noun:

• simplified form (of a kanji); any of 22 simplified non-joyo kanji variants commonly used in print ➜ 常用漢字

noun:

• left skirt of a kimono
• geisha (because they often walked holding the left hem of their kimono) ➜ 芸妓

noun:

• first lighting of the hearth in a Zen temple (first day of the 10th or 11th month) ➜ 閉炉

noun:

• morganatic marriage (marriage of a noble and a commoner that disallows the passage of title, possessions, etc.)

noun:

• the Bank of Japan's quarterly Short-term Economic Survey of Principal Enterprise in Japan; Tankan survey - abbreviation ➜ 企業短期経済観測調査【きぎょうたんきけいざいかんそくちょうさ】

noun:

• the Bank of Japan's quarterly Short-term Economic Survey of Principal Enterprise in Japan; Tankan survey - abbreviation ➜ 日銀短観【にちぎんたんかん】

noun:

• the Bank of Japan's quarterly Short-term Economic Survey of Principal Enterprise in Japan; Tankan survey ➜ 日銀短観【にちぎんたんかん】

noun:

• dyeing of degummed silk; dyeing of raw silk at the same time as degumming

expression:

• take care of the penny; he who makes fun of one yen will cry at one yen [literal] - proverb

noun:

• downtown high-rise area; street of office buildings; area of medium to tall business buildings

noun:

• lantern festival, held on the night of the 15th day of the first month in the lunar calendar ➜ 小正月・元宵

noun / ~の noun:

• crowd of people; great number of people

adverbial noun:

• in great numbers

noun:

• tongue
• tongue-like object; clapper (of a bell); talon (of a lock)

suffix / godan ~く verb:

• to show signs of ...; to have the appearance of ...

godan ~く verb:

• to jerk off; to masturbate - vulgar - colloquialism

noun:

• sense of language
• feeling of a word; impression a word makes; nuance

noun / ~する noun:

• cancelling a meeting; adjournment of a meeting (due to lack of attendance)

noun:

• story of one's experience; recounting of one's experiences; narrative; testimonial

expression / noun:

• wisdom of age; sagacity of one's years; old-man's wisdom

noun:

• francolin (partridge-like bird of genus Francolinus)
• partridge (of genus Perdix) - archaism ➜ 山鶉

noun:

• chief of the general affairs department (bureau); chief of the executive section

noun:

• name of the writer of a gravestone epitaph, engraved after the epitaph

noun / ~の noun:

• pedagogy; pedagogics; education (esp. in the context of the study of education)

noun:

• length of hair (fur); pile length
• growth of hair
• hairy legs

noun:

• On the Origin of Species (Charles Darwin, 1859); origin of species

expression / ichidan verb:

• to violate the laws of nature; to overstep the bounds of moderation