noun / ~の noun:

• failure; defective article; dead loss; botch

noun:

• good-for-nothing; worthless person; flop

noun:

• grilled miso mixed with chili peppers ➜ 焼き味噌
• person who acts tough but is actually timid ➜ よわみそ

intransitive verb / yodan ~る verb (archaic):

• to go; to come - honorific language - archaism ➜ いらっしゃる
• to be - honorific language - archaism ➜ いらっしゃる

auxiliary verb / yodan ~る verb (archaic):

• is (doing); are (doing) - honorific language - archaism ➜ いらっしゃる

intransitive verb / yodan ~る verb (archaic):

• to be - after で - polite language - archaism ➜ ござる

noun:

• industry law; law regulating a certain industry
• work one is obligated to carry out - archaism

noun:

• professional gambler; gangster; gang member ➜ ヤクザ
• good-for-nothing; ne'er-do-well; hoodlum; ruffian

expression / adjective:

• not having enough workers; being understaffed; being undermanned - idiom
• having nothing one can do about something; having no options - idiom

godan ~つ verb:

• to become active
• to look better

noun:

• panel; scene-panel
• painted backdrop (panel at the back of a noh stage), on which a pine tree is painted - symbolically a reflection of tree at the front of the stage

noun:

• foreign religion (from Japan's perspective, esp. Christianity) ［がいきょう］
• religion other than Buddhism - esp. げきょう - Buddhism term Antonym: 内教

noun:

• giving lessons at pupils' homes
• going to train in stable other than your own - Sumo term

noun:

• arm wrestling; Indian wrestling
• wrestling relying on brute strength (of the arms), rather than skill - Sumo term

expression:

• have to (verb); must (verb) - after negative base of verb - abbreviation - colloquialism ➜ ないと行けない
• is indispensable; absolutely necessary ➜ ないと行けない

noun:

• exact center of the Garbhadhatu mandala - obscure term
• platform upon which the fire is lit in a stone lantern

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to fold (one's) arms
• to stand by and do nothing; to look on passively

noun:

• non-fruit-bearing flower
• something that is flashy with no content

noun:

• variety meat; offal; scrap meat ➜ くず肉【くずにく】
• meat other than pork, beef or poultry (e.g. horsemeat, etc.)

noun:

• succession of words of similar meaning; redundancy (e.g. free gift); tautology ［じゅうごん］
• kanji compound in which the same character is repeated - e.g. 堂堂

noun:

• archery range; archery ground
• shooting range; firing range; shooting gallery ［しゃじょう］ ➜ 射撃場【しゃげきじょう】
• position where an archer is standing ［いば］
• launch site (e.g. for rockets, missiles, etc.) ➜ 発射場【はっしゃじょう】

noun:

• curtain; hanging; bunting
• place where a curtain is hung

noun:

• treasure chest (in the story of Urashima Taro); Urashima's casket; Pandora's box
• important secret that is not easily revealed to others

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• vacant and unthinking
• something that should be there is not

expression:

• even the strong-willed fall into temptation - proverb
• there's nothing you can't do if you set your mind to it - proverb

noun:

• an utai (noh chant) piece for recitation
• accompanied singing in which the singing is emphasized over the instrumental part (emphasised)

adverb:

• very; extremely ➜ それはそれは

expression:

• that is

adverb / prefix noun:

• instantly; immediately; at once

interjection:

• that is (to say); namely