noun / ~の noun:

• consuming food and drink in restaurant (as opposed to taking it home) - From English "eat in"

noun:

• var. of knot often used to tie mizu-hiki ➜ 鮑結び
• woman's hairstyle, braided in this fashion

expression:

• having thought for neither gain nor greed; only wanting to do something (thinking about nothing else)

noun:

• fish, chicken, shellfish, etc. blanched by exposure to boiling and then icy water ➜ 霜降り

expression:

• phrase used (usu. with accompanying crossed fingers gesture) to ward off catching 'dirtiness' from another child - children's language ➜ えんがちょ

noun:

• photographer, usually an amateur, who likes to take pictures of models and presenter ladies in exhibitions - abbreviation ➜ カメラ小僧

auxiliary:

• word used at sentence-end (like a particle) to indicate speculation, volition or invitation - archaism - Kantō, Tōhoku dialect
• should; must ➜ 可き

noun:

• stripe-tailed Goanna (Varanus gilleni, species of carnivorous monitor lizard native to northwestern and central Australia)

noun:

• annual religious ceremony that occurs in Tenmangu where worshippers come to exchange their wooden bullfinch birds ➜ 天満宮

noun:

• right of samurai to kill commoners for perceived affronts (Edo period)

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to carry on one's shoulders (esp. of two or more people carrying a palanquin, etc.)

expression:

• in a manner of speaking; as it were; so to speak; if you like; per se

adjectival noun:

• various; diverse; divergent; disorderly; uncoordinated
• each according to one's own wishes

noun:

• convulsions (in a child); nervousness; short-temperedness
• bug thought to cause children's diseases

noun:

• karuta game in which players race to grab cards associated with a given reading ➜ カルタ・読み札・取り札

suffix noun:

• superior to (e.g. professional, etc. in ability or achievement) ➜ 裸足【はだし】

noun:

• ignoring (one thing) for (another) ➜ 其方退け【そっちのけ】

noun:

• coarse tea in which a pinch of salt is added (said to help dissipate alcoholic intoxication)

noun:

• manpower supplied by designated adult men to government officials, or tax in lieu (ritsuryo system)

expression / noun:

• fish in a pot about to be boiled; "person who is blissfully unaware of deadly danger" [figurative]

noun:

• dragon's den
• auspicious place for a temple, town, etc. to be built (feng shui)

noun:

• going through a cave, grass ring or the interior of a large Buddhistic statue, etc. (symbolizing rebirth)
• narrow grotto (into which a person can barely fit)

adjective:

• fast; quick; hasty; brisk - esp. 速い, 疾い, 捷い
• early (in the day, etc.); premature - esp. 早い
• (too) soon; not yet; (too) early - esp. 早い
• easy; simple; quick - esp. 早い ➜ 手っ取り早い

adjectival noun / noun:

• liked; well-liked; favourite; favorite Antonym: 嫌い【きらい】
• in love (with); loved; romantically interested (in)

noun / adjectival noun:

• faddism; eccentricity
• the way one likes; (as) it suits one

adverb:

• too; also; likewise; either ➜ 矢張り【やはり】
• still; as before ➜ 矢張り【やはり】
• even so; either way; after all; nonetheless; in any event; all the same ➜ 矢張り【やはり】
• as expected ➜ 矢張り【やはり】

noun:

• kyogen; farce presented between noh plays or during the interlude of a noh play ➜ 本狂言・間狂言
• kabuki play; kabuki performance
• make-believe; ruse; trick