noun / counter:

• swing; shake; wave; swinging

noun:

• appearance; behaviour - usually written using kana alone
• pretence (pretense); show; pretending (to) - oft. after a noun+の or verb in the dictionary form - usually written using kana alone ➜ 振りをする

noun / ~の noun:

• going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction - usually written using kana alone

noun:

• move (dance); postures
• lead in (e.g. to a running joke, asking a question); lead up - oft. as フリ - usually written using kana alone ➜ 前振り
• unsewn part of a hanging sleeve on a traditional Japanese woman's garment

suffix / counter:

• counter for swords, blades, etc.

noun:

• not wearing underwear or pants - archaism

noun:

• official size of a tatami mat for measuring room size (esp. a Kyoto-size tatami mat) ➜ 京間
• basic rhythm (in traditional Japanese music) - Music term
• room (in a brothel) of a prostitute of the highest rank - archaism

adverb:

• with a clang; with a bang; with a crash

~の noun / adjectival noun:

• a little tight; a little snug ➜ きつい
• a little harsh ➜ きつい・きつい

noun / ~の noun:

• after a bath; after taking a bath ➜ 浴後

noun:

• large towel used after taking a bath; yukata worn after taking a bath ➜ 浴衣

noun:

• goldfish with a shrimp-like tail ［えびお］
• head of a shamisen or lute (bent back like a shrimp's tail)

noun:

• open three-of-a-kind (meld); three-of-a-kind made with a tile called from another player - Mahjong term ➜ 刻子・明刻子

noun:

• drawing a tile from the wall - Mahjong term - From Chinese
• win with a self-drawn tile - Mahjong term
• winning off a self-drawn tile while completely concealed (yaku); winning off a self-drawn tile without having called any tiles - abbreviation - Mahjong term ➜ 門前清自摸和

noun / ~する noun:

• running (for election); coming forward as a candidate
• going on horseback
• going in person
• letting out a horse; taking out a horse - archaism

expression / adverb:

• in short; in a nutshell; in a word; to cut a long story short

noun:

• a fast (dissolute) life; a life of follies; a life given to dissolute pleasures - four character idiom

adverb:

• very; awfully; exceedingly - とっても is more emphatic
• (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot) - before a negative form

adverbial noun / temporal noun / ~の noun:

• originally; primarily
• essentially; naturally; by nature; in (and of) itself
• proper; legal

noun / ~する noun:

• observance (of laws, rules, etc.); adherence; obeying; following; abiding by; compliance

noun:

• investigation (e.g. by police or prosecutors); examination; inquiry; enquiry

noun:

• communicable disease control (e.g. by quarantine, disinfection, etc.); prevention of epidemics

~の noun / noun:

• familiar; well-known; regular (e.g. customer); old stand-by - polite language ➜ 馴染み

noun:

• perpetual change caused by karma; vicissitudes of life; that which is made - Buddhism term

pronoun:

• you (primarily used by men in letters to their equals or inferiors) - polite language

pronoun:

• you (primarily used by males when addressing their male equals or inferiors)

noun:

• winning by opponent's resignation (in the game of go)

noun:

• following one's master into death by committing ritual suicide (seppuku) ➜ 先腹

expression / ~くる verb (spec.):

• to have one's heart touched (by something very moving)

noun:

• typographical error caused by selecting wrong kanji when word-processing

noun:

• era during mid-1990s dominated by grand champions Akebono and Takanohana II - Sumo term ➜ 曙貴時代