adverb / ~と adverb:

• clop clop; rumble rumble - onomatopoeia
• sound of something being boiled - onomatopoeia

noun:

• horse gait
• way of walking (e.g. in martial arts, etc.)

noun:

• mourning; mourning period

suffix noun:

• anniversary of one's death

noun:

• cornering someone
• cornering an opponent's king (shogi) - orig. meaning

expression / noun:

• having one's own premises ➜ 部屋持ちの親方【へやもちのおやかた】
• Edo-period prostitute successful enough to have her own room in an establishment - abbr. of 部屋持ち女郎

noun:

• green dragon tile - abbreviation - Mahjong term ➜ 緑發
• winning hand with a pung (or kong) of green dragon tiles - Mahjong term

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to say as a tradition; to customarily say
• to have a habit of saying

noun:

• bud; sprout; shoot ➜ 芽吹く【めぶく】
• opening of a bud

adjectival noun / noun:

• contrary to one's wishes; gone awry; gone amiss
• short of money; in financial difficulty

godan ~る verb:

• to pitch (e.g. a boat)
• to force out an opponent - Sumo term

noun:

• timetable; schedule ➜ 時刻表【じこくひょう】
• allocation of time (e.g. to tasks); time usage

expression / ichidan verb:

• to get moldy; to get mouldy
• to get out-of-fashion - idiom

noun:

• 2:00 to 2:30 AM; 3:00 to 3:30 AM
• dead of night; middle of the night; midnight

noun:

• white vinegar; plum vinegar made without perilla ➜ ホワイトビネガー・梅酢【うめず】
• dressing consisting of a dashi-diluted mixture of vinegar, ground sesame, tofu, sugar and salt - Food term

noun:

• hourglass-shaped object
• sarugaku performance art using such an object ➜ 散楽

noun:

• child in elementary or middle school
• go-between; intermediary; middleman; mediator; intercessor ➜ 仲人【ちゅうにん】
• person of middling talent, strength, etc. ［ちゅうじん］ - archaism
• middle-class person; bourgeois person ［ちゅうじん］ - archaism

noun:

• mess; sorry state; plight; sad sight - derogatory term

suffix:

• -ways; -wards - indicates direction
• in the act of ...; just as one is ... - after the -masu stem of a verb
• manner of ...; way of ... - after the -masu stem of a verb ➜ 様【さま】

expression:

• sashimi garnish
• something of no significance; something that can easily be done without

~と adverb / adverb / ~する noun:

• (feeling a chill or shiver) suddenly; (feeling) chilly; chillily - usu. ひやりとする
• with a sudden sense of dread (or fear, etc.); (being) suddenly (afraid, frightened, etc.); suddenly (breaking out in a cold sweat); frighteningly - usu. ひやりとする

noun:

• suggestion box; comment box
• complaints box placed in front of the supreme court (Edo period) - archaism

noun:

• assistant in a duel (e.g. a cockfight, poetry contest, etc.) (Heian period)
• older male in an homosexual relationship ➜ 念者

noun:

• Jim Crow; discrim. term for a black person - sensitive
• segregation of blacks; discrimination against blacks

noun:

• adductor muscle ➜ 閉殻筋
• adductor muscle of a bivalve (e.g. scallop, etc.) - Food term

noun:

• Zen (Buddhism) - archaism - obscure term ➜ 禅宗
• confusing style of middle-age Japanese poetry - derogatory term ➜ 達磨歌

noun / ~の noun:

• slim waist
• waist of a willow tree