noun:

• one's specialty; one's forte
• specialty of a kabuki school

auxiliary verb / ichidan verb:

• to become; to appear like; to have a touch of; to look like

noun:

• plunge basin; waterfall lake; plunge pool; basin under a waterfall

noun:

• name of the writer of a gravestone epitaph, engraved after the epitaph

expression / ichidan verb:

• to turn on an electric light; to switch on a light

noun / adjectival noun / ~の noun:

• proneness to being ill; being sick a lot; proneness to disease

noun:

• one's face turning red; with a flush on one's face - four character idiom

noun:

• being something of a politician; having something of the politician in one - four character idiom

noun:

• having a long torso and short legs; long-bodied and short-legged - four character idiom

noun:

• second guest of honour (at a tea ceremony); second guest of honor ➜ 正客

expression:

• a bit better than; not much more than; not much different from - idiom

interjection:

• look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute; hold on - familiar language - female language

noun:

• cutting; tearing off; cutting off; clipping
• cutting (for a railroad, highway, etc.); cut
• robbery with assault; burglary

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun / ~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• many flowers blooming in profusion; a gathering of many beautiful women (talented people); simultaneous emergence of many talents and achievements - four character idiom

expression / ichidan verb:

• to set off an explosive
• to start a fire under someone; to motivate someone with rough words

expression / ichidan verb:

• to draw the line (between two situations); to make a clear distinction ➜ けじめ
• to take clear responsibility for (mistakes, etc.)

noun:

• washbasin; stoup or font for cleaning hands (esp. tea house, garden decoration, or for ablutions when visiting a shrine or temple) ➜ 手水舎

noun:

• victimization by media; trial by media; damage caused by exaggerated or false reporting (e.g. that one has committed a crime)

noun:

• koku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180.4 litres
• measure of a Japanese-style boat's loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters)

noun:

• sickle
• sickle-and-chain (weapon) - abbreviation ➜ 鎖鎌
• spear with curved cross-blades - abbreviation ➜ 鎌槍
• gooseneck tenon and mortise joint - abbreviation ➜ 鎌継
• noisiness - archaism
• part of a fish around the gills - usually written using kana alone

noun:

• ready fire-power; battle-ready forces; immediate asset (to a team or firm); someone who can be an immediately effective player or worker - Business, Sports term

noun / ~する noun:

• leaving one's own house (e.g. when going to war); departure; setting out - also has an archaic reading of かどいで
• starting a new life; starting life anew

noun:

• the three realms of existence - Buddhism term ➜ 欲界・色界・無色界
• the whole universe (of a billion worlds) that Buddha enlightened - abbreviation - Buddhism term ➜ 三千大千世界
• past, present and future existences - Buddhism term ➜ 三世【さんぜ】

suffix:

• far-off ...; distant ...

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to change (lower-body clothing: shoes, slippers, pants, a skirt, etc.) ➜ 着替える
• to put on the wrong pair of shoes by mistake ➜ 履き違える

noun:

• egg slow-boiled so that the yolk is hard but the white is still soft (traditionally cooked in a hot spring)