noun:

• southern Japanese hemlock (species of conifer native to Japan, Tsuga sieboldii)

noun:

• ice cream with milk-solids content of 3% or greater - From English "lacto ice"

noun:

• pair (as part of a winning hand, together with four melds); eyes - Mahjong term - From Chinese ➜ 対子

noun:

• blessing of man; winning with a discard in the first turn - Mahjong term - From Chinese

noun:

• blessing of earth; winning with a self-drawn tile in the first turn - Mahjong term - From Chinese

noun:

• pointing towards somebody or something with one's chopsticks (a breach of etiquette)

noun:

• 17C male hairstyle (shaved forehead, chignon, sideburns thinned to the size of a thread)

noun:

• detailed written report; formal account (of steps taken in response to an incident, etc.)

noun:

• grilled slices of lotus root, eggplant, etc. with a filling (usu. minced meat) - Food term

noun:

• Pan (Greek god) ［パーン］

~と adverb:

• bang; boom; crack; sound of something exploding, bursting or cracking - onomatopoeia

noun:

• seasoning of grated daikon with soy and vinegar, usu. for fish or vegetables - Food term ➜ おろし和え【おろしあえ】

noun:

• snakeberry (Maianthemum dilatatum); two-leaved Solomon's seal; false lily of the valley

noun:

• denied freedom (of how to live one's life); living like a caged bird [literal] - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• imitation of a professional singer, musician, dancer, etc. usu. by an amateur - slang - abbreviation ➜ 完全コピー

noun:

• woven mat tied around a plant to prevent damage from the weight of snow

noun:

• young men and women who frequented Miyuki Street, Ginza, in the summer of 1964

noun:

• rat guard; disk of wood on storehouse pillars, ropes, etc.

noun:

• Quanrong; ethnic group from northwest of China during the Zhou dynasty (1046-221 BCE)

counter:

• double; unit used in calculation of a hand's score - Mahjong term

noun:

• magistrate in charge of finding out and converting hidden Christians (during the Edo period)

noun:

• Islamic State (of Iraq and the Levant); Daesh; IS; ISIL
• information separator; delimiter - IT term

noun:

• category of noh plays who depict a tengu as the leading character; goblin piece ➜ 能・天狗

noun:

• mark on a stage, movie set, etc. showing the position of people or props ➜ バミる

noun:

• popularly accepted "on" reading of a kanji (as opposed to those derived from Chinese) ➜ 慣用音

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to unlock ［開ける］
• to open (for business, etc.) ［開ける］
• to empty; to remove; to make space; to make room - esp. 空ける
• to move out; to clear out - esp. 空ける
• to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily) - esp. 空ける

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to dawn; to grow light - esp. 明ける
• to end (of a period, season) - esp. 明ける
• to begin (of the New Year) - esp. 明ける
• to leave (one's schedule) open; to make time (for) - esp. 明ける
• to make (a hole); to open up (a hole)