noun:

• firm adherence to one's principles
• chastity (of a woman)

noun:

• yang yao (unbroken line composing one third of a trigram) ➜ 爻

noun:

• yin yao (broken line composing one third of a trigram) ➜ 爻

noun:

• the thirty guardian deities (a different one for each day)

adjectival noun:

• looking like one is in a good mood

noun / ~する noun:

• backcrossing (crossing a hybrid with one of its parents)

noun:

• backcross

noun:

• one of those; a you-know - colloquialism ➜ そっち系
• gay; homosexual - slang

noun / ~する noun:

• actually tasting a food that one has heard of before

noun:

• evergreen (esp. one planted or used at a shrine) ➜ 賢木

noun / ~する noun:

• establishment of a family registry (separate from one's parents')

noun:

• using the sleeves of one's kimono as a pillow - archaism

noun:

• half tide (e.g. midway between spring and neap tides)

noun:

• disparity (of income, pensions, etc.) between public and private employees - four character idiom

noun:

• cross between Hinai-dori and Rhode Island Red chickens ➜ 比内鶏

~と adverb / adverb:

• ding (of a bell); bing; ting; tinkle; ring - esp. チーン, ちーん - onomatopoeia
• honk (i.e. sound of blowing one's nose); snort - onomatopoeia

noun / ~する noun:

• heating in a microwave; cooking in a microwave; microwaving; nuking - from the sound of the microwave timer; usu. チン - colloquialism ➜ チンする

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to stuff into; to jam; to cram; to pack; to fill; to plug; to stop up

ichidan verb / transitive / intransitive verb:

• to shorten; to move closer together

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to reduce (spending); to conserve

ichidan verb / transitive / intransitive verb:

• to focus intently on; to strain oneself to do - usu. as 根を詰める ➜ 根を詰める

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to work out (details)

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to be on duty; to be stationed

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to corner (esp. an opponent's king in shogi); to trap; to checkmate
• to cut off (one's finger as an act of apology); to catch (one's finger in a door, etc.) - the meaning "to catch one's finger" is predominantly used in Kansai ➜ 指を詰める

suffix / ichidan verb:

• to continue ...; to keep doing ... without a break
• to do ... completely; to do ... thoroughly
• to force someone into a difficult situation by ...

noun:

• Okinawa Reversion Agreement (1971); Agreement between Japan and the United States of America Concerning the Ryukyu Islands and the Daito Islands

noun:

• defeat; loss; losing (a game)

suffix:

• failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.) ➜ 名前負け【なまえまけ】

noun:

• discount; loss (on a sale)

noun:

• bitch; witch; ugly woman; dog - derogatory term - From Portuguese "espada"
• normal card; card having only a floral pattern that gives a player only one point - orig. meaning, referring to the card suit "spades" ➜ 花札

noun / ~する noun:

• holding a castle (during a siege); holing up
• confinement (to one's home); staying at home; staying indoors

noun:

• in calligraphy, an abbreviated or mistaken form of a character, or a work written in more than one calligraphic style

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to buy all (of something) one can get one's hands on; to buy up; to scoop up

expression:

• order's up; one order ready; coming up; your order is ready
• problem solved; one down; all done

noun:

• winning hand with at least one terminal tile in each set and no honor tiles - Mahjong term

expression / ichidan verb:

• to droop (e.g. ears of grain)
• to bow one's head; to hang one's head