noun:

• small hawk or falcon (used for hunting) - abbreviation ➜ 大鷹
• falconry (using small hawks or falcons) ➜ 小鷹狩

suffix noun / noun:

• soiling; polluting; being dirty - Food term
• shame; disgrace; dishonor; dishonour

noun:

• chopped fish, shellfish or vegetables, dressed with (miso or other) sauce

noun:

• going to famous sightseeing spots, ruins, etc. seeking inspiration for waka or haiku
• reciting or composing poetry while strolling

noun:

• excess or deficiency; too much or too little - often with なく or のない meaning neither too much nor too little

noun:

• number or size of periodicals or pictures; type size

noun:

• (whether) existent or non-existent; life or death

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to push or press or force down; to depress

noun:

• parent root or stock; pre-split stock or share

noun:

• one thing or another; this and that; something or another

expression / adverb:

• in some way; somehow or other
• somewhere or other

conjunction:

• or

noun:

• OR - IT term

noun / ~する noun:

• raid; military attack by a mobile unit; hit-and-run attack; search-and-kill mission; search-and-destroy mission; military action without a predetermined target; attacking the enemy or assisting allies as the opportunity arises

noun:

• shortstop; short - abbreviation - Baseball term ➜ 遊撃手

noun:

• one's own effort; doing single-handedly
• a game (of go, shogi, etc.); a match
• a dance; a (musical) composition
• a company (e.g. of soldiers); a group; a party
• one hand

noun:

• miso; fermented condiment usu. made from soybeans - Food term
• innards (from crabs, shrimps, etc.) resembling miso
• key (main) point; good part (of something) ➜ 手前味噌【てまえみそ】
• weakling; weak person - derogatory term ➜ 泣き味噌【なきみそ】・弱味噌【よわみそ】

noun:

• stake all (on something); play for all or nothing; throwing all into a task - four character idiom

noun:

• paper for fans or parasols (cut in a fan shape)
• ground paper; backing paper

noun:

• parenthood; parent or someone with children on the way (esp. an expecting mother)
• (of a fish) containing roe (eggs)

noun:

• long interlude (in folk songs or koto music)
• wiles (e.g. used by a prostitute to lure customers); finesse; trick

noun:

• trying out a new sword or blade (originally on someone, but now on soaked straw targets)

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to bend oneself forward (esp. in curiosity or excitement); to hang out (e.g. over a balcony)

noun:

• home in which a woman stays during her period (or while giving birth) - archaism
• period; menstruation; menses - archaism

noun:

• flower lantern; Bon festival lantern that is decorated with artificial flowers or has a floral pattern ➜ 盆灯籠

noun:

• Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) usu. to the general populace ➜ お達し【おたっし】

noun:

• wooden ladle or rod used to stir the rice porridge used in a kayaura divination ➜ 粥占

noun:

• sense of enhanced value of a commodity or service (e.g. from quality, scarcity, etc.)