noun:

• forming an alliance; conclusion of a treaty of alliance

noun:

• handle of an axe; handle of a hatchet - obscure term

noun:

• person of high rank; nobleman - archaism - honorific language ➜ 御前【ごぜん】
• wife of a nobleman

adverb / ~と adverb:

• sound of a camera shutter - onomatopoeia
• sound of water splashing - onomatopoeia ➜ パシャン

noun:

• copy of a registration certificate; certified copy of register

noun:

• manager (e.g. of a business, an idol, etc.)
• in a sports team (esp. at school) someone who does the routine drudge work

noun:

• figure; design
• twill weave; pattern of diagonal stripes ［綾］
• style (of writing); figure (of speech)
• design; plot; plan
• minor market fluctuation; technical correction
• cat's cradle - abbreviation ➜ 綾取り【あやとり】
• lease rod (in a loom) - abbreviation ➜ 綾竹

noun:

• cosmic bowling; bowling in a bowling alley that is lit up like a disco with lots of flashing lights

noun / ~する noun:

• acrobatic barrel-rolling (performed using the feet while lying on the back)
• handing something around (within a fixed group of people in a pre-arranged order)
• handing off a problem to someone else (in order to evade responsibility)

noun:

• call of a wild goose
• wild goose (esp. a lesser white-fronted goose, Anser erythropus) - usually written using kana alone
• tea made from twigs of high-quality tea plants (esp. gyokuro); high-grade kukicha (esp. from gyokuro) ➜ 茎茶・玉露

noun:

• famous place
• name of a part (of an instrument, etc.) ［などころ］
• name and address ［などころ］

noun:

• sensitivity (e.g. of a measuring instrument); reception (radio, TV, etc.)
• sensitivity (of film)

adjectival noun / noun / ~する noun:

• busyness; a lot of things to do
• frequent use; heavy use (of); many uses

noun:

• Angelica keiskei (species of angelica, a herb of the parsley family)

noun / ~する noun:

• personal selection (esp. of a defense lawyer) - esp. 私選 ➜ 国選
• private selection (e.g. of poetry) - esp. 私撰 ➜ 勅撰

noun / ~する noun:

• one reading (of a poem aloud) leaves one with ceaseless sighs of admiration - four character idiom

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to turn the rudder of a ship; to change direction (of policy, etc.)

noun / ~する noun:

• closing of the fireplace in a Zen temple (first day of the 2nd month) ➜ 開炉

noun:

• winning hand composed of two sets of two identical chows plus a pair - Mahjong term ➜ 一盃口【イーペーコー】

noun:

• written investigation; report of an investigation
• school record (on a student); transcript (of grades)

noun:

• skilled control of a spear; stabbing (someone) with a spear - orig. meaning
• victim; scapegoat; someone singled out (for punishment, etc.) ➜ 槍玉に挙げる

noun:

• division of a shrine's tutelary deity, in order to share it with another shrine; spirit divided in such a manner

expression:

• don't be a sore loser; don't make excuses for your failures; a defeated general should not talk of strategy [literal] - proverb

noun:

• first quotation for a stock at the first exchange meeting of the New Year
• initial share price during a public offering

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to form a crowd; to have a crowd of people