noun:

• round (esp. in sports, negotiations, etc.); rounds (e.g. nurse, security guard, etc.)

noun / ~する noun:

• poverty; need; destitution
• having great difficulty with; struggling greatly with; being in distress

noun:

• clear broth soup, with ingredients and garnish floating in and on it

noun:

• chopped burdock root (and sometimes carrot) cooked in sugar and soy sauce - abbreviation ➜ 金平牛蒡

noun:

• pillow word (decorative word used prefixally in classical Japanese literature)
• preface; introduction

noun:

• open air bath (in an inn, onsen, etc.); external hot spring bath

noun:

• jiangshi; Chinese hopping vampire; reanimated corpse in Chinese legends and folklore - From Chinese "goeng-si"

expression / ichidan verb:

• to travel all over; to be active in places widely apart

noun / ~する noun:

• leading (movement, revolution, etc.); guiding
• instructing in Buddhism; converting (someone) to Buddhism - Buddhism term
• advocacy ➜ 唱道

noun:

• dictionary giving etymology and describing historical changes in meaning and usage

noun:

• atrium; well (in building); vault ➜ 階段の吹き抜け

noun / noun or verb acting prenominally:

• blow-by; blow-bye; blowout

~の noun:

• drafty; draughty

noun:

• backward glance; sidelong glance ➜ 尻目にかける
• faceless ghost with an eye in its rump ➜ のっぺらぼう

noun:

• Hall for State Ceremonies (in Heian Palace, Kyoto Imperial Palace, etc.) ➜ 十七殿

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• composed and unhurried; easygoing and leisurely; in indolence - four character idiom

noun / adjectival noun:

• broad-minded and free in disposition; large-hearted and not scrupulous about trifles - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• firmly bear in mind; have something engraved on one's mind (heart) - four character idiom

noun:

• clumsy person; bungler; person with no particular talents (in performing arts); nondrinker; nonsmoker - four character idiom

noun:

• punctuation words in haiku, renga, etc. such as "ya", "kana", "keri", etc.

interjection:

• yes; yeah; uh huh ➜ うん
• huh?; what?

auxiliary verb / suffix:

• not - negative verb ending used in informal speech; abbr. of negative verb ending ぬ ➜ ぬ

particle:

• 's - abbr. of particle の; indicates possessive ➜ の・の
• at (place, time); in; on; during - abbr. of particle に, used esp. when it precedes the verb なる ➜ に

noun:

• Tenpo calendar; Japan's last lunisolar calendar (in use from 1844 to 1872)

conjunction:

• indicates two contrasting actions - form: ...つ...つ ➜ 浮きつ沈みつ・追いつ追われつ

particle:

• indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words) - archaism

noun:

• on par (in golf, meeting par for that hole) - From English "par on"

noun:

• Kanda Festival (held at Kanda Myoujin Shrine in Tokyo on May 15)

noun:

• limited liability company; LLC; GK; company structure for small businesses, established in 2005

noun:

• eel and cucumber salad, finely sliced, dressed in sake, soy, and vinegar - Food term