noun:

• winning hand with at least one terminal or honor tile in each set - abbreviation - Mahjong term ➜ 混全帯公九【ホンチャンタイヤオチュウ】

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to seclude oneself; to hide away; to stay inside (one's shell)
• to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.)
• to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be stuffy; to be dense
• to be muffled (e.g. voice)
• to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
• to confine oneself in a temple to pray

noun:

• teacher; master; doctor - honorific language

suffix:

• with names of teachers, etc. as an honorific - honorific language

noun:

• previous existence ［せんじょう］ - archaism ➜ 前生

adjectival noun / noun:

• trouble; burden; nuisance; bother; worry
• care; dependence; support; kindness; obligation; staying (with a person)

adverb:

• originally; essentially; naturally; by nature; really; actually
• in the first place; to begin with

prefix:

• next
• hypo- (i.e. containing an element with low valence) ➜ 次亜

counter:

• order; sequence; time; times

noun:

• keirin; cycle racing event, usu. 2km with a paced start and sprint finish - ケイリン is often used for the sport, and 競輪 is often used in the context of gambling

noun:

• onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori) - polite language

noun:

• curly men's hairstyle, usu. associated with yakuza or delinquents - From English "punch permanent"

noun:

• jōruri; type of dramatic recitation accompanied by a shamisen (associated with Japanese puppet theater)

noun:

• motorized two-wheeled vehicle (with a displacement of less than 50cc); scooter; moped - abbreviation ➜ 原動機付自転車

noun / ~する noun:

• complete defeat; losing all of one's matches; finishing the tournament with no wins - Sports term

adjectival noun / ~の noun:

• parched; dried-up; bone-dry - onomatopoeia

adjectival noun:

• empty; hollow - onomatopoeia

adverb / ~と adverb:

• rattling; clattering - onomatopoeia
• laughing loudly; roaring with laughter - onomatopoeia

noun:

• armchair; chair with arm rests
• senior staff

expression / adjective:

• in conflict; incompatible; out of harmony; running counter; mutually exclusive; clashing with

noun:

• senior manager; director; person below the department head with responsibility for a particular area

noun / ~する noun:

• having an audience with someone of very high social standing (e.g. the emperor) - humble language

noun:

• loach stew; loaches boiled in soy sauce with stewed eggs and slivered burdock root - Food term ➜ 泥鰌

noun:

• garnish (e.g. vegetables with a meat dish); trimmings; fixings; relish

noun:

• women's obi with a different colour on each side (originally black and white)

noun:

• fish sliced open, seasoned with mirin, soy sauce, etc. and dried in the sun

noun:

• liquid; beverage; drink
• food with high water content
• gamble; uncertain affair; matter of chance

noun:

• thin strip of wood smeared with sulfur, used to light a fire

noun:

• beshimi; noh mask with a slanted mouth, bulging eyes and large nostrils

noun:

• grand champion considered to be truly great, usually with over 10 makuuchi tournament wins - Sumo term