rodent of subfamily Arvicolinae (incl. voles, lemmings and muskrats)

expression / noun:

• shape of the "dai" kanji (esp. person with arms and legs outstretched); sprawling; lying spread-eagled

noun:

• undeveloped woodland near populated area
• settlement pattern of living in upland valleys and cultivating lower slopes

noun:

• sheep in a tiger's skin; gimcrack; showy without real worth; all show and no substance - four character idiom

noun:

• corn dog (frankfurter on a stick dipped in batter and deep-fried) - From English "American dog"

noun:

• qieyun (ancient Chinese dictionary arranged by rhyme, displaying characters' meanings and representing their pronunciation with fanqie)