noun:

• thinly-sliced food grilled on a cedar board

expression:

• a samurai never goes back on his word - proverb

expression / ichidan verb:

• to heap abuse upon (a person); to criticize strongly; to blast (someone)

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to write (a person) up (in a positive or negative light); to write something up so that it stands out; to write up in an exaggerated fashion; to detail; to list

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to meddle; to poke one's nose into; to interfere
• to make a pass at; to flirt with; to make a move on

noun:

• making a piece of clothing with the same cloth inside and out; making a kimono with lining of the same fabric - four character idiom

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be indicated as the winner of a bout by the raising of the referee's fan - Sumo term
• to be declared the winner - idiom

noun:

• passing a bone fragment from one pair of chopsticks to another while placing the remains of the deceased in a funerary urn; two people picking up the same bone fragment with chopsticks at the same time
• passing food from one pair of chopsticks to another (a breach of etiquette); two people picking up the same piece of food with chopsticks at the same time ➜ 拾い箸

noun:

• comparing autumn leaves to a garment
• layered garments that mimic the colours of autumn leaves (worn from the 9th to the 11th month of the lunar calendar)

noun:

• priest's flapper made from the tail of a large deer; long stick with the tail of a large deer attached ➜ 払子

noun:

• town order (Edo period); order issued by a shogun or daimyo affecting a whole town, and passed on by town officials

noun:

• recipient; receiver; acceptor; taker
• skilled practitioner (of judo, sumo, etc.) - Martial Arts, Sumo term
• person who picks up the cards (in karuta games) ➜ 読み手

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to entrust; to leave to a person

noun:

• weight (e.g. paperweight); pressing down
• keeping control; exercising authority
• having self-control; exercising self-discipline
• defense; guard; deterrence

noun / ~の noun:

• the past; bygone days; the previous
• a past (i.e. a personal history one would prefer remained secret); one's past
• past (tense); preterit; preterite - Linguistics term
• previous life - Buddhism term

expression / noun:

• Day of the Rat (esp. the first Day of the Rat in the New Year)
• collecting herbs and pulling out young pine trees by the roots - abbreviation ➜ 子の日の遊び
• pine shoot pulled out in such a manner ➜ 子の日の松

noun:

• bus on a circular route; bus following a circular route

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to surpass the rest (e.g. of a large group); to stand out from the crowd; to be the best by far ➜ 抜群

noun / ~する noun:

• cutting a thin object (e.g. vegetable stalk) at a 45 degree angle; cutting in a way that blunts or rounds the cut ➜ 削ぐ

noun:

• sunken kotatsu; low table over a hole in the floor (may have a heat source underneath and a hanging quilt to retain warmth) ➜ 炬燵

noun:

• vengeful spirit (spawned from a person's hate); doppelgänger; co-walker; wraith
• mankind; souls; people ［せいれい］

noun / ~の noun:

• amateur; layman; ordinary person; novice Antonym: 玄人【くろうと】

noun:

• respectable woman (not a prostitute, hostess, geisha, etc.) ➜ 玄人【くろうと】
• unlicensed prostitute - archaism - Kyōto dialect ➜ 私娼

~の noun / noun:

• immediate; right there on the spot; impromptu; instant; instantaneous

expression / noun or verb acting prenominally / godan ~る verb:

• depending on the circumstances ➜ に依る

expression / godan ~る verb:

• due to (with modifying verb)

noun / ~する noun:

• endorsement; proof; note on back of the scroll