expression / ichidan verb:

• to become skilled through years of experience ➜ 甲羅を経る

noun:

• roasted soybeans scattered to drive away evil spirits ➜ 年の豆

noun:

• declaration of death; pronouncing someone to be dead

noun:

• time to buy (on markets); buying opportunity ➜ 買い時

noun:

• tendency to not get married; declining marriage rate ➜ 晩婚化

noun:

• pasturing (e.g. cattle); turning loose (to graze) ➜ 放し飼い【はなしがい】

noun:

• loan with interest made to farmers - archaism

noun:

• tearoom attached to a theater (esp. in Kabuki)

noun / ~する noun:

• pruning tree branches to encourage new growth

noun:

• biosatellite; satellite designed to carry life in space

noun:

• great harm (esp. to a person); murder - obscure term

noun / ~する noun:

• making regular visits to a social welfare facility

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to wear (formal clothing) in a casual fashion

noun:

• city built according to the principles of fengshui ➜ 風水

noun:

• daikon, etc. trimmings, usu. added to rice - Food term

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to make a foursome - Mahjong term ➜ メンツ・揃う

noun / ~する noun:

• being reluctant to sell; holding off on selling

noun:

• baby talk (used in talking to young children)

expression:

• ideally; if one were to wish for more

noun / ~する noun:

• adding more water (to a bath tub) ➜ 差し湯【さしゆ】

noun:

• writing from left to right (esp. horizontally)

auxiliary verb:

• used to indicate respect for the listener (or reader) - polite language ➜ ます

noun:

• robe worn by military officials with a round collar, unstitched open sides, and no wrapped fabric along the bottom ➜ 闕腋の袍
• small opening in the side of traditional Japanese clothing (where the sleeve meets the bodice, below the armpit); clothing with such an opening (usu. worn by women or children) ➜ 八つ口

numeric:

• one-tenth; one percent (one-tenth of a wari); 3 mm (one-tenth of a sun); 2.4 mm (one-tenth of a mon, a traditional unit used to measure shoe sizes); 0.1 degree (one-tenth of a do, used to measure body temperature on any temperature scale)

noun:

• one-quarter of a ryou (obsolete unit of currency)
• thickness
• advantageous circumstances
• one-tenth of a monme of silver ➜ 匁【もんめ】

noun:

• folding book

suffix / counter:

• counter for units of paper and nori (48 pages of Mino paper; 20 pages of hanshi; 10 sheets of nori)
• counter for folding books, folding screens, shields, etc.
• counter for pairs of curtains
• counter for tatami mats ➜ 畳【じょう】