noun:

• ghost that appears at sea during a shipwreck
• something strange or suspicious
• idiot; fool
• noh mask for roles involving dead or ghost characters

adjectival noun / noun / ~の noun:

• intangible; incorporeal
• by force; outrageous; cruel; unreasonable ➜ 無理
• making light of; making fun of

noun:

• scorch; burn; scorching
• burnt rice ➜ お焦げ【おこげ】
• part of ceramic glaze that has become dark or darkish-brown during firing

particle:

• even
• even if; even though
• because of; on the grounds that

noun:

• young person
• servant; errand boy in a samurai family
• person of lowly status

noun:

• eight-tenths
• casting someone out
• type of baggy tobi trousers with the baggy part taking up eight-tenths of the full length of the trouser leg ➜ 鳶ズボン

noun:

• phase change - Physics term
• state change - IT term
• transformation of characters - includes flattening, petrification, chocolization, etc. - colloquialism

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to gouge; to hollow out; to bore; to excavate; to scoop out
• to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain ［えぐる］
• to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light ［えぐる］

noun / ~する noun:

• confusing people
• magic
• ghost, monster, etc., the true identity of which is unknown

noun:

• little shop; small shop; small store
• my shop ［しょうてん］ - humble language
• low class whorehouse in Fujiwara (Edo period); low class brothel ［こみせ］
• passage formed under the eaves of houses after heavy snowfalls (Tōhoku region) ［こみせ］

noun:

• workshop ［さいくじょ］ ➜ 工房
• Heian and Kamakura-period furniture workshop (established in temples and various government bodies)
• Edo period office which administered tenders for arms, armor, etc.

noun:

• marrow; pith
• centre; center; nucleus; hub
• bottom of one's heart

noun:

• red eyes; bloodshot eyes
• red-eye ➜ 赤目現象
• red mullet (Chelon haematocheilus) - usually written using kana alone ➜ 赤目魚
• facial gesture of pulling one's eyelid down and sticking out one's tongue

noun:

• miniature shrine with double doors (used to store important Buddhist items such as sutras, etc.)
• cabinet with double doors (used by the nobility to store books, etc.) ➜ 厨子棚
• (in Okinawa) carved and decorated stone container for storing the bones of one's ancestors ➜ 厨子甕

noun:

• lost work; lost writings
• partially lost work; literary fragment; work that survives through quotations
• work of a superior quality

noun:

• cold noodles (in Korean style)
• chilled Chinese noodles - Kansai dialect ➜ 冷やし中華
• cold Chinese noodles accompanied by soup for dipping ➜ つけ麺

adverb:

• gushing out (e.g. sweat or blood); flowing profusely - onomatopoeia
• thump-thump; bang-bang; pit-a-pat; pitapat; pitter-patter - onomatopoeia
• sound of hoofbeats - onomatopoeia

noun:

• group - Chemistry term ➜ 官能基
• (free) radical ➜ 遊離基

counter:

• counter for installed or mounted objects (e.g. stone lanterns, gravestones, satellites)

noun:

• sitting outdoors - archaism
• room that served both as a reception room and as a living room in a Heian-period mansion ➜ 寝殿造り
• temporary sitting place installed in the garden at the imperial court, used on the occasion of archery or sumo ceremonies

noun / ~する noun:

• somersault
• returning from a destination right after arriving there; non-stop round trip; round trip without an overnight stop
• abrupt change of direction

expression:

• until then; till then; up to that time
• to that extent
• the end of it; all there is to it

noun:

• win; victory
• beautiful scenery; scenic spot

suffix / counter:

• counter for wins Antonym: 敗

noun:

• child; children
• other people's children
• the Son of Man; Christ

noun / suffix noun:

• broken piece

suffix noun:

• below (a certain level, point, quantity, etc.); dropping below

noun:

• illegal downloading and distribution of commercial software; warez - slang - IT term ➜ ワレズ

noun:

• Baha'i
• the Baha'i faith
• a member of the Baha'i faith