noun:

• chignon resembling a seagull's spread tail feathers (Edo-period women's hairstyle)

noun:

• small boat used for unloading goods from a large boat anchored nearby

noun:

• slipway
• cradle used on a slipway for launch or repair of small ships

noun:

• sandbar shark (Carcharhinus plumbeus, a species of requiem shark) ➜ ヤジブカ

noun:

• roasted or deep-fried fish or meat, marinated in a spicy sauce

noun:

• what was said; what it means; origin of a story (or tradition, etc.) - usu. as 〜のいい

noun:

• tall container resembling a serving table (used for serving sake, confectionery, etc.)

noun:

• board games, card games etc. (played without a computer) - From English "analogue game" ➜ ボードゲーム

noun:

• open-mouthed form (statue with open mouth, symbolizing the "a" half of "aum")

noun:

• low-ranking priest who does manual labour at a temple; male temple employee - Buddhism term ➜ 寺男

expression:

• know your enemy, know thyself, and you shall not fear a hundred battles - proverb ➜ 敵を知り己を知れば百戦危うからず

noun:

• (Chinese) jump rope; jumping over a fixed elastic rope ➜ ゴム紐【ゴムひも】

noun:

• hairdresser's room in the residence of the shogun or a noble - archaism

noun:

• employer from whom one has received a unofficial offer of employment; prospective employer

noun:

• employee of an association, society, etc. (but not of government or a corporation)

noun:

• paddle shift; paddle shifting (e.g. on a car)

noun:

• cutting off the head
• shaping the flowers and leaves of a plant

noun:

• simmering after steaming - Food term
• simmering (in a small amount of broth); smothering; estouffade - Food term

expression:

• life is but a dream; this too shall pass; everything is transient - proverb ➜ 浮世

noun:

• karma mandala (in Shingon); three-dimensional mandala with a sculpture of each deity - Buddhism term ➜ 四種曼荼羅【ししゅまんだら】

noun / ~する noun:

• (putting a song etc. on) endless repeat; endless repetition

counter:

• counter for occurrences

noun:

• a time; an instance
• inning (baseball); round; game

noun / suffix noun:

• episode; chapter; instalment - colloquialism

noun:

• Hui (people) - abbreviation ➜ 回族
• Islam - abbreviation ➜ 回教

noun / prefix:

• rag; scrap; tattered clothes
• fault (esp. in a pretense, pretence); defect

adjectival noun:

• run-down; shabby; junky

noun / ~する noun:

• throwing into; inserting; depositing
• investment; putting in (personnel, etc.)
• release of a product
• making (an electrical circuit)

noun:

• corner
• segment (within a radio or TV program); session; column (newspaper, etc.)
• area; department; section