noun:

• day of the ox in midsummer (during the hottest season); dog days of summer ➜ 丑の日

noun:

• Sincerely yours (with the nuance of "please excuse the brevity of this letter")

noun / ~の noun / ~する noun:

• receiving; welcoming; going to meet - polite language ➜ 迎え

noun:

• final call; call of fate; approach of death

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to turn the rudder of a ship; to change direction (of policy, etc.)

noun:

• (ornamental) tip of a scabbard ［鐺・璫・小尻］
• bottom of a bargeboard or cantilever ［鐺・璫・木尻］

noun:

• fragmentary remains of a large set of writings; the odd volume; a few pages ➜ 端本

noun:

• eighteen centers of Buddhist learning (of the Pure Land sect in the Kanto region) ➜ 浄土宗・関東

noun:

• eighteen centers of Buddhist learning (of the Pure Land sect in the Kanto region) ➜ 浄土宗・関東

noun / ~する noun:

• closing of the fireplace in a Zen temple (first day of the 2nd month) ➜ 開炉

noun:

• small statue of Shoki the Plague-Queller (placed on the overhang of traditional houses) ➜ 鍾馗

noun:

• food of the mountains (wild game, mountain vegetables, mushrooms, etc.); fruits of the land ➜ 海幸

noun:

• chanting sutras in front of a shoryodana (of a monk during the Bon Festival) ➜ 精霊棚【しょうりょうだな】

expression / noun:

• humiliation of defeat in battle; past humiliation by others; shame of an unendurable disgrace - proverb ➜ 会稽の恥を雪ぐ【かいけいのはじをすすぐ】

noun:

• winning hand composed of two sets of two identical chows plus a pair - Mahjong term ➜ 一盃口【イーペーコー】

noun:

• written investigation; report of an investigation
• school record (on a student); transcript (of grades)

noun:

• paying for the purchase (expense) out of one's own pocket; being responsible for the payment of one's share of the purchase price, expense, etc. - four character idiom

noun:

• ball; sphere; globe; orb
• bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; droplet
• ball (in sports) - esp. 球
• pile (of noodles, etc.)
• bullet - esp. 弾; also written as 弾丸
• bulb (i.e. a light bulb) - esp. 球
• lens (of glasses, etc.)
• bead (of an abacus) - esp. 玉,珠
• ball (i.e. a testicle) - esp. 玉 - slang - abbreviation ➜ 金玉【きんたま】
• gem; jewel (esp. spherical; sometimes used figuratively); pearl - esp. 玉,珠; also written as 璧
• female entertainer (e.g. a geisha)
• person (when commenting on their nature); character - derogatory term
• item, funds or person used as part of a plot

noun / suffix noun:

• egg ➜ 玉子

suffix noun:

• coin - usu. だま
• precious; beautiful; excellent

noun / ~する noun:

• being in charge (of an area of responsibility); being responsible (for a work role, etc.)

noun:

• wife; Mrs; madam ［ふじん・はしかし］ - honorific language
• wife of a nobleman (aristocrat, etc.) ［ふじん］ - archaism
• consort of the emperor ［ふじん・ぶにん］ - archaism

adjective:

• stinking; smelly
• suspicious; fishy
• clumsy; unskilled

suffix / adjective:

• smelling of
• looking like; appearing like; smacking of; -ish

noun:

• change of pace; change of mood; (mental) break (e.g. going for a walk); refreshment - four character idiom

noun:

• old shop; shop of long standing

~の noun:

• well-established; first of the kind; veteran

noun:

• soft fiberboard; soft fibreboard - senses 1 and 2 are originally from an abbreviation of "texture"
• cloth; fabric; material - often used in brand names
• tex; unit of linear mass density of fibres

noun / ~する noun:

• rebound
• relapse after a diet; regaining lost weight

noun:

• return of symptoms after withdrawal of medicine

noun:

• ghee (held to be the greatest of all flavours); "the ultimate truth of Buddhism" [figurative]; "nirvana" [figurative] - Buddhism term ➜ 五味