expression / noun:

• mutual use of company facilities (e.g. rail tracks for through service, airport facilities, code-sharing, etc.)

noun / ~する noun:

• making one's debut; making one's first appearance - esp. 顔見せ
• (just) showing one's face; showing up - esp. 顔見せ ➜ 顔を見せる
• introductory kabuki performance (to introduce the actors) - esp. 顔見世
• December kabuki performance at Kyoto's Minamiza Theater in which all famous actors perform - esp. 顔見世 ➜ 顔見世狂言

noun / adverbial noun / suffix noun:

• (approximate) time; around; about; toward - ごろ when used as a suffix
• suitable time (or condition) ➜ 食べ頃
• time of year; season

noun / ~する noun:

• collecting; accumulating; gathering
• collection (of art, stamps, insects, etc.)
• garbage collection; waste collection

noun:

• sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera); Indian lotus; lotus
• rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus) ［はちす］ ➜ 木槿

noun:

• Okinawa (prefecture); region comprising most of Japan's southwestern archipelago (esp. Okinawa Island) ➜ 琉球
• Okinawa (city)

noun:

• (being beholden to someone for a favor of) a night's lodging and a meal - four character idiom

noun:

• false start of a bout - Sumo term
• backsies (called when taking back a move in a game)

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to feel relieved; to forget about one's troubles; to settle into peace of mind - idiom

adjectival noun / ~の noun / suffix:

• -phil; -phile; enthusiast (for); love (of)
• being attractive (to); to tend to be liked (by)

noun:

• Ichijitsu Shinto (alt. name for Hie Shinto: a form of Shinto heavily influenced by Tendai) - abbreviation - obscure term ➜ 山王一実神道

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to lose one's means of livelihood; to become unable to earn a living

noun:

• Heath monitor (Varanus rosenbergi, species of carnivorous monitor lizard found in Australia); Rosenberg's monitor

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to bow (of one's back, e.g. due to age); to bend

noun:

• yellow-head monitor (Varanus melinus, species of carnivorous monitor lizard native to Indonesia); quince monitor

noun:

• back-right corner of rear stage (area behind main noh stage); stage attendant's spot [literal] ➜ 後見

noun / ~する noun:

• caricaturing
• turning a movie, novel, etc. into a manga; making a comic version of something ➜ 漫画

adverb / ~と adverb:

• cool; collected - onomatopoeia
• expression of disappointment (e.g. falling "wuh-wuh-wuh" sound in TV shows, etc.) - onomatopoeia

noun:

• minced meat; hashed meat; pieces of meat (often sold in a pack)

noun:

• specified disaster; disaster of extreme severity; large-scale (natural, etc.) disaster identified as especially disruptive - Law term

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to have someone hold; to let someone have; to give
• to have someone carry; to send with someone
• to keep; to preserve
• to have someone pay (e.g. the bill); to burden someone with
• to raise someone's hopes

noun:

• drawing a tile from the wall - Mahjong term - From Chinese
• win with a self-drawn tile - Mahjong term
• winning off a self-drawn tile while completely concealed (yaku); winning off a self-drawn tile without having called any tiles - abbreviation - Mahjong term ➜ 門前清自摸和

adjective:

• warm; mild; (pleasantly) hot - 暖かい usu. refers to air temperature
• considerate; kind; genial ［温かい］
• warm (of a colour); mellow ［暖かい］
• having enough money ［暖かい］

pronoun:

• you (referring to someone of equal or lower status) - 貴女 refers only to females and 貴男 refers only to males - polite language
• dear (what a wife calls a husband) ［貴方・貴男］

noun / ~する noun:

• recruitment; invitation; selection; advertisement; taking applications
• raising (funds, donations, etc.); collection; subscription; solicitation
• flotation (of shares, loans, etc.)