noun:

• type of dancing and shouting performed by fans at concerts (usu. idol concerts)

noun:

• woman who earns her living by entertaining with song, dance and playing the shamisen; geisha who sings at parties

noun:

• sacking; bagging
• land that is surrounded by others' private property and is not directly accessible via public roads ➜ 裏地

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to fold (one's) arms
• to stand by and do nothing; to look on passively

noun:

• wind and waves
• waves stirred by the wind ➜ 風波

noun:

• single-pronged vajra; tokko; dokko; copper or iron implement, pointed at both ends, used in esoteric Buddhist rituals - Buddhism term
• cloth of a tokko pattern

expression:

• money talks; money is the key that opens all doors; money is the best lawyer in hell; even in hell, the extent of one's suffering is determined by money [literal] - proverb

noun:

• competent in all fields; jack of all trades; very active in many fields; versatile; all-round; 8 faces and 6 arms [literal] - four character idiom

noun / ~の noun:

• full of wiles and tricks; match between persons equal in shrewdness mobilizing all the tricks each can muster; shrewdly avoiding the opponent's strong points and attacking its weaknesses - four character idiom

noun:

• bodily injury caused by negligence in the conduct of business; accidental infliction of injury in the conduct of business - Law term

noun:

• large, perforated, turnip-shaped arrowhead cover made of Japanese bigleaf magnolia or paulownia; harmless arrow affixed with such a cover (that whistles when shot and is used to drive off evil spirits) - abbr. of 響目

expression:

• even if it means living in dire poverty; by all means

noun:

• Land Price LOOK Report; quarterly trend report of the prices of intensively used land in major cities

noun:

• pot of chicken or seafood, and vegetables in a dashi broth, usu. cooked at the table (traditionally a winter meal); seafood and vegetable stew or chowder ➜ 寄せ

expression:

• and so on; and so forth; et cetera; and such; and the like

noun / ~する noun:

• comment; criticism

noun:

• (single-edged) sword; katana
• dagger; knife
• scalpel ［とう］
• chisel; burin; graver ［とう］ ➜ 彫刻刀【ちょうこくとう】
• knife money; knife-shaped commodity money used in Zhou dynasty China ［とう］ ➜ 刀銭

noun:

• stamp; seal; chop
• seal impression; seal; sealing; stamp; mark; print
• mudra (symbolic hand gesture) - Buddhism term
• ninja hand sign

noun / suffix noun / prefix noun:

• India - abbreviation ➜ 印度

adjectival noun / noun / ~の noun:

• young and energetic; up-and-coming; new and excellent; newly produced; up-and-comer

noun:

• manpower supplied by designated adult men to government officials, or tax in lieu (ritsuryo system)

noun:

• problems caused by the elderly (esp. gerontocracy, and elderly people's control over the young)

noun:

• dustless desk by a well-lit window; well-lit and clean study conducive to learning - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• spiritualism; spiritism; channeling; summoning a spirit and giving him voice (esp. when done by a female shaman)

noun:

• medium; channeler ➜ 巫女【みこ】

noun:

• magazine published by fans; fanzine
• publication aimed at a particular hobby group
• publication sold directly, and not via commercial publishers

noun:

• low-riding vehicle usually containing a powerful speaker system and owned by a juvenile delinquent; pimped-out ride - abbreviation - slang ➜ ヤンキー

noun:

• manga cafe; coffee shop with a manga library (usu. has Internet facilities and charges by the hour) ➜ 漫画