noun:

• giving up on winning a hand and discarding only safe tiles - Mahjong term

noun:

• giving up on winning a hand and discarding only safe tiles - Mahjong term ➜ 降り【おり】

noun:

• dot; point; mark
• tip; gratuity ［ぽち］ - Kansai dialect

suffix:

• a little; paltry; piddling; mere ［ぽち］ - often as っぽち ➜ ぽっち

noun:

• being entered in a new family register (through adoption, marriage, etc.) - obsolete term - Law term

noun:

• instant yakisoba in a cup ➜ カップ麺【カップめん】・焼きそば【やきそば】

noun:

• soba in hot broth, topped with a salty-sweet dried herring

noun:

• low-ranking samurai - abbreviation - derogatory term ➜ 三一侍
• rolling three and one (in a dice game) - orig. meaning ➜ ピン

expression / adverb:

• before one could; in no time at all; without a gap - usu. after plain verb

~の noun / noun:

• by order (of a superior); as instructed; official (e.g. notification)

noun:

• action rhymes; song sung (by children) as part of a game

noun / ~の noun:

• selection by the state (esp. of a defense lawyer); appointment; assignment ➜ 私選

noun:

• broadcast marathon; transmitting sequential episodes of a radio or television series

noun:

• staff at a horse changing station during the ritsuryo period - archaism

noun / ~する noun:

• sprinkling salt on a raw vegetable and rubbing it in - Food term ➜ 揉む【もむ】

noun / ~する noun:

• making a feature part of the specifications - From English "spec-in"

expression:

• confirmed as completed - often at end of document ➜ 完【かん】・以上【いじょう】
• everything must go (e.g. in a sale) - abbreviation ➜ 完全完売【かんぜんかんばい】

noun:

• nursing; caring for the sick
• deathwatch; attendance at a deathbed

noun:

• meal (esp. dinner) served in one's room (at a ryokan) ➜ 旅館

noun:

• drybrush; brush which gives a blurred effect in writing or painting

noun:

• table d'hôte; set meal (usu. in a hotel) - From French ➜ アラカルト

adverb:

• seriously; in earnest; for real; all out; really; with a will

noun:

• top-hinged window shutter (often held open with a pole)

noun:

• sawachi ryouri; assorted cold food served on a large plate

noun:

• running away from home for a very short time ➜ 家出

noun:

• staffing a retail outlet with one person - From English "one operation"