noun:

• "No." (Zhaozhou's answer to the koan "Does a dog have Buddha nature?") - Buddhism term ➜ 狗子仏性

noun:

• Naso (genus of tropical marine surgeonfishes in the family Acanthuridae known as unicorn fishes due to a spike protruding from the forehead)

expression:

• after a short time; in a short while; a short time later

~と adverb / ~する noun:

• with a snap; with a bang; with a plonk; with a click - onomatopoeia ➜ ぱたり
• suddenly; all of a sudden - onomatopoeia ➜ ぱたり

noun:

• (automotive) assembly - abbreviation
• man who drives a woman around for free; man used by a woman for his car - from 足 - slang

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to be at one's wit's end; to be in great trouble; to be at a loss

noun:

• mixture of ingredients (originally five)
• mixture of minced vegetables, fish, and meat, mixed in a starch (rice, noodles) - abbreviation ➜ 五目飯【ごもくめし】・五目鮨【ごもくずし】・五目そば【ごもくそば】
• gomoku (game); five in a row; go-bang - abbreviation ➜ 五目並べ

noun:

• horsepower; HP ➜ 馬力
• home page ［ＨＰ］ - IT term ➜ ホームページ
• half-pipe (i.e. in snowboarding) ［ＨＰ］ ➜ ハーフパイプ
• HP (i.e. a 'hit point' in a role-playing game) ［ＨＰ］
• harp ［ｈｐ］ ➜ ハープ

expression:

• till; to; over (a period); through (e.g. Monday through Thursday); about (approx. time or place); on
• concerning (an area of expertise)
• swearing by (one's sword, God, etc.)

noun / ~する noun:

• starting a business
• opening a store (for the day)

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to say in a round-about way (not to upset); to cushion the blow; to wrap in wafer paper [literal] - idiom

noun:

• knee dislocation
• making somebody's knees bend (by hitting them behind the knees with one's own knees)

noun:

• shop in shop; shop-in-shop; in-store shop

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to catch (a person's words); to make out; to follow; to understand
• to find out by asking

adverb / ~と adverb:

• with a clash; with a thud; with a bang; with a flop; plump - onomatopoeia
• unexpectedly (meeting someone) - onomatopoeia
• suddenly (ending); abruptly (coming to a halt) - onomatopoeia

noun:

• ranking system based on dan and kyū (in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.) ➜ 級・段

noun:

• ranking system based on dan and kyū (in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.) ➜ 級・段

noun:

• message appended to a note accompanying a gift, requesting the recipient to keep the gift at hand

expression:

• be guided by your children when you are old - proverb

noun:

• large fan-shaped object held by an attendant and used to conceal the face of a noble, etc.

noun:

• hanging; something hanging (i.e. a flap, lappet, etc.)
• sauce for dipping, etc. made from soy sauce, mirin, vinegar and dashi - also タレ - usually written using kana alone
• (in kendo) loin guard
• kanji radical enclosing the top-left corner of a character

suffix noun:

• -ass; -head - used after a noun or na-adjective indicating someone's nature; also ったれ - derogatory term

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in

godan ~つ verb / intransitive verb:

• to lead; to take the lead (in doing something)
• to precede; to go before; to take precedence
• to die before (esp. one's spouse, parents, etc.)
• to be a prerequisite

noun:

• three shop system; system employed by pachinko parlours of using separate shops to exchange prizes for cash as a way of circumventing Japan's gambling laws

noun:

• ghost runner; placeholder used when fewer than 9 members are present on a team - Baseball term