noun:

• arraying a number of reference books in order to compose poetry; literary composition crammed with maxims, ancient episodes, legends, etc.
• otters lining a catch of fish on a river bank; (people) making offerings (esp. of fish) - orig. meaning

noun:

• (yarn) count

suffix:

• n-th place (e.g. in a race); n-th in position (e.g. a starting lineup) - as in 二番手 ➜ 一番手

noun:

• half of a piece of paper; half-size paper; (ticket) stub

particle:

• used to create a form of question indicating that the speaker actually believes the opposite is true; emphasizes a determination not to do something, e.g. "Like hell I will!" - male language

noun:

• area on the concave side of a mountain arc or a crescent-shaped archipelago ➜ 外帯
• area of southwestern Japan north of the Median Tectonic Line ➜ 西南日本内帯

noun:

• area on the convex side of a mountain arc or a crescent-shaped archipelago ➜ 内帯
• area of southwestern Japan south of the Median Tectonic Line ➜ 西南日本外帯

noun:

• bur (of a chestnut, etc.); burr ［イガイガ・いがいが］ ➜ 毬【いが】

adverb / ~と adverb:

• irritating (e.g. one's throat); thorny; bristling ［イガイガ・いがいが］

~と adverb / adverb:

• crying of a baby - archaism - onomatopoeia

noun:

• oni; ogre; demon
• spirit of a deceased person ➜ 亡魂
• ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.) ［おに］
• it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.) ［おに］ ➜ 鬼ごっこ【おにごっこ】
• Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) ［き］ - Astronomy term ➜ 二十八宿・朱雀【すざく】

prefix:

• very; extremely; super- ［おに］ - slang ➜ 超

noun:

• confection of sweetened beans wrapped in wheat-flour dough (in the shape of a sword guard) - abbreviation ➜ 金鍔焼き
• metal sword guard; polearm - archaism

noun:

• using multiple simple paper masks to represent different emotions in a play (from the middle of the Edo period) ➜ 百面相
• simple paper mask ➜ 目鬘

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to take a breather; to take a rest ➜ 一息入れる
• to catch one's breath; to take a breath

~する noun:

• shutting yourself out of your car with the key left inside - From English "in key"

expression:

• in crowds; in a group; in swarms ➜ なして

noun:

• yen-denominated foreign bond; samurai bond; bond denominated in yen issued by a non-Japanese issuer

noun:

• anchor (of a ship) ➜ 錨【いかり】
• last runner or swimmer in a relay team
• news anchor; news presenter - abbreviation ➜ アンカーマン
• anchor (clock component); pallet fork ➜ アンクル
• anchor (HTML) - IT term
• link to previous post (e.g. in web forums) - IT term ➜ レスアンカー

noun / ~の noun:

• in operation (of a machine, especially security cameras); in use; in action

noun:

• offering to a deity or somebody's spirit
• tribute to a person who is about to depart

noun / ~する noun:

• reading in a monotone
• reading a Chinese classical text without translating it into Japanese

noun:

• owner of a hermitage; abbess; prioress; nun in charge of a Buddhist convent

godan ~う verb:

• to crowd together in a confined space; to gather and make a commotion

suffix:

• indicates storeys, structures, or materials used in a building
• indicates denomination (after a currency)

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to fabricate; to invent; to make up (a story); to hoax; to pull a hoax
• to cobble up; to put together in a hurry

noun:

• apron of a gun; cover for the touch-hole on a cannon or matchlock ➜ 火蓋を切る

expression:

• in the middle of something; busy with something
• in commotion as a result of something untoward happening
• currently importing or capturing data

noun:

• merchant; trader
• expert (professional) in a given trade or profession; shrewd businessman; expert
• woman working in the nightlife business (bar or nightclub hostess, geisha, etc.); demimondaine ➜ 商売女・水商売