noun:

• hovering one's chopsticks back and forth over side dishes, when trying to choose which one to take (a breach of etiquette) ➜ 惑い箸

noun:

• purlin (structural beam in a roof); purline - Architecture term ➜ 母屋桁
• main building (of a manor) ➜ 母屋【おもや】
• central room (in traditional palatial-style architecture) ➜ 寝殿造

noun:

• crocodile monitor (Varanus salvadorii, species of carnivorous monitor lizard found in New Guinea); Salvadori's monitor; Papua monitor; artellia

noun:

• 1995 Okinawa rape incident; kidnapping and rape of a 12-year-old Japanese girl by three U.S. servicemen stationed in Okinawa

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to taste; to eat; to drink
• to speak (of); to refer (to); to say

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to talk about; to speak of; to tell; to narrate
• to recite; to chant
• to indicate; to show

expression / pre-noun adjectival:

• every single (e.g. piece of furniture); every possible (e.g. excuse, reason)

noun:

• resident employee; local staff; representative of a local office; employee assigned to an office

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to speak; to talk; to argue; to manage; to dispose of; to carry through; to distinguish; to discriminate

adverb:

• instead of; for; as; in exchange for; in return (for); to make up for ➜ 代わり【かわり】・代わり【かわり】・代わり【かわり】

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be deprived of one's role; to have one's livelihood taken away

noun:

• display of dolls during Hinamatsuri ➜ 雛人形【ひなにんぎょう】
• Hinamatsuri (March 3rd); Girls' Festival; Dolls' Festival ➜ 雛祭【ひなまつり】

expression / adjective:

• to have a lot on one's shoulders; to bear a lot of responsibility

noun:

• (in P2P networks) a program that monitors (and adjusts) activity of a P2P program - colloquialism - IT term ➜ モニター

noun:

• auxiliary shrine (dedicated to a deity close-related to that of a main shrine) ➜ 本社

noun:

• brownstriped mackerel scad (Decapterus muroadsi)
• mackerel scad (any fish of genus Decapterus)

~する verb (spec.) / intransitive verb:

• to close in on (30 years of age, etc.); to approach; to get close to ➜ 垂んとす

expression / adjective:

• to pay no heed to; to not care about; to take no notice of ➜ 気に留める

noun / ~する noun:

• having deep knowledge of; being expert in; being well versed in; being conversant with
• (a boy's) first ejaculation; semenarche

noun:

• litchi (Nephelium litchi); lychee; lichee; litchi nut ➜ ライチ
• bitter melon (Momordica charantia); bitter gourd - abbreviation ➜ 蔓茘枝
• Thais bronni (species of muricid gastropod) - abbreviation ➜ 茘枝貝

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to tie; to fasten; to hitch; to secure (e.g. load, patronage of customers, etc.); to hold on to

ichidan verb:

• to use up all of one's energy and willpower; to be exhausted (and have no will to go on)

noun:

• controversial work (art, literature, etc.); work that caused public criticism; work of art dealing with contemporary questions; succès de scandale

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to have as a side order (with drinks) ➜ 肴【さかな】
• to make fun of someone; to laugh at someone's expense - usu. Xをさかなにする - idiom ➜ 肴【さかな】

noun:

• salad of fish and vegetables, dressed with crushed mustard leaves and greens seasoned with sake lees, miso and vinegar - Food term