noun:

• playing doctor; children examining each other's genitals (often as a role play)

noun:

• middle-aged woman who looks very young for her age (as through "magic") ➜ 魔女

noun:

• blind official who specialized as a musician, masseur or acupuncturist (abolished in 1871) - archaism

noun:

• urban mine; discarded items which can be used as a source of resources

interjection:

• hey; cheers; used by young people when drinking or as a greeting

noun:

• lighted lamp (or candle, etc.) provided as a religious offering; votive light ➜ 御明かし【みあかし】

noun / ~する noun:

• starting to work in a shop; joining a shop as an employee
• going inside a shop
• opening up a shop (in a building, etc.)

noun:

• part of the fabric that is tucked closest to the skin when wearing a garment that is wrapped in front of one (such as a kimono) ➜ 上前

noun:

• Yezo (northern part of Meiji-era Japan, esp. Hokkaido, but also Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands)
• Edo-period realm of the Ainu (as opposed to the Japanese) comprising most of Hokkaido ➜ 和人地

expression:

• being ready to drink sake by the keg; drinking like a fish

noun:

• breaking up a match on doctor's orders (in boxing, etc.) - From English "doctor stop"
• being ordered by one's doctor to give up such habits as drinking, smoking, overeating, etc.

auxiliary verb / ichidan verb:

• auxiliary verb indicating the causative - せる is for 五段 verbs, させる for 一段; follows the imperfective form of (v5) and (vs) verbs; senses 1-3 of せる are sometimes abbreviated as 〜す
• auxiliary verb indicating that one has been granted the permission to do something - usu. as 〜(さ)せてもらう, 〜(さ)せていただく, etc. - humble language
• auxiliary verb used as an honorific for others' actions - as 〜(さ)せられる, 〜あら(さ)せられる, 〜(さ)せ給う, etc. - honorific language

~の noun / noun:

• well-grilled; extra grilled; well-done - Food term ➜ ウエルダン

suffix / ~の noun:

• -clad - after an article of clothing
• in the midst of - after a -masu stem - usually written using kana alone
• tenths (e.g. wholesale price, as tenths of retail price) - after a number in the ichi, ni counting system
• times (i.e. multiplied by) - after a number in the hitotsu, futatsu counting system
• able-to-seat (of a chair, etc.) - after a number of people

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to bear up in tragedy; to stand pain well; to hold one's temper - idiom
• to clench one's teeth; to grit one's teeth

noun:

• teacher; master; doctor - honorific language

suffix:

• with names of teachers, etc. as an honorific - honorific language

noun:

• previous existence ［せんじょう］ - archaism ➜ 前生

noun:

• yukata (light cotton kimono worn in the summer or used as a bathrobe) ➜ 湯帷子

adjectival noun / noun:

• thick; dense; rich (as in taste or content); deep (colour); strong (smell, scent)
• crowded

noun / adjectival noun:

• regret

noun:

• flesh, blood vessels and fat from around chicken heart, usu. served as yakitori

adjectival noun / noun / ~の noun:

• arrogance; audacity; (behaving) outrageously as though there were no one around; insolence; defiance; overbearing - four character idiom

expression / noun:

• trivial matter; cinch; easy as pie; piece of cake; child's play

noun:

• before breakfast - orig. meaning

noun:

• true parrot (esp. small parrots such as the parakeet, lory and conure)

noun:

• a sense of release (as if one had wings and were riding on air) - four character idiom

noun:

• secondary substantive (inflectable word or phrase that acts as an uninflectable within a sentence) - Linguistics term

expression / noun:

• casting off the drudgery of everyday life and doing as one pleases; kicking back