noun:

• the lone woman (e.g. bright flower) in a group

noun:

• standee (in a theatre); standing-room spectator; the gallery

noun:

• drying a futon (by hanging it outside in the sun)

noun:

• slender rope that goes through the hole in a coin

expression:

• suffix used to negate a verb in the non-past tense - polite language ➜ ない・ます

expression:

• suffix used to negate a verb in the non-past tense - polite language - Kansai dialect ➜ ません

expression / ~と adverb:

• without making waves; softly; (like) a willow in the wind [literal] - idiom

noun:

• words read by the priest in a Shinto purification rite

noun:

• alias for fox (from a statue in the Inarimae shrine)

noun:

• sleeve (esp. of a kimono); pocket of sleeve ➜ 袂を分かつ
• vicinity (esp. of a bridge)
• foot of a mountain; base of a mountain

expression:

• There's no point in staying (here) any longer; There's no point in prolonging a (the) visit; There's no point in extending one's stay - four character idiom

noun:

• crossing without meeting (e.g. letters in the post, people on the road); going astray
• difference of opinion; misunderstanding; estrangement; disagreement

noun / ~する noun:

• punch (with the fist)
• punching (a hole); hole punch

noun:

• punch (drink)
• punch (in a song, speech, etc.); impact

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to take something into ...; to bring in; to carry in
• to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring (a proposal); to commence negotiations ➜ 尻を持ち込む【しりをもちこむ】
• to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)

noun:

• meaning of a title (of a book, poem, etc.); point of a question

noun / ~の noun:

• illegal residence (in a country); illegal stay; illegal overstaying (of a visa)

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• raising the curtain Antonym: 閉幕【へいまく】

noun / ~する noun:

• opening (of an event); start of a season Antonym: 閉幕【へいまく】

noun:

• impression of a seal over the joint of two papers; tally

expression / noun:

• six of one, half a dozen of the other; scant difference - idiom

noun:

• font of purifying water placed at the entrance of a shrine

noun:

• the smoke of guns and a rain of bullets or shells - four character idiom

noun:

• celebration of the completion of a temple or shrine's construction

noun:

• time of receipt (of a package, etc. by the post office)

expression:

• everything comes in handy when used correctly; use the right tools for the right job; fools and (blunt) scissors have to be used in the right way - proverb

noun:

• assistant in a duel (e.g. a cockfight, poetry contest, etc.) (Heian period)
• older male in an homosexual relationship ➜ 念者