noun:

• this field or subject

noun:

• immediate or proximate cause

noun:

• decorative black flagpole tassel made from tail hair (of a yak, horse, ox, etc.) or dyed hemp ➜ 大頭【おおがしら】

noun:

• kanji "fighting" radical ➜ 闘構え

noun / ~の noun:

• Western or foreign type

noun:

• isolated gain in a slow or declining market (stock, currency, etc.)

noun:

• drug user or addict

noun:

• string tied to the chest of one's kimono or haori
• childhood (period where one would wear such a string) - archaism

noun:

• maid or housekeeper (in a visiting arrangement)

noun:

• man with a bald or shaven head

noun:

• small pouch containing a paper charm or talisman ➜ 守り札

noun:

• rusty color produced when black or purple clothes fade

noun:

• skill in go or shogi

noun:

• radio or television serial broadcast in the same time slot each day or week

noun:

• corn or granular snow

noun / ~する noun:

• clean or fair copy

noun:

• the "ha" column of the Japanese syllabary table (ha, hi, fu, he, ho)

adjectival noun / noun:

• bad form or manners; indecency; impropriety

noun:

• authority as chairperson or president, etc.

noun:

• (a) year or two

expression:

• no heat or cold lasts over the equinox - proverb

noun:

• three or four days

expression:

• something or other; unspecified matter

noun:

• having no end tiles or honor tiles and pinfu (common pair of yaku) - abbreviation - Mahjong term - From Chinese ➜ 断ヤオ【タンヤオ】・平和【ピンフ】

noun:

• backward or late-developing child