noun:

• visiting a shrine or temple to give thanks
• settling scores

noun:

• citing or naming a variety of flowers
• multi-flowered design

noun:

• employee of a messenger or delivery service - From English "hand carrier"

noun:

• prescoring (recording the music or sound effects before filming a scene) - abbreviation

adverbial noun / noun:

• within the next couple of days; in a day or two - four character idiom

noun / ~の noun:

• eponym (word derived from the name of a place or person)

noun / ~の noun:

• eponym (word derived from the name of a place or person)

noun:

• blocking communications (from a phone number or an e-mail address)

noun:

• blocking communications (from a phone number or an e-mail address) - abbreviation - slang ➜ 着信拒否

noun:

• (gen. of a woman) loving two or more partners without favour - four character idiom

noun:

• flagstaff decorated with ivory carried by the emperor or a general

noun:

• democide; the murder of any person or people by a government

noun / ~する noun:

• brushing

noun:

• blushing (blotchiness or milkiness in paint applied to a surface)

noun:

• leather or cloth wrapped around the handle of a sword

noun:

• fee paid for the services of a geisha or prostitute

noun:

• ascending trench or pathway cut into a naturally-occurring slope ➜ 横堀【よこぼり】

noun:

• isolated gain in a slow or declining market (stock, currency, etc.)

noun:

• isolated gain in a slow or declining market (stock, currency, etc.) ➜ 独歩高【どっぽだか】

noun:

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

noun:

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

noun:

• long strips of decorative paper or leather attached to a matoi ➜ 纏

expression / ichidan verb:

• to raise one's hand or hands - usu. 手を挙げる
• to surrender - usu. 手を上げる
• to raise a hand to someone (as a threat to strike) - usu. 手を上げる
• to improve - usu. 手を上げる ➜ 腕を上げる

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to banter; to make fun of; to jeer at
• to cool; to refrigerate
• to window-shop; to look at without buying

noun:

• crawling on the ground; shuffling on one's knees
• cripple - sensitive

expression:

• things that do not exist; fur on turtles, horns on rabbits [literal] - four character idiom - idiom