noun:

• unity; even matching; interdependence ［もちあい］
• steadiness (of market price); holding; no change

noun:

• couple's ring; set of rings worn by unmarried, unengaged couples - From English "pair ring"

noun / ~する noun:

• pairing ［ペアリング］

noun:

• mast - From Dutch

noun / adjectival noun:

• necessary; mandatory; indispensable - From English "must" ➜ マストアイテム・マストバイ

noun:

• must; juice of grapes or other fruit prior to fermentation into wine

noun / ~する noun:

• cramp; sprain; crick; strain (muscle)

noun:

• unreasonableness; absurdity

~の noun / adjectival noun:

• illogical; unreasonable
• misdirected; misplaced; wrong (of estimate, guess)

noun:

• effectiveness; efficacy; efficaciousness - 効き often refers to medicine

suffix noun / prefix noun:

• dominance (e.g. of left or right hand) ［利き］

noun:

• tasting (alcohol, tea, etc.) ［利き］ ➜ 聞き【きき】

noun:

• result; effect; performance; success
• workmanship; execution; shape and quality (of an article); finishing touches

noun:

• one mountain
• pile (of something); heap; lot (in sale)
• hump; worst part
• large profit; killing ➜ 一山当てる【ひとやまあてる】

adverb / noun:

• regularly; promptly - onomatopoeia

~と adverb:

• sound of clashing swords - onomatopoeia

noun:

• Manchu queue ➜ 辮髪
• padded sleeveless kimono jacket; Japanese vest (often for children) ➜ ちゃんちゃんこ

noun:

• en-tout-cas (track or tennis court surface made of clay and crushed brick) - From French

noun:

• rain chain (hanging from a gutter and functioning as downspout, often made of ornamental cups)

noun:

• shed; shelter; terminal (e.g. cargo, airport, etc.); temporary covering of a building being built

prefix:

• one (of a pair)
• incomplete; imperfect; fragmentary
• few; little
• off-centre; remote
• side; problem; question; matters ➜ 片が付く

noun / ~する noun:

• counselling (often of imprisoned criminals by a chaplain, etc.); giving guidance ［教誨・教戒］
• admonishment; scolding; exhortation ［教戒・教誡］

noun:

• makizushi; sushi made rolled in nori seaweed with a core of filling - Food term

noun / ~する noun:

• stretching pieces of a kimono on boards to dry after they have been washed and starched

noun / ~する noun:

• shading; color; colour
• kumadori; style of kabuki makeup used for violent roles

noun:

• thin slices of beef, cooked with various vegetables in a table-top cast-iron pan; sukiyaki ➜ すきやき

noun:

• Japanese grass vole (Microtus montebelli)
• any rodent of subfamily Arvicolinae (incl. voles, lemmings and muskrats)

noun:

• part of a building where water is circulated (kitchen, bathroom, etc.); wet area

noun / ~の noun:

• piece of junk (esp. dismantled or broken down car); worn-out article

noun:

• hitting (with fist); striking

noun:

• undeveloped woodland near populated area
• settlement pattern of living in upland valleys and cultivating lower slopes

noun:

• precious orb
• Cintamani stone; wish-fulfilling jewel - abbreviation - Buddhism term ➜ 宝珠の玉
• hōju; uppermost spherical part of a pagoda finial

noun / expression:

• iroha order; traditional ordering of Japanese syllabaries (based on a Buddhist poem) ➜ 五十音順

noun:

• vegetables pickled in salted rice-bran paste, esp. with lots of liquid - Food term ➜ 糠味噌漬け
• hot-dip galvanizing - colloquialism - Engineering term

adverb:

• with a snap; (break) cleanly - onomatopoeia
• (reject) sternly; flatly
• smartly (e.g. of dressing up well)