expression / godan ~す verb:

• to get up (e.g. from bed)
• to make one's way in the world; to achieve in life

expression:

• if a man hears the Way in the morning, he may die in the evening without regret - from a quote by Confucius - proverb

noun:

• rope that ties the lower end of the sail to the hull (on a Japanese-style ship)

noun:

• the "ka" column of the Japanese syllabary table (ka, ki, ku, ke, ko)

noun:

• the "sa" column of the Japanese syllabary table (sa, shi, su, se, so)

noun:

• the "ta" column of the Japanese syllabary table (ta, chi, tsu, te, to)

noun:

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

noun:

• the "ma" column of the Japanese syllabary table (ma, mi, mu, me, mo)

noun:

• the "ra" column of the Japanese syllabary table (ra, ri, ru, re, ro)

noun:

• even pitch; accentless pitch; Japanese pitch accent pattern with no drop from high to low pitch

noun:

• Japanese marten (Martes melampus)
• marten (any arboreal weasel-like mammal of genus Martes)

noun:

• The Circle of Rainbow Light; Japanese religious group based on the teachings of Aum Shinrikyo ➜ オウム真理教

noun:

• the "a" column of the Japanese syllabary table (a, i, u, e, o)

noun:

• the "na" column of the Japanese syllabary table (na, ni, nu, ne, no)

noun:

• Japan and (South) Korea

~の noun:

• Japanese and (South) Korean

noun / noun or verb acting prenominally:

• American
• American coffee (weaker than regular Japanese coffee) - abbreviation

noun:

• black pine (Pinus thunbergii); Japanese black pine

noun:

• yodan verb conjugation; verb conjugation of classical Japanese - Linguistics term ➜ 五段活用

noun:

• Japanese persimmon (Diospyros kaki); Chinese persimmon; kaki

noun / ~する noun:

• massage (esp. anma, a traditional form of Japanese massage)

noun:

• masseur; masseuse; massager - sensitive
• blind person (as many were traditionally massagers) - archaism - colloquialism

noun:

• firm-sided backpack made of leather, etc. (used by Japanese elementary schoolchildren, often red for girls and black for boys) - From Dutch "ransel"

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to poke one's nose into another's affairs; to have a hand in; to take a (deep) interest in; to meddle in
• to poke one's head (into a room)

noun:

• young lady of noble birth; princess (esp. in Western contexts, tales, etc.)

suffix noun / noun:

• girl ➜ 彦

prefix:

• small; cute; lesser (in names of species)

noun:

• prostitute - archaism - Kyōto dialect

noun:

• preface; introduction ➜ 前置き
• lead in (to a joke, question, etc.); lead up
• payment in advance (by bank transfer) - abbreviation ➜ 前振込み
• swinging (one's body) forward

noun:

• monkey booze; sake-like liquid produced by the fermentation of fruits left by monkeys in tree caches or hollows in rocks