noun:

• small opening in the side of some traditional Japanese clothing for women and children (e.g. kimono, yukata) (located where the sleeve meets the bodice, below the armpit)

noun:

• black hair that has been dyed blond after the roots begin to grow in at the top giving an appearance much like custard pudding; pudding head [literal] - colloquialism

noun / ~する noun / noun or verb acting prenominally:

• targetting; aiming at a specific target; pinpointing

noun / ~する noun:

• selective hitting; swinging only at certain types of pitches - Baseball term
• having no choice in a move (e.g. mahjong, go, etc.)

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to part (usu. of people); to part from; to part with; to be apart from
• to separate (of a couple); to break up; to divorce
• to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved

noun:

• engineer-in-chief; chief engineer; chief scientist

expression:

• in that way; like that; that way

expression:

• in that way; like that; that way

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to call; to invite; to send for; to summon - honorific language
• to eat; to drink
• to put on; to wear
• to ride
• to catch (a cold); to take (a bath); to tickle (one's fancy); to put on (years); to commit (seppuku)
• to do ➜ 召される
• used to show respect - used after the -masu stem of a verb - honorific language - archaism

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to bite at; to snap at; to nibble ➜ 食らいつく
• to get one's teeth into (metaphorically); to get to grips with; to really get into ➜ 食らいつく
• to hold on to; to cling to; to stick to
• to complain; to bicker

noun:

• stock (in grafting)
• wood used as a platform (or base, etc.); block (i.e. chopping block); (gun) stock; unworked block of wood

noun:

• sō-on; Song reading; on reading of a kanji based on Song dynasty and later Chinese (esp. in words related to Zen Buddhism) ➜ 唐音【とうおん】・宋【そう】

noun:

• chilled soba served on a dish (often on a wicker basket or in a shallow steaming basket) with dipping sauce

noun:

• announcing meals (at a Zen monastery); meal announcer - Buddhism term
• noh mask resembling a young attendant who announces mealtimes in a Zen monastery

noun:

• tally; check; piece of wood or paper split in half and given to each party as a form of proof (e.g. of a transaction)

noun:

• social organisation for people originating from the same town, village, or island who live in an urban center far from home (predominantly used by people from Okinawa)

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to deal a blow in return; to hit back; to punch back ➜ 突き返す【つきかえす】
• to reject; to send back ➜ 突き返す【つきかえす】

noun / ~する noun:

• open-air fire (e.g. for garden refuse); bonfire
• open fire (e.g. in a kitchen)

noun:

• ridge (in mountain-climbing); edge of a rock face - From German "Kante"
• take-off point (ski-jump)
• edge of a ski

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to rot away; to crumble to dust; to decay completely; to fall to ruins; to rust away
• to die in obscurity

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to be enrolled (in a college, course of study, etc.); to be a member (of an organization)

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• derivation (e.g. in math, logic); drawing (conclusion, summary etc.); leading (e.g. to a conclusion, opinion, etc.)

noun:

• dispute over water rights; dispute over the distribution of water into paddies during the summer (in rural areas) ➜ 水喧嘩

noun:

• the two leading actors (in a play); the two star players; the two distinctive features; the two main items (attractions) - four character idiom

expression / noun:

• being quiet and meek (in contrast to normal behaviour); being as meek as a lamb; a borrowed cat [literal] - idiom

noun:

• octopus - abbreviation
• octopus regulator; alternate second-stage air pressure regulator used as an alternative air source in an emergency