noun:

• natto made by a temple and given to supporters at the end of the year ➜ 寺納豆

noun:

• first star of the Big Dipper
• top applicant in the civil service examination (Imperial China) - archaism

noun:

• batting
• butting
• intruding on someone else's turf
• having a time or schedule conflict

adjectival noun:

• having a single meaning; allowing only one interpretation; unequivocal; unambiguous
• principal; primary; most important

expression / adjective:

• useless; stupid; good-for-nothing ➜ 仕様が無い
• having no way to do ...

noun:

• playing on equal terms; having no handicap for either player - Shōgi term ➜ 平手
• being evenly matched - Shōgi term

noun:

• shiritori; word-chain game; word game in which players must give a word starting with the last syllable of the word given by the previous player

noun / ~する noun:

• (having a) haircut; hair-cutting; hair-dressing

noun / ~する noun:

• having a medical exam; seeing a doctor

expression / adjective:

• strong-minded; strong-willed; having great willpower

noun:

• remains; fragment; remains after having cut something ➜ 切れ端【きれはし】

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 / ~の noun:

• three colours; three colors

noun:

• triple run; winning hand containing the same chow in each of the three suits - abbreviation - Mahjong term ➜ 三色同順
• triple pung; winning hand containing the same pung in each of the three suits - abbreviation - Mahjong term ➜ 三色同刻

adjective:

• feeling guilty; having a guilty conscience

expression / adjective:

• having a long body; long-bodied ➜ 胴の長い

noun / ~する noun:

• under one's jurisdiction; having jurisdiction

noun:

• shrine ritual held with the first two months of the year to forecast (or pray for) a successful harvest
• seasonal planting of rice on a field affiliated with a shrine

expression:

• having said that; be that as it may

noun / ~の noun:

• variation in color (colour); having a different color ➜ 色変わり【いろがわり】

noun / adjectival noun / ~の noun:

• having a very promising future; offering promising prospects - four character idiom

expression:

• be (that) as it may; having said that ➜ とは言うものの

expression:

• eating only a little; having a small appetite ➜ 食の細い

noun:

• dual citizen; person having dual citizenship or nationality

noun:

• nisei; second-generation Japanese (or Korean, etc.); foreigner of Japanese parentage

noun / suffix noun / prefix noun:

• the Second (king, etc. of the same name); second generation; junior

noun:

• son - colloquialism

noun:

• (a) jump
• splashes (usu. of mud)
• upward turn at the bottom (e.g. of a vertical stroke of a kanji or of a hairdo) - often 撥ね
• close (e.g. of a theatrical performance); breakup