noun:

• length of a sleeve (of Western clothing)
• height of a sleeve (of traditional Japanese clothing)

noun:

• early Edo-period book written entirely in kana or in a mixture of kana and kanji (primarily intended for women and children) - four character idiom

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to coquet (of a woman); to entice a customer (of a prostitute)
• to flatter; to butter up

noun:

• heavy rotation; frequently broadcasting or listening to the same music; frequently wearing the same outfit - abbreviation ➜ ヘビーローテーション

noun:

• central figure; pillar (e.g. of the nation); mainstay; chief support; leader
• chief; boss; leader; head
• master carpenter
• beams and ridge supports of a roof - orig. meaning

noun:

• rear gate (esp. of castle); back entrance ➜ 大手【おおて】
• one who arrests
• force attacking the rear of a castle ➜ 大手【おおて】
• (opponent's) weak point

noun / ~する noun:

• participation in a war; going to war
• "taking part in a competition or contest" [figurative]

noun:

• tatami room - polite language ➜ 座敷
• dinner party in a tatami room with a geisha or maiko ➜ 座敷

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to have a family (e.g. wife or husband and children); to raise a family ➜ 所帯を持つ

noun:

• secretary-general; general secretary (esp. of Communist parties of the Democratic Republic of North Korea and the People's Republic of China) ➜ 主席

noun:

• vortex; maelstrom; whirlpool
• (in the middle of a) scandal; controversy; quarrel; turmoil

noun:

• vocal message; speech; statement
• prologue at the start of a kabuki performance

noun:

• spare umbrella kept (at work) in the event of a sudden shower

noun:

• colophon (at the end of a book); imprint; publication information

noun:

• flair; flash
• insight
• waving (e.g. of a flag in the wind)

~の noun / ~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• (sound) lingering in the air; trailing notes (of a bell, etc.) - archaism - four character idiom

noun:

• making replacements for defensive purposes in the late inning of a game - Baseball term

noun:

• taste for the exotic; infatuation with a foreign way of life; exoticism - four character idiom

noun:

• sending food to someone's house on the night of a wake

noun:

• long "o" vowel arising from combination of the "a" and "u" sounds

noun:

• dasabhumi (forty-first to fiftieth stages in the development of a bodhisattva) - Buddhism term

noun:

• 33 temples in the Kinki area containing a statue of Avalokitesvara

noun:

• statutory rape; sexual activity with a minor under the age of consent - Law term

expression:

• person who is ignorant of the real world; frog in a well [literal]

noun:

• opening of a pool (e.g. for the summer season)