noun:

• long thin strip of dried sea-ear or paper attached to a gift

noun:

• minor or untalented actor (relegated to roles such as the legs of a stage horse)

noun / ~する noun:

• lack of registration (in the census register)
• buying a geisha or prostitute her contractual freedom ➜ 身請け

noun:

• dried sardines (held together by a bamboo skewer or string piercing the eye sockets)

noun:

• order; ordering
• beginning; start
• foreword; preface; introduction ➜ 序詞
• opening of a song (in gagaku or noh) ➜ 序破急

noun:

• food covered in a thick starchy sauce (usu. made of kuzu or katakuriko flour) - Food term ➜ 餡

expression:

• indication that a page or site may be linked without restriction - From English "link free"

noun:

• (of a website) being delisted or censored by the Google search engine

noun:

• off-flavor; bitterness or other unpleasant taste that detracts from the flavour of a drink

noun:

• (railway, bus, highway) route designed or designated to meet a specific problem
• countermeasure program (policy)

noun:

• locomotor ataxia; difficulty walking or speaking (due to alcoholism, a stroke, etc.); someone with this problem - colloquialism - sensitive

noun / ~する noun:

• popping bubble-wrap (e.g. for fun or as a stress relief technique) ➜ ぷちぷち

noun / suffix noun:

• nature (of a person or thing)
• that which does not change according to external influences - Buddhism term

noun:

• sharing a room, flat, apartment, or house (with roommates, flatmates, etc.) - From English "room share"

noun:

• van or truck with a display, retail, etc. facility; mobile showroom - From English "caravan car"

noun:

• paper-covered frame put over a hearth or brazier to make the fire last longer

noun:

• pseudonym used when calling in or writing to a radio program - From English "radio name"

noun:

• new release of a song by the original artist or composer - From English "self cover"

noun:

• sink (e.g. kitchen)

~の noun / noun:

• cruising (e.g. taxi); strolling (entertainer, musician, etc.)

noun:

• washing area in a Japanese-style bath
• back-washing service (in a public bath)
• floating (something on water); setting adrift; washing away

noun:

• (sound of an) explosion or detonation; roar (of a machine)

godan ~す verb:

• to begin slipping or sliding
• to make a start upon

adverb / ~する noun:

• with a click (door sound) - onomatopoeia
• with tenseness or firmness - onomatopoeia

noun:

• batter or base runner's right to advance a base - Baseball term - From English "entitle" ➜ エンタイトルツーベース

noun:

• light offered to a god or Buddha; votive light

noun:

• the spoken words of the emperor or a noble - honorific language