noun:

• a reclusive life; living secluded from the world; leading a sequestered life - four character idiom

noun:

• flag with a red circle on a white background
• the Japanese flag ➜ 日章旗

noun:

• sprouts from a stump; buds from the base of a tree - from 孫（ひこ）生え ➜ 余蘖

noun:

• custom plug-in - IT term

noun:

• through a wall; on the other side of a wall - usu. as 壁越しに

expression / noun:

• trivial matter; cinch; easy as pie; piece of cake; child's play

noun:

• before breakfast - orig. meaning

noun:

• dripping liquid (soup, sauce, etc.) from the tips of one's chopsticks (a breach of etiquette)

noun:

• northern side house (to the rear of a main residence; often home to one's wife) ➜ 対の屋

expression:

• wasting one's breath (trying to explain something); (reading) the Analects of Confucius to a dog [literal] - idiom

noun:

• sending off a customer (e.g. to the closest train station)
• sending customers (somebody's way)

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to understand each other well; to call forth a response in another's heart; to relate to

noun:

• sink (e.g. kitchen)

~の noun / noun:

• cruising (e.g. taxi); strolling (entertainer, musician, etc.)

noun:

• washing area in a Japanese-style bath
• back-washing service (in a public bath)
• floating (something on water); setting adrift; washing away

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to kowtow (to bow from a kneeling position such that the forehead touches the ground); to prostrate oneself; to give a deep, reverent bow

noun:

• hitting; striking ➜ 打っ込む
• throwing; tossing ➜ 打っ込む
• mixing ➜ 打っ込む
• wearing ➜ 打っ込む
• bottom fishing; legering ➜ ぶっこみづり
• gap between pegs in a pachinko machine (that a ball can pass through)

noun:

• tying a person's limbs to two or four bulls and making them run in different directions (Warring States-era death penalty)

noun:

• Japanese reading of a kanji (sometimes esp. in ref. to readings that do not correspond to the orig. Chinese meaning of the kanji)

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be balding in the front; to have a receding hairline

noun:

• working in the theater (theatre); attached to a particular theater

expression / ichidan verb:

• to advance to the next stage (e.g. in a tournament)

noun:

• castle on a hill in the plains; flatland-mountain castle ➜ 平城【ひらじろ】・山城【やまじろ】

noun:

• stage left (on a noh stage), in front of the chorus ➜ 地謡座

noun:

• stage left (on a noh stage), in front of the chorus - obscure term ➜ 地謡前

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to take down (e.g. flag); to launch (e.g. boat); to drop; to lower (e.g. ladder); to let (a person) off; to unload; to discharge
• to drop off (a passenger from a vehicle); to let (a person) off
• to withdraw (cash)
• to wear (clothing) for the first time
• to fillet (e.g. a fish)

noun / suffix noun / counter:

• class (e.g. school); grade; rank

counter:

• kyū; kyu; junior rank in martial arts, go, shogi, etc. ➜ 段【だん】

noun / ~する noun:

• founding a country
• opening of a country (e.g. Japan) to the world ➜ 鎖国