noun:

• collecting herbs and pulling out young pine trees by the roots (annual event held on the first Day of the Rat in the New Year) ➜ 子の日の遊び

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to be given the cold shoulder; to be jilted; to be rejected; to be dumped ➜ 振る【ふる】

noun:

• (lying on one's belly and) basking in the sun; sunbathing (e.g. on a beach)

noun / ~の noun:

• shoulder width (breadth)

noun:

• scapula; shoulder blade

noun:

• (top of) shoulder

noun:

• shoulder carrying pole

ichidan verb:

• to shoulder (palanquin)

noun:

• shoulder blade; scapula - colloquialism ➜ 肩甲骨

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to shoulder responsibility

noun:

• shoulder length hair - From English "semi long"

noun:

• shoulder blade; scapula - archaism ➜ 肩甲骨

noun:

• off shoulder (top) - abbreviation - colloquialism ➜ オフショルダー

noun:

• (Okinawa) sacred site; sacred grove - from 拝み ➜ 御嶽【うたき】

suffix:

• relying entirely on ...; using solely ... - after a noun
• with the sole purpose of ...
• based on (mutual consent, etc.)

noun:

• dish placed on the far side of the serving table (kaiseki cuisine); side dishes at a banquet (e.g. sashimi, salad, vinegared dish; not rice or soup) - Food term ➜ 懐石
• resting one's forehead on the chest of one's opponent and grabbing his belt - Sumo term

noun:

• the 72 'climates' of the year based on the 24 solar seasons further divided into three ➜ 節気・候【こう】

expression:

• the sand on the beach may disappear, but the makings of thieves never shall (Ishikawa Goemon)

noun:

• shoulder strap; epaulet; epaulette

noun:

• shoulder blade; scapula - Anatomy term

noun:

• ceremony on the fifth day of the 10th lunar month in which the emperor would watch prize archery (Heian and Kamakura periods)
• first firing of the bow (after the New Year or the reconstruction of the archery range (in military families))

~の noun / adjectival noun:

• high (e.g. ball in baseball); highish; on the high side
• on the expensive side; comparatively expensive ➜ 安め【やすめ】

noun:

• wait tile which produces a winning hand with a higher score - Mahjong term

noun:

• bottle of whiskey (whisky) that a bar customer buys, writes his name on, keeps on a shelf at the bar, and drinks little by little on successive visits - From English "keep bottle"

adverb:

• ... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?"); ... on earth (e.g. "who on earth?") - emph. form of 一体 - four character idiom

noun:

• rite welcoming back the gods from Izumo Shrine (on the last day of the tenth lunar month) ➜ 神送り