noun / ~の noun:

• certain amount; some ［なにがし］ - usu. in the form なにがしか

pronoun:

• certain person; Mr So-and-so; a certain ...
• I; me ［なにがし］ - humble language - archaism

noun:

• criminal's head on public display; displaying a beheaded head; beheaded head

noun:

• one's own bath ➜ 留風呂
• (reusing) yesterday's bath water
• monthly pass for a public bath

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to get carried away; to push one's luck; to push a good thing too far

noun:

• superior talent and strategic wisdom; outstanding abilities and a talent for developing and implementing grand strategies - four character idiom

noun:

• senior priest (of a Shinto shrine, below chief priest and deputy chief priest) - Shintō term ➜ 宮司・神主
• grasshopper; locust - obscure term

~の noun / noun:

• longish; moderately long ➜ 長め

noun:

• stretcher; long side of timber (etc.), or a timber placed lengthwise - Architecture term
• long road - archaism

noun:

• colored ball
• anti-thief colored ball (filled with a colored dye); paintball

noun:

• hemp rope fastened from the bow of a Japanese ship to the tip of the mast ➜ 筈

noun:

• arriving at the final stop (of a bus, train, etc.); reaching the end of the line

noun:

• breakfast set (often a drink and toast); breakfast special; special breakfast offer - From English "morning set"

expression / ichidan verb:

• to determine whether something is right or wrong; to make something clear; to settle a matter - colloquialism

expression / ~の noun:

• one in a million (chance, etc.); one in ten thousand; in the unlikely event that

noun:

• missed-program webcast; webcast of a serialized TV show (after the TV broadcast); catch-up TV

noun / ~の noun:

• canned food; tinned food

noun:

• confining someone (e.g. so they can concentrate on work) - usu. 缶詰にする
• being stuck in a confined space - usu. 缶詰になる

noun:

• starting point; beginning; outset
• drawing (e.g. of a bill); issuing; draft; draught
• shaking out
• throw (of dice); toss
• infusion - abbreviation ➜ 振り出し薬

adverb / ~と adverb / adjectival noun:

• fluently (speaking a foreign language) - onomatopoeia

adverb / ~と adverb:

• incessantly (speaking); glibly; garrulously; volubly - onomatopoeia
• one after the other (flipping through pages) - onomatopoeia

~の noun / adjectival noun / adverb / ~する noun:

• thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy; weak - onomatopoeia

adverb:

• noisily; clamorously; boisterously - onomatopoeia
• incessantly (complaining, pestering, etc.); going on and on; making a fuss (of something); playing up - onomatopoeia
• loudly (crying); wailing; bawling; howling - onomatopoeia

noun / ~する noun:

• monk's "begging"; religious mendicancy; asking for alms
• going with one's bowl to the meditation hall at mealtime (in a Zen temple) - Buddhism term

noun:

• fool; oaf; airhead - Kansai dialect
• type of fast-paced humorous singing mimicking the chanting of a Buddhist sutra, usually with lyrics satirizing current events ［あほだら］ - abbreviation ➜ あほだら経

noun:

• symbol used in place of a censored word (e.g. blank, circle, X, asterisk)
• turn (in set-type proofing); upside-down character - later printed as 〓

noun:

• curved wooden support on top of the main beam of a house, now mainly decorative (shape evocates an open-legged frog)

noun:

• meat of a fish (e.g. tuna) that is dark red with blood, usu. coming from the parts close to the spine

expression / godan ~う verb:

• (for a nobleman) to bestow one of the kanji in his name upon someone (e.g. meritorious retainer, boy coming of age, etc.) - archaism

noun:

• bow-shaped whale-bone or copper hairpins used to increase the volume on the side of a woman's hair (Edo period) - archaism - obscure term