noun:

• picking up a bowl with one's right hand which is already holding one's chopsticks (a breach of etiquette) - obscure term

expression:

• which reminds me ...; come to think of it ...; now that you mention it ...; on that subject ...; so, if you say ... ➜ そう言えば【そういえば】

noun:

• value honor; round wind, seat wind, and dragon tiles - Mahjong term ➜ 圏風牌・門風牌・三元牌
• winning hand containing one kong (or pung) of a value honor - Mahjong term ➜ 役【やく】

noun:

• anticipated questions and answers (e.g. for a press conference, interview or oral exam); collection of hypothetical questions and answers

noun:

• fine tea; brand-name tea; famous tea; choice tea; well-known brand of quality green tea

expression / ~する verb (spec.):

• to be left in the dust of; to play second fiddle (to); to take second billing (to)

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to pull apart; to separate
• to have a lead over; to pull ahead of; to outdistance

noun:

• one tenth; one hundredth; one percent; one tenth of a sun; one quarter ryou (an old coin)

~する verb (spec.):

• to line up with; to be a member of; to rank with
• to attend; to take part in

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to point down; to look down Antonym: 上向く
• to get worse; to begin to fall (e.g. of a price)

noun:

• your house; your home; your family - honorific language
• your husband - honorific language
• your organization - honorific language

pronoun:

• you (referring to someone of equal status with whom one is not especially close) - honorific language

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to laugh at; to ridicule; to mock; to make fun of; to sneer at ➜ 嘲笑【ちょうしょう】・せせら笑う【せせらわらう】

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be aware of; to know about; to be concerned in; to have to do with - oft. in the negative

noun / ~する noun:

• setting oneself free from the life of a white-collar worker; quitting a job as a salaryman and launching an independent business ➜ サラ

noun:

• marguerite (Chrysanthemum frutescens) ［マーガレット］
• Japanese women's hairstyle comprised of a long braid tied up in a loop with a ribbon (ca. 1885)

counter:

• counter for large animals (e.g. head of cattle); counter for insects in a collection; counter for helmets, masks, etc.

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to show appreciation for (efforts, esp. by someone of equal or lower status); to thank for; to reward for

noun:

• lined surgeonfish (Acanthurus lineatus, Indo-Pacific species of tang); clown surgeonfish; blue banded surgeonfish; blue linned surgeonfish; striped surgeonfish

noun / ~する noun:

• rōnin; ronin; masterless samurai
• waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination ［浪人］

noun:

• person out of work; jobless person ［浪人］
• wanderer; drifter ［浪人］ - orig. meaning - archaism

noun:

• manager (e.g. of a business, an idol, etc.)
• in a sports team (esp. at school) someone who does the routine drudge work

godan ~す verb / intransitive verb:

• to have more wins than losses; to lead someone (by no. of matches)
• to take the lead over an opponent (in points)

noun:

• bull's-eye
• object of desire; most-coveted goal
• male crotch (as a target in fighting); the jewels (as in "kick him in ...") - colloquialism

noun:

• cosmic bowling; bowling in a bowling alley that is lit up like a disco with lots of flashing lights

noun:

• dried lacquer
• dry lacquer (technique); kanshitsu; technique for making objects (vessels, sculptures, statues, etc.) from many layers of hemp cloth soaked with lacquer

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at