noun:

• reformist local government (often left-of-center); progressive local government

noun:

• gleaning (i.e. picking up crop left after harvesting)

noun:

• three-part joke, where the first two parts are similar and mundane, while the third is the punchline (e.g. How do you get to my place? Go down to the corner, turn left, and get lost.); rule of three (in comedy writing) ➜ 落ち【おち】

noun:

• having absolutely nothing (left); being out of everything; absolutely nothing

noun:

• Dardanus crassimanus (species of left-handed hermit crab)

noun:

• ideological literature (esp. left-wing)

noun:

• Fleming's rules (Fleming's left-hand rule & Fleming's right-hand rule)

noun:

• full dentures (e.g. no real teeth left)

noun:

• abandoned people (people left to fend for themselves after a war or natural disaster)

noun:

• statue of the birth of Buddha (right hand pointing at the heavens, left hand pointing at the earth) - Buddhism term

noun:

• Buddhist pilgrim (carrying 66 copies of the Lotus Sutra to be left at sites across Japan)

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to stop an inside seam rolling about; to press open a seam (and open the left and right sides out)

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to repeat a mistake (of somebody); to make the same mistake as that of ...; to follow the rut (left by someone else) [literal] ➜ 前車の轍を踏む・前轍を踏む

noun:

• seal; stamp - archaism
• depressing the string of a zither with one's left hand
• (in archery) left hand ➜ 引き手【ひきで】
• obstinacy; stubbornness

noun / ~する noun:

• coming down from one's seat and prostrating oneself (to pay obeisance)

noun:

• musicians' box on the left side of the stage
• lower seat ➜ 下座【しもざ】

expression / noun:

• completely empty (of a residence, etc.); vacant; deserted ➜ 蛻【もぬけ】
• body from which the soul has left; corpse
• shed skin (of a snake, insect, etc.) - orig. meaning

noun / ~の noun:

• bargaining; negotiation
• turning one's body to the left or right and standing (when leaving the presence of nobility, etc.)
• sailing close-hauled; sailing on a close reach

godan ~く verb:

• to wear on the head - archaism
• to have cloth, clothing, etc. bestowed upon one by their lord or master; to wear such cloth on the left shoulder
• to be injured

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】

adjectival noun / noun:

• upper part

noun:

• upper stream; upper course of a river ［かみて］
• right side of the stage (audience's or camera's POV); stage left (actor's POV) ［かみて］

adjectival noun / noun:

• skillful (only in comparisons); dexterity (only in comparisons) ［うわて］

noun:

• over-arm grip on opponent's belt ［うわて］ - Sumo term

noun:

• lion ➜ ライオン
• left-hand guardian dog at a Shinto shrine ➜ 狛犬

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to come out (e.g. hair); to fall out; to collapse (e.g. building, floor)
• to be left out; to be omitted

noun / adverb:

• (being) about to start out; (being) about to leave - usu. 出掛けに, etc. ➜ お出掛け
• having just left; (being) on the way

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to fail (in getting a job); to miss out (at fishing, hunting, etc.)
• to be left out; to be crowded out

expression:

• (it) goes without saying; needn't be said
• should rather be left unsaid