noun:

• leader of the pack (of a group of kids); neighborhood bully (neighbourhood)

noun:

• sense of values; values; value system

noun:

• sense of politics; feeling for politics - four character idiom

noun:

• (a Buddhist monk or priest or nun) without head shaven and not wearing religious garb - four character idiom

noun:

• deuteragonist; secondary or supporting actor in a noh or kyogen play (possibly multiple actors) ➜ 仕手

noun:

• leaf, branch with leaves, or paper placed under a serving dish or offering

noun:

• ratio indicating the quantity of polished rice gained from a given quantity of brown rice (nowadays usually expressed as a percent)

noun:

• draining blood from a live fish (from above the gills and at the base of the tail) to keep it fresh ［いきじめ］ ➜ 活け締め【いけじめ】
• fasting fish for several days to preserve flavour and quality (and reduce mortality during transport) - esp. いきしめ ➜ 活け締め【いけじめ】
• killing fish in a fishtank (immediately before cooking); fish killed in a fishtank - esp. いきしめ ➜ 活け締め【いけじめ】

noun:

• chamfering; beveling; bevelling
• rounding the edges (of a vegetable); trimming the corners

noun:

• the 24 seasonal divisions of a year in the old lunar calendar - four character idiom

noun:

• grammatical rule allowing the usage of the continuative form as a conjunction

noun / ~する noun:

• circumvention of the law; evasion of the law (by using legal means to obtain a result normally only obtainable by illegal ones)

noun:

• room behind the curtain of a noh stage, where the actors prepare; greenroom (noh); mirror room [literal]
• hall of mirrors (at Versailles)

expression:

• one cannot understand even a holy man's teachings without study; one cannot know the abilities of a great man without putting him to use; one cannot know the delicious taste of fine food without eating it [literal] - proverb

noun:

• the skin (of a human being)
• warmth of the skin; body warmth

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to start a bout with the turn of a referee's fan - Sumo term

noun:

• a drop in the bucket (ocean); a small fraction (of); trifle - four character idiom

noun:

• the daimyo of a feudal domain owned by a Tokugawa family branch - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• hitting the maximum value of a numeric counter (in a video game) - abbreviation ➜ カウンターストップ

noun:

• ring entering ceremony in presence of the emperor or crown prince - Sumo term

noun:

• omnibus term for the names of cities, wards, towns or villages

noun:

• outer two ribs of a folding fan (i.e. the thick ribs, one at each end)
• outer frame of a lattice door

noun:

• embouchure; position and use of the lips, tongue, and teeth in playing a wind instrument - From French
• mouthpiece of a musical instrument

noun:

• accent (in French; acute, grave, and circumflex) - From French
• accent (on a syllable, word); stress ➜ アクセント

noun:

• conical hat (East-Asian style); coolie hat
• something shaped like a conical hat or an umbrella; shade (of a lamp); mushroom cap; pileus ➜ 傘【かさ】