noun:

• return of spring; long-awaited, favorable turn of fortune (favourable) - four character idiom

noun:

• large war sword (carried across the back); extra-long sword ➜ 野太刀【のだち】

noun:

• long life; age; life

noun:

• long hand; minute hand ➜ 短針

noun:

• monkey arm; long arm

noun:

• large sword; long sword

expression / noun or verb acting prenominally:

• long-awaited; eagerly awaited ➜ 待ちに待つ

noun:

• vehicle-mounted electricity generator (e.g. for filming, emergencies, etc.)
• power-generating railway car (e.g. for air-conditioning on a non-electric train)

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to have a talented child despite being untalented oneself; a kite gives birth to a hawk [literal] - idiom

noun / ~の noun:

• spreading one's legs wide apart; straddle
• long stride; big steps

noun:

• thigh-scooping body drop - Sumo term

noun:

• Japanese Western-style envelope (opening on the long dimension; numbered 0-7, each with different sizes)

noun:

• clapper (two long pieces of wood that are clapped together; used in gagaku, etc.)

expression / ~くる verb (spec.):

• to call for somebody; to come for someone; to pick someone up

noun / ~する noun:

• spanking

noun:

• traditional ceremony where the newly-wed wife, upon entering her new home, was hit on the rump with a straw bundle etc., to ensure her fertility

noun:

• helmet with white hair coming out of the top to make one look like an old person ➜ 老冠
• kanji "old" radical at top

noun:

• a large number of ships sailing in a long chain-like formation - four character idiom

noun:

• noh flute (transverse bamboo flute with seven holes; approx. 39 cm long)

noun:

• spinner shark (Carcharhinus brevipinna); long-nose grey shark

noun:

• long-tailed duck (Clangula hyemalis); old-squaw; hareld; old injun; oldwife

noun:

• hair dryer; blow dryer

interjection:

• by no means; never!; well, I never!; you don't say!; certainly (not)

noun / ~の noun:

• something unexpected; emergency ➜ まさかの時

noun:

• currently; for the time being; presently; for now - archaism

adverb / ~の noun:

• indeed; really; truly; unexpectedly - obscure term ➜ 本当に

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to cut (grass, hair, etc.); to mow; to clip; to trim; to prune; to shear; to reap; to harvest

noun:

• hair iron; curling tongs; straightening iron

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to come apart; to unravel; to come loose; to become disarrayed (e.g. hair)

noun:

• camel
• camel (cloth); cloth made from camel hair
• camel (color); light yellowish brown ➜ 駱駝色【らくだいろ】