noun:

• one square on a grid; one cell of a grid

noun:

• seasonal flowers arranged for a tea ceremony; flowers in a tea room

noun:

• end of a road; end of a street

noun:

• a cold in the throat; common cold with a sore throat

noun:

• hard lump under the skin (e.g. adipous tumor, lymph node tumor, etc.)

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• grinding against; pressing or rubbing with turning movements (e.g. someone's shoulders with one's elbow) - onomatopoeia
• rolling one's eyes; goggling one's eyes; googly eyes
• rattling sound

expression:

• when about to go back
• on the way back; on the way home

noun:

• room for rent (lease); room to let; office space for rent (lease)

noun:

• fat underbelly of a fish
• sand polishing
• sand finish (e.g. finishing a wall with sand mortar)
• chicken gizzard - colloquialism - Food term ➜ 砂嚢

noun / ~の noun:

• tone-deafness; amusia; having no ear for music

adjectival noun:

• tone-deaf; off-key

suffix:

• having no sense (of something); being hopeless (when it comes to something)

noun:

• solar pond (salty pond in which energy from solar energy accumulates in the lower layers, due to lack of convection)

noun:

• red Fuji; when Mt Fuji appears red because of the sun's rays (esp. in the early morning from late summer to early autumn)

noun:

• pigeon seen on the morning of the New Year (e.g. as one is going to the shrine or temple for the New Year prayers)

noun:

• gold driver's license; driver's license awarded to drivers who haven't been in an accident in the past 5 years

noun:

• scattering
• leaflets - esp. チラシ - usually written using kana alone
• sushi rice in a box or bowl with a variety of ingredients sprinkled on top - abbreviation ➜ 散らし寿司
• writing in an irregular hand - abbreviation ➜ 散らし書き

noun / ~する noun:

• infringement (of a law, treaty, etc.); contravention; running afoul
• conflict (with a theory, claim, etc.); inconsistency; incompatibility; contradiction
• collision; contact; touching - orig. meaning - archaism

noun:

• corridor; gallery; hallway; cloister (i.e. covered walk typically circling a building or garden, esp. in a palace or place of worship)

noun:

• host in a bar for male homosexuals; effeminate man who talks and dresses like a woman; young male homosexual - From English "gay boy"

noun:

• adipocere; grave wax; greying of the body fats of a corpse which rests in a moist but airless place (graying)

adverb:

• sound of a flat surface repeatedly making contact with something - onomatopoeia
• applying a seal or stamp again and again; pasting (paper) all over - onomatopoeia
• daubing; smearing - onomatopoeia

noun:

• mirror with a mythical Chinese bird carved into the back ➜ 鸞鳥
• (in Japan) 9th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. A sharp) ［らんけい］ ➜ 夷則・十二律

noun:

• white sandbar; white sandbank
• area in a garden or entrance of a house laid with white sand or pebbles
• gravel separating a Noh stage from the audience
• court of law in the Edo period, in which the parties sat on white sand - archaism ➜ お白州

~の noun / adjectival noun:

• worn-out; ragged; tattered; battered; scruffy - onomatopoeia

adverb / ~と adverb / adjectival noun / ~する noun:

• crumbling; dry and crumbly - onomatopoeia

adverb / ~と adverb:

• falling (in drops or clumps); scattering - onomatopoeia

adjectival noun:

• (physically or mentally) worn-out; exhausted - onomatopoeia

adverb / ~と adverb:

• (coming to light) one after another - onomatopoeia

noun:

• swift's nest (used to make bird's nest soup); edible bird's nest - obscure term ➜ ツバメの巣

noun / ~する noun:

• reservation; appointment; booking; advance order
• contract; subscription; pledge
• programming (e.g. a device); setting (e.g. a timer)

noun / ~する noun:

• taking advantage of (an opportunity); jumping on the bandwagon
• taking passage (in); getting a lift; getting a ride