noun / ~する noun:

• making preparations for one's death - colloquialism

noun:

• brush for dusting off clothes

noun:

• useless person; good-for-nothing - derogatory term

noun:

• official test for a secretarial qualification

noun:

• official test for a secretarial qualification

noun:

• qanat (underground tunnel for irrigation); kanat - From Arabic

noun:

• dedicated device; apparatus for exclusive use

noun:

• assorted vegetables for sukiyaki (esp. green onion) - Food term

noun:

• memorial service (esp. for war dead)

noun:

• foodstuffs left over for many days

noun:

• fabric used for a hakama; skirting ➜ 袴【はかま】

noun:

• climatotherapy; change of air for convalescence

noun:

• techniques for arresting criminals; arrest technique

noun:

• techniques for arresting criminals (Edo period) - archaism

noun:

• see-through sensation (for clothing); gauziness - slang

expression / noun:

• zest for living; energy to live

noun:

• block (usu. of fish for sashimi)

noun:

• hose; long stockings (esp. for men) - From French "chausses" ➜ ホーズ

counter:

• counter for bamboo tiles - Mahjong term

noun:

• Law for Prohibiting Minors from Smoking

noun:

• launch site (for missiles, rockets, etc.)

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to spoil someone's start; to kill someone's enthusiasm; to take the wind out of someone's sails

noun:

• interview with leading player in a game (esp. baseball); player-of-the-game interview - From English "hero interview"

expression / ichidan verb:

• to twist a thread
• to put all one's skill (into doing something); to do something to the best of one's ability - idiom - abbreviation ➜ 腕によりをかける

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to scatter; to sprinkle; to strew
• to distribute (handbills, etc.); to spread (rumours, etc.)
• to give the slip; to throw off; to shake off; to lose