noun:

• waiting to see one's opponent's move before doing anything (e.g. as a disallowed act in rock, paper, scissors)

noun:

• game in which children use a piece of charcoal on a string to create and lift up snowballs - archaism

noun:

• lady's companion (paid female companion of a wealthy or high-ranking woman, esp. in Victorian England) - archaism

adjective:

• high; tall ［高い］ Antonym: 低い
• expensive; high-priced
• high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)
• loud
• high-pitched; shrill

noun / ~する noun:

• accommodation; reception; housing
• seating
• custody (e.g. awaiting deportation); internment
• admission; hospitalization
• entering (e.g. in dictionary)

noun / ~する noun:

• racing (an engine); idling (an engine) ➜ 空回り
• going in circles (esp. argument, discussion, etc.); spinning one's wheels

noun:

• shirataki noodles; white noodles made from konjak starch, often used in sukiyaki
• waterfall resembling a white sheet

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• glasses and plates being scattered about after a party or banquet; articles lying about in a jumble - archaism - four character idiom

noun:

• adding something to or altering a finished work of art; something added or altered in this manner

noun:

• Smilax glabra (species of sarsaparilla, used esp. to refer to its dried rhizome, used in Chinese medicine) - obscure term ➜ 山帰来

noun:

• art project which is done in place of a graduation thesis at a college of arts - abbreviation ➜ 卒業制作

noun:

• Gulf surgeonfish (Acanthurus randalli, species of tang found in Florida and northeastern Gulf of Mexico)

noun:

• funny word or gesture
• funny part (in a puppet show, kabuki, etc.)
• a woman's temple hair - archaism ➜ 揉み上げ【もみあげ】

noun:

• return slot (for coins in a vending machine); drop-off point (for dirty dishes at a restaurant)

noun:

• making from scratch (esp. in model-making and information systems); full scratch building - From English "full scratch"

noun:

• getting a lump in one's throat; overflowing with feelings ➜ 胸がいっぱいになる

~の noun:

• chest full of; lungs full of

noun:

• school swimsuit; regulation blue one-piece swimsuit worn by pupils in school-based swimming events

noun:

• secretly slitting one's belly (and only eventually revealing one's mortal wound) (in kabuki, bunraku, etc.)

noun:

• last orders (for food or drink in a bar or restaurant); last call - From English "order stop"

noun:

• Heian era court lady's song (accompanying men's oouta); court lady singing a kouta ➜ 大歌
• ditty; ballad; short, hummable, popular tune from Muromachi era to early Edo era ➜ 小唄・端唄
• kyogen kouta; style of kyogen song based on the Muromachi songs, often love ballad
• noh kouta; unusual style of noh song based on the Muromachi songs

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to perceive; to sense; to take in; to grasp; to feel

expression:

• day after day; day in and day out; every single day

adverb / noun:

• annually; every year; year in year out; from year to year - four character idiom

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to greedily try to win big (e.g. in mahjong)
• to swipe; to nick; to pilfer

~する verb (spec.):

• to fall in love with; to love