noun:

• head of a school (of music, dance); head family of a school

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to ask a question
• to begin to ask a question

noun:

• representative of a board of directors; spokesperson for a board of directors

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be treated to a meal; to be given a meal

expression / noun:

• hard work gone unnoticed; thankless task; a dance under a veranda [literal] - idiom
• off-stage dance that used to be performed on the 22th of the 2nd month in the lunar calendar in Osaka's Tennouji - orig. meaning

expression:

• paper lanterns and temple bells (esp. as an example of two things looking similar on the outside, but of a completely different nature); (like) chalk and cheese; you can't judge a book by its cover - obscure term ➜ 月と鼈【つきとすっぽん】

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to point
• to nominate; to select someone; to specify some person
• to identify; to indicate; to point out
• to play (a game of shogi); to move (a piece) - Shōgi term
• to extend one's arm straight ahead (in dance) ➜ 差す

noun / ~する noun:

• lead; leading; taking the lead

noun:

• lead (of a newspaper, etc.); lede
• lead (wire)
• lead (e.g. dog); leash
• reed (of a woodwind, etc.)
• lied; German song, usu. for solo voice & piano - From German "Lied" ➜ リート

noun / ~する noun:

• read; reading

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to vacate; to surrender (e.g. a castle); to give up (e.g. a position); to hand over (e.g. power)

noun / ~する noun:

• spending one night ahead (e.g. at a hotel near the airport the night before catching a flight); spending the night before ➜ 後泊【こうはく】

noun:

• start broaching (a subject); opening remark; start; commencement; beginning
• event at the start of the tenth month of the lunar calendar
• opening a sealed jar or container

noun:

• part of the fabric that is wrapped farthest from the skin when wearing a garment that is wrapped in front of one (such as a kimono) ➜ 下前
• percentage; commission ➜ 上米【うわまい】

expression:

• there is only the thickness of the boat's planking between one and perdition; on a boat, one is only an inch or two from a watery grave - proverb

noun:

• person who moves a lot for their job; family who moves a lot for the primary breadwinner's job

expression:

• in being immobile be like a mountain (from Sun Tzu); being imperturbable; immobile like a mountain (from laziness, etc.)

expression / ichidan verb / transitive:

• to make an example of; to make a victim of; to hold up somebody (something) to ridicule; to single out someone for criticism - idiom
• to pierce with a spear

noun:

• monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; non-human primate ➜ ニホンザル
• sly person - derogatory term
• idiot; hick - derogatory term
• sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut)
• clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook ➜ 自在鉤
• bathhouse prostitute - archaism ➜ 湯女

noun:

• baldness; bald head
• children's hairstyle of short untied hair; children with short untied hair ［かぶろ・かむろ］
• young girl working as a servant for a high-class prostitute (Edo period) ［かぶろ・かむろ］ ➜ 太夫・天神
• idiot; moron - derogatory term - usually written using kana alone

noun:

• anchor (of a ship) ➜ 錨【いかり】
• last runner or swimmer in a relay team
• news anchor; news presenter - abbreviation ➜ アンカーマン
• anchor (clock component); pallet fork ➜ アンクル
• anchor (HTML) - IT term
• link to previous post (e.g. in web forums) - IT term ➜ レスアンカー

noun:

• a number of interesting stories; book containing a number of interesting stories

noun:

• food served on a table (esp. food served on a small Japanese table) ➜ 膳部

noun:

• determining a speaker's true or hidden meaning; determining a speaker's intentions from his manner of speech - esp. 口裏
• divining good or bad luck from listening to someone - esp. 口占 - archaism

~の noun / adjectival noun:

• high (e.g. ball in baseball); highish; on the high side
• on the expensive side; comparatively expensive ➜ 安め【やすめ】

noun:

• wait tile which produces a winning hand with a higher score - Mahjong term

noun:

• someone who made a short trip to America; going to America just long enough for a pee (ref. to short USA trip after WWII to boost one's credentials) - obsolete term - derogatory term ➜ 小便【しょんべん】

expression:

• all men are alike; all lives are alike; all men live and die; we all bleed the same; a pike conger has one life, a shrimp does too [literal] - proverb