godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to make publicly known; to profess to be; to pretend to be; to pass off for; to pose as

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to stop (doing something); to cease; to put aside
• to leave as is; to leave alone
• to exclude; to except ➜ を措いて【をおいて】

expression / ichidan verb:

• to put a stop to; to put a hold on; to put the brakes on; to call a halt to; to block; to shelve

noun:

• townhouse (i.e. house in the middle of a town); traditional townhouse
• tradesman's house (esp. a home with a shop in front); merchant's house; merchant's family

expression:

• rejecting the advances of women is a man's shame; shameful is he who spurns a woman's invitation; not eating the meal set before him is a man's shame [literal] - proverb ➜ 据え膳【すえぜん】

expression:

• small bag and young woman [literal]
• like a small bag seems to be able to contain few items yet can be stuffed with many, a young woman seems inexpensive to bring up yet can end up costing a lot
• a young woman and a small bag are both fragile and great care must be taken with both of them

pre-noun adjectival:

• what is called; as it is called; the so-called; so to speak

expression / ichidan verb:

• to fill in a hole; to plug up a hole; to fill in for a vacancy

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:

• listing (on the stock exchange, etc.); taking a company public
• presentation (e.g. of a play, opera); performance ➜ 上演

noun:

• a little more than usual; bribe money added to a regular fee; and then some - From English "plus alpha"

noun:

• sushi rice in a box or bowl with a variety of ingredients sprinkled on top - Food term ➜ ばら寿司【ばらずし】・五目鮨【ごもくずし】

noun:

• post-retirement job; work done by a retired person where earning an income is not a primary concern - four character idiom

noun:

• fixed-interval transfer ceremony (wherein a shrine's sacred object is transferred to a newly constructed main hall)

noun:

• opening a door for a moment (esp. on the train, when someone's foot is stuck, etc.) - obscure term

noun:

• sign used to designate a hot springs (e.g. on a map)
• traditional style love hotel ➜ 連込み宿・逆さ海月【さかさくらげ】

noun:

• wait for the middle tile of a three-in-a-row which will finish one's hand - Mahjong term

noun:

• misedashi; debut of an apprentice geisha; ceremony in which a shikomi becomes a maiko ➜ 仕込み【しこみ】・舞子【まいこ】

noun / ~する noun:

• leaving temporarily; stepping out; going away for a while

noun:

• camera focusing error (on a space between two objects) ➜ 抜く【ぬく】

expression:

• to sacrifice something small in order to save something great; to lose a leg to save one's life; to kill a small bug and help a large one - proverb

noun:

• head (of a household, etc.); leader; master
• owner; proprietor; proprietress
• subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed)
• guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers); long-time resident (or employee, etc.)
• husband

pronoun:

• you - familiar language ➜ おぬし

noun / ~する noun / transitive:

• closing down a course or a program (school, etc.)

noun / ~する noun / intransitive verb:

• end of a course or program (school, etc.)

noun:

• octopus - abbreviation
• octopus regulator; alternate second-stage air pressure regulator used as an alternative air source in an emergency

noun / ~する noun:

• abstention (from voting); renunciation (of a right); withdrawal (from a contest)

noun / ~する noun:

• military service; serving in a war; taking part in a campaign