noun:

• karayuki-san; young Japanese women who were sent to work (mainly as prostitutes) in foreign countries, esp. in Southeast Asia (Meiji to early Showa)

noun:

• older brother; elder brother - honorific language ➜ お兄さん
• brother (as older-brother figure in friendly and or work relationship)
• young man; buddy; fella; laddie - vocative

~する verb (spec.) / transitive:

• to affix; to append; to attach
• to entrust; to refer; to handle (as such)
• to follow (the leader)
• to submit (a document, etc.)

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to affix; to append; to attach ➜ 付する
• to entrust; to refer; to handle (as such)
• to follow (the leader)
• to submit (a document, etc.)

expression:

• to (an extent); up to; so far as; even - more emphatic than まで ➜ 迄【まで】
• doesn't amount to doing ...; not significant enough to require ... - usu. as 〜までもない
• even if ... - usu. as 〜ないまでも

temporal noun:

• that much; as much; to that extent; only that; that alone; no more than that

noun / ~する noun:

• setting oneself free from the life of a white-collar worker; quitting a job as a salaryman and launching an independent business ➜ サラ

noun:

• bonfire often in temple grounds, usu. of charms, talismans, New Year decorations, etc. - Shintō term
• ritual burning of money, cedar sticks, or other objects as an offering ➜ 護摩【ごま】

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be called ...; to be referred to as ...

noun:

• blood spilt from the body
• blood circulating within the body (often as a metaphor for strong emotion or hot-bloodedness)

noun:

• sword hilt shaped similar to the handle of a vajra - archaism ➜ 金剛杵
• plain, wooden sword hilt (as opposed to those wrapped in sharkskin)

noun:

• crossed fingers and word said to call someone to be avoided as 'dirty' - children's language

~する noun:

• to cross one's fingers (to ward off 'dirt')

noun / ~する noun:

• going in the opposite direction
• going against the wind
• running or operating a machine in reverse (such as an electric motor)

noun:

• phosphorescent lights seen at sea at night; lights that can be seen on the altar of gods, intended as an offering

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect - abbreviation ➜ 放って置く

expression:

• Matter and mind are one; body and mind as one - four character idiom

noun:

• as is; in (its) present state; in (its) present condition

noun:

• ash glaze (type of fundamental glaze used in ancient times made from the ashes of raw materials such as unhulled rice, straw, oak and pine)

noun:

• women working in military brothels (esp. those forced into prostitution as a form of sexual slavery by the Japanese military during WWII); (campaign) comfort women [literal] - euphemism

noun:

• program picture (i.e. film cheaply and quickly produced as a lesser attraction in a double bill); programme picture; B-movie

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to hide; to conceal
• to lower volume (of a sound or one's voice) so as not to be heard
• to become quiet and inconspicuous

noun:

• repeated events (meetings, drinking sessions, etc.); series of events; streak; straight
• dealer continuing as dealer and east after winning; dealer keep - orig. meaning - Mahjong term

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to wither (esp. plants as winter draws near); to fade; to shrivel ➜ 末枯れる【うらがれる】
• to pass one's prime; to start deteriorating; to begin to decline

adjectival noun / noun:

• liked; well-liked; favourite; favorite Antonym: 嫌い【きらい】
• in love (with); loved; romantically interested (in)

noun / adjectival noun:

• faddism; eccentricity
• the way one likes; (as) it suits one

noun / ~の noun:

• sacred precincts; sanctuary; consecrated ground; holy ground

noun:

• issue that is regarded as being off-limits; matter that is not up for discussion