noun:

• touch controls (e.g. on a smartphone)

noun:

• platform on which a structure is built; stylobate; foundation

adverb:

• or; otherwise
• furthermore; also
• perhaps; by some chance; possibly - archaism
• that being said; be that as it may - archaism
• however; but - archaism
• not to mention; needless to say - archaism
• as expected; sure enough - archaism
• really; at all - used to express emphatic denial, suspicion, or emotion - archaism

~の noun / adverb:

• by nature; from the very beginning; through and through; at heart
• absolutely (not); (not) at all - followed by a verb in negative form

adjectival noun / ~の noun / adverbial noun:

• just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment - onomatopoeia

noun:

• dismissal of class (at the end of the day) ➜ 放課後
• recess (at school); break - Nagoya dialect

expression / ichidan verb:

• to glance at; to look at; to scan; to run one's eyes over

noun:

• stall-keeper (esp. at a festival); street vendor; huckster; faker; hawker; seller of unreliable merchandise

noun / ~する noun:

• secluding oneself in the mountains; undertaking ascetic practices at a mountain temple
• retreat; off-site meeting

expression:

• one's word is worth 1,000 pieces of gold; a promise should be kept at all cost - four character idiom

noun:

• primness; prim person ［澄まし・清まし・清し・洗］ ➜ お澄まし
• clear soup - abbreviation ➜ すまし汁
• water for rinsing sake cups (at a banquet, etc.) ［澄まし・清まし・清し・洗］

expression / ichidan verb:

• to drag things out; to creep up slowly on the point; to strangle (execute) slowly with a silk cord (instead of quickly with a rope) [literal]

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to look at; to gaze; to stare at

noun:

• yamanba; manba; girl or young woman adhering to a fashion trend often characterized by extremely gaudy and colourful facial make up, heavily tanned skin and hair dyed in a bright hue - colloquialism ➜ 山姥・ガングロ

noun:

• tall chair (e.g. for eating at a counter); bar stool
• high-chair; tall child's chair, often with a tray for food ➜ 子供椅子

noun / ~する noun:

• going on one's own or one's own way

noun:

• tatami room; tatami mat room; formal Japanese room
• dinner party in a tatami room (esp. when a geisha or maiko attends)

expression:

• expression used to depict a woman who is attractive primarily when it's dark out, she's far away, or her face is partially hidden by a bamboo hat

noun:

• lint (as in a clothes dryer or a pocket); waste thread; fibers, such as might wrap around the gears in small mechanisms and cause them to jam; fluff ➜ 綿ぼこり

noun:

• seducer; smooth talker; ladies' man; playboy; playgirl

noun / ~する noun:

• picking up women (on the street) - usu. written as ナンパ - usually written using kana alone - colloquialism ➜ 逆ナン

noun:

• moderate party; moderate ➜ 硬派
• social story (in a newspaper, etc.); society columnist (of a newspaper)
• bearish trader; bear

noun:

• lunch; midday meal
• food served at a tea party (tea ceremony) - usu. 中食

godan ~す verb:

• to gnaw at and scatter around; to start a lot of things without finishing any

noun:

• bemoaning the frustration of reaching truth (for surplus of academic paths); being at a loss

noun:

• partner (esp. in manzai); companion ［相方］ ➜ 漫才
• partner for the night (e.g. at a brothel)

noun:

• person at a public bath in charge of heating the water and filling the baths