expression / noun:

• being quiet and meek (in contrast to normal behaviour); being as meek as a lamb; a borrowed cat [literal] - idiom

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to make a great fuss; to raise a hue and cry; to make an uproar; to clamour

noun / ~する noun:

• scraping together (a sum of money); raising (a sum of money) by straining one's credit - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• leading a meeting; presiding over a meeting; officiating at a ceremony; chairmanship

noun:

• chairman; presenter; host; moderator; master of ceremonies ➜ 司会者【しかいしゃ】

noun:

• publication (e.g. of an article in a newspaper); carrying (e.g. a story); running (e.g. a serial); insertion (e.g. of an advertisement); printing; posting (e.g. on the web)

noun:

• yakiniku; Japanese dish of grilled meat similar to Korean barbecue - Food term
• roasted meat; grill - Food term

noun:

• (in Japanese history) crude warrior from the eastern parts of the country; wild man

noun:

• name given to the lowest rank of the Japanese caste system after its abolition - obsolete term - derogatory term

noun:

• irregular conjugation (inflection, declension) of verbs ending in "nu" (in written Japanese) - Linguistics term

noun:

• irregular conjugation (inflection, declension) of verbs ending in "nu" (in written Japanese) - abbreviation ➜ ナ行変格活用

noun:

• dust, etc. that gathers in the bottoms of sleeves (esp. in Japanese traditional clothing)

noun / ~する noun:

• recovering the remains of soldiers (e.g. Japanese soldiers who died abroad during WWII)

noun:

• Edo-period realm of the Japanese (as opposed to the Ainu) in southern Hokkaido ➜ 蝦夷地【えぞち】

noun:

• the (fast) pace at which life passes, and thus the nearness of death; promptitude of the changes of the times - four character idiom

noun:

• Grand Tutor (second of the top three civil positions of the Zhou Dynasty)
• Minister of the Left (official in Nara and Heian periods) ➜ 左大臣

noun:

• advancing and retreating; appearance and disappearance; one's daily activities; one's course of action; one's attitude - four character idiom

noun:

• frame (e.g. of film, panel in a comic, etc.)
• scene
• time block (e.g. of a class schedule)

noun:

• business center of a city (centre)
• business center of a hotel (providing fax & copy services, etc.)

noun:

• approx. 80% of the way up a mountainside
• view of a light green mountain; mountain that appears green from afar

noun:

• Western medicine (as introduced to Japan by the Dutch during the Edo period)

noun:

• traditional Japanese calendar with pictures; traditional Japanese calendar expressed with pictures for use by illiterates ➜ 盲暦

~の noun / adjectival noun:

• multicolored; multicoloured; of various colors; of various colours
• diverse; of all kinds; all manners of; a variety of

expression / ichidan verb:

• to sleep together (for a man and a woman); to bring one's bodies together (e.g. for warmth)

noun / ~する noun:

• suspension; interruption; stoppage; ban; standstill; halt; hang-up; deadlock; stalemate; abeyance - usu. ていし
• suspension of music, dance, etc. as a sign of mourning for a prominent person ［ちょうじ］

noun / ~する noun:

• assignment (of a person to somewhere); attachment (of a person to another unit, organization, etc.)