noun:

• neckband; round upright collar (on some traditional Japanese clothing)

noun:

• consumer; ordinary citizen; stakeholder

suffix:

• person who lives on (e.g. situation, income, place) ➜ 路上生活者

noun:

• leaving on time (e.g. as opposed to paid or unpaid overtime)

noun:

• ranking system based on dan and kyū (in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.) ➜ 級・段

noun:

• ranking system based on dan and kyū (in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.) ➜ 級・段

noun:

• writings on many different topics ➜ 雑書
• book that cannot be classified in any category

noun:

• woman who puts thick white powder on her neck; low class prostitute - derogatory term

noun / ~する noun:

• prostration; placing knees, hands and forehead on the ground to show utmost respect - Buddhism term

noun / ~する noun:

• keeping an eye on people's belongings (so they don't get stolen)

noun / ~する noun:

• prostration; placing knees, hands and forehead on the ground to show utmost respect - Buddhism term ➜ 五体投地【ごたいとうち】

expression:

• regardless of; irrespective of; without distinction of; no matter (how, what, when, etc.) ➜ 問う

noun:

• Bon Festival - esp. 精霊会 ➜ 盂蘭盆
• Buddhist service for the anniversary of the death of Shotoku Taishi (orig. the 22nd day of the 2nd month of the lunar calendar) - esp. 聖霊会

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to stop; to stay (e.g. the night); to cease; to put an end to
• to contain; to keep (in position, in place); to limit
• to record (e.g. a fact); to retain ➜ 記憶にとどめる

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• thundering; purring; grumbling (e.g. stomach) - onomatopoeia
• something large and heavy starting to roll - onomatopoeia
• scattered about; common; commonplace; all over - onomatopoeia
• idleness; idling about - onomatopoeia
• having a foreign substance in (e.g. one's eye or stomach) - onomatopoeia

noun:

• thunder - children's language - onomatopoeia

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to entrust (a matter) to; to leave to
• to abandon oneself to (e.g. pleasure); to yield to (e.g. anger); to devote oneself to

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to tower above the rest; to be by far the best; to be prominent; to be outstanding; to be a cut above

noun / ~の noun:

• firing one shot at a time; single-shot gun ➜ 単発銃【たんぱつじゅう】
• having only one engine; single-engined aeroplane; single-engined airplane ➜ 単発機【たんぱつき】
• one-shot (e.g. story); non-serial; one-off; single occasion

noun:

• empty conveyance; free taxi Antonym: 実車
• parking lot with spaces available Antonym: 満車

noun / ~する noun:

• hailing each other
• acting in concert; responding (to); sympathizing (with)
• agreement; concord - Linguistics term

noun:

• threshold (esp. one with grooves for sliding doors); sill - Architecture term ➜ 鴨居

particle:

• topic marker particle - pronounced わ in modern Japanese
• indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
• adds emphasis

noun / ~する noun:

• limpness

adjectival noun / ~の noun:

• soft; limp; flabby
• mumbling; talking with food in one's mouth - sometimes instead of むにゃむにゃ

expression / adjective:

• unable to stomach; sticking in one's throat; displeased with

noun:

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

noun:

• grasping (with one's bare hands); holding; grabbing; seizing; catching