noun:

• pot of chicken or seafood, and vegetables in a dashi broth, usu. cooked at the table (traditionally a winter meal); seafood and vegetable stew or chowder ➜ 寄せ

noun:

• taking a day off by paying one's own fee to one's master (of a prostitute; often in order to see her lover)

expression:

• going well together; good combination - idiom

noun:

• family crest featuring a ring of bamboo with a sparrow in the middle
• design featuring bamboo and sparrows (motif in Japanese painting)

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to decide to
• to pretend that - after the past tense form of a verb
• to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to - as 〜ことにしている

noun:

• food set out on a stand; gift placed on a stand
• food brought on a large stand to a brothel by a red-light district caterer - archaism

noun / ~する noun:

• addition of points; scoring
• addition of marks and symbols to a classical Chinese text to aid reading in Japanese

noun:

• drums which announce the opening of a stage performance or commencement of bouts; the sound produced by such drums - Sumo term

noun:

• gift received from a visitor (usu. used when offering the visitor to partake of part of that gift) - honorific language - abbreviation ➜ 御持たせ物

noun:

• gift received from a visitor (usu. used when offering the visitor to partake of part of that gift) - honorific language ➜ お持たせ

noun:

• balance of margin transaction; balance (of a stock) bought on margin

noun:

• imperial prince's family; family of a prince of royal blood ➜ 親王

noun:

• state legislator; member of state parliament; member of a provincial assembly

noun:

• half of a piece of paper; half-size paper; (ticket) stub

noun:

• leavings of a meal; food scraps; leftovers
• food particles (in one's teeth or mouth); bits of food

noun:

• white vinegar; plum vinegar made without perilla ➜ ホワイトビネガー・梅酢【うめず】
• dressing consisting of a dashi-diluted mixture of vinegar, ground sesame, tofu, sugar and salt - Food term

expression / ichidan verb:

• to give oneself to (esp. of a woman to a man); to surrender oneself to

noun / ~する noun:

• losing by being overmatched; being defeated by a stronger opponent
• losing by misusing one's powers; defeat as a result of trying too hard

expression / ichidan verb:

• to drag things out; to creep up slowly on the point; to strangle (execute) slowly with a silk cord (instead of quickly with a rope) [literal]

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to be worm-eaten; to be eaten by worms
• to affect adversely; to spoil; to ruin; to undermine; to gnaw at (one's heart, body, etc.); to eat into; to destroy

noun:

• last spurt; home stretch; last part of a race or period of time where you give it your best effort

noun:

• being preoccupied with immediate (superficial) differences without realizing that there are no differences in substance; six of one and half a dozen of another - four character idiom

noun:

• five implements placed in front of a Buddhist altar: two candlesticks, two vases (usu. containing flowers made of gilded copper) and one incense burner

noun:

• soryo system; organization of regional landholding families based on divided inheritance under the leadership of a main heir, usu. the eldest son (Kamakura period)

noun:

• area of a soccer pitch between the penalty area and the centre ring (of tactical importance) - Sports term - From English "vital area"

noun:

• daruma; tumbling doll; round, red-painted good-luck doll in the shape of Bodhidharma, with a blank eye to be completed when a person's wish is granted
• Bodhidharma
• prostitute