noun:

• curved wooden support on top of the main beam of a house, now mainly decorative (shape evocates an open-legged frog)

pronoun:

• he; she; him; her - derogatory or familiar

noun:

• samurai's attendant (in a var. of origami)
• type of popular song accompanied by dance from the Edo period

noun:

• behaving in a way characteristic of teenagers going through puberty, esp. by being overly self-conscious; 2nd year of junior high sickness [literal] - slang - humorous term

expression / godan ~う verb:

• (for a nobleman) to bestow one of the kanji in his name upon someone (e.g. meritorious retainer, boy coming of age, etc.) - archaism

noun:

• period of grace (e.g. in which merchant vessels are allowed to leave a belligerent nation's port after an outbreak of war) - Law term

~と adverb / noun:

• (with a) slamming noise (door, telephone receiver); (with a) banging noise; (with a) clash (broken dish); (with a) clank; (with a) bang - onomatopoeia

noun / ~の noun:

• base (e.g. of a triangle) ［底辺］ - Mathematics term
• low class; low in social standing; low level; of poor reputation

noun:

• base (e.g. of support); foundation; basis

expression:

• a wise man keeps some of his talents in reserve; one shouldn't show off; the person who knows most often says least; a skilled hawk hides its talons [literal] - proverb

noun:

• day of Ten'ichijin's first ascension to heaven in a year (the 30th day of the first sexagenary cycle of the year) - obscure term ➜ 天一神・天一天上・癸巳

noun:

• file wrapper for a patent; correspondence about the status of a patent between the inventor and the patent office

noun:

• host (of a party, summit, etc.)
• host (of male host club)

noun / suffix:

• historical view; view of history (from a given point of view)

noun:

• economy of scale; cost saving or benefit from having a larger scale (e.g. of production) - From English "scale merit" ➜ 規模効果

suffix:

• taking a quantity (of time, people, etc.)
• similar to ...
• dependent on ...; reliant on ...
• while ...; when ...; in the midst of ... - after the -masu stem of a verb

noun:

• layering; placing a large amount of orders and cancelling before they are executed (with the intent of manipulating the market) - Finance term ➜ 見せ板【みせいた】

noun:

• layering; placing a large amount of orders and cancelling before they are executed (with the intent of manipulating the market) - Finance term

noun:

• within the borders of a country; domestic soil
• inland area
• Japan proper, as opposed to its overseas colonies; interior of country; homeland - used during the WWII era
• (in Hokkaido and Okinawa) the "mainland" parts of Japan (Kyushu, Shikoku, Honshu)

noun:

• approximate age; apparent age ➜ 年の頃

noun / ~の noun:

• marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; age of adulthood

noun:

• appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...) - after modifying phrase

noun / adverbial noun:

• past few years; for some years - archaism ➜ 年来

adverb:

• after all; in the end; ultimately; eventually

noun / ~の noun:

• conclusion; end ➜ 結局のところ

noun:

• end of a game of go, shogi, etc. ➜ 終局

noun / ~する noun:

• public appeal (e.g. for contributions); public offering (of securities); public advertisement (of a post); open recruitment

noun:

• groove in a shamisen player's fingernail caused by the friction of the string of the instrument ➜ 糸道【いとみち】

expression / ichidan verb:

• to put a lot of effort (into); to take a strong interest (in); to put great emphasis (on); to show zeal (for) - idiom

noun:

• meaningless words added a song for rhythmical effect; words or utterances added to modulate the cadence of a song

expression / ichidan verb:

• to take advantage (e.g. of a weak situation); to size up (e.g. customer when setting a high price) - from palanquin bearers gauging how weary a traveler's feet are, and raising the price accordingly - idiom

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to plant oneself; to settle in
• to be well-established (e.g. of a religion in a particular area); to have taken root