noun:

• rising of the tide; a beginning

noun:

• the stroke-count of a kanji

noun:

• establishing the identity of a witness

noun:

• establishing the identity of a defendant

noun:

• name of a or the Buddha

noun:

• the Japanese reading of a kanji

noun:

• a quick thrust of the hand - Sumo term

noun:

• professionalism; the temperament of a professional

noun:

• (the likes of) a mere tradesman - four character idiom

noun:

• (the likes of) a mere actor - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• the breakup (dispersal) of a family - four character idiom

noun:

• (like a) part of the family

noun / ~の noun:

• vomer (a bone of the skull)

noun:

• buying the services of a prostitute

~の noun / noun:

• having the qualities of a leader

noun:

• memorial hall; museum (esp. in memory of a person or event)

noun:

• slowdown strategy; go-slow tactics (of workers in a labor dispute) - four character idiom

noun:

• (having a) good chance of being elected (winning) (in an election) - four character idiom

noun:

• request to arrest a member of parliament while still in session ➜ 不逮捕特権

noun:

• (of clerical script) horizontal lines ending in a noticeable triangular tail ➜ 八分【はっぷん】

noun:

• collision; overlapping (e.g. of two objects in a video game)

noun:

• ghost image; unexpected appearance of something unwanted in a photograph, etc.

noun:

• self-introduction (of a character in noh theatre) ➜ 名乗り

noun:

• core
• tang (of a sword, etc.)
• middle of a nest of boxes ➜ 入れ子

noun:

• leading a group of people; someone who leads others into a song by singing the leading notes ➜ 音頭を取る【おんどをとる】
• workmen's songs; marching songs