noun:

• small okurigana used with kanbun
• small kana used for diphthongs (ya, yo, yu, i, etc.)

noun:

• rudely reaching over one's serving tray to grab food behind it with one's chopsticks

noun:

• deluded mind (a mind polluted with klesha, incapable of understanding the original essence of things) - Buddhism term ➜ 煩悩

ichidan verb:

• to take a photo with a mobile phone - colloquialism
• to email an image or photograph - colloquialism ➜ 写メ【しゃメ】

expression / noun:

• two-top (soccer formation); formation with two forwards at the front line - Sports term

noun:

• plain-woven silk cloth produced on Hachijo Island (dyed with botanical pigments found on the island)

noun:

• maid cafe; cafe with waitresses dressed in cute maid costumes

noun:

• variety of sweet potato with red skin and sweet yellow flesh (product of the Kawagoe region)

noun / ~する noun:

• motivating the troops on the battlefield with war drums and war cries - obscure term
• making an uproar - obscure term

noun:

• power of finality (of a legal decision, e.g. when a case is dismissed with prejudice) - Law term

noun:

• prisoner; captive; prisoner of war
• Emishi allied with the Japanese during the Nara and Heian periods ➜ えみし

noun:

• tamago dofu; tamago-dofu; steamed egg custard with soup stock, cooked in a square mould

noun:

• green dragon tile - abbreviation - Mahjong term ➜ 緑發
• winning hand with a pung (or kong) of green dragon tiles - Mahjong term

noun:

• closing mid-way
• taking a break mid-way through an event, sometimes with ceremonial hand-clapping

adverb:

• about; roughly; approximately ➜ おおよそ
• generally; on the whole; as a rule
• completely; quite; entirely; altogether; totally; not at all (with neg. verb)

noun / ~の noun:

• outline; gist

noun / ~する noun:

• management; dealing with; settlement; cleaning up; disposal

noun:

• course of events; circumstances; particulars
• end result (usu. bad); outcome

noun / ~する noun / adjectival noun:

• economizing; economising; frugality; being thrifty

noun:

• maki sushi typically made from eel and cucumber, often with a face-like pattern when cut - from うなぎ and かっぱ
• mascot character used by Tajimi City in Gifu

~と adverb:

• gurgling; burbling; bubbling; sound of water mixing with air (e.g. water welling up, pouring water, drain pipe, gushing forth) - onomatopoeia

noun:

• burnt rice; scorched rice; crispy rice at bottom of cooking pan
• woman who hangs out with gay men - usually written using kana alone

noun / ~の noun:

• bricks and clicks; brick and click; business with both physical and online presence ➜ クリックアンドモルタル

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to entwine; to twine around; to mix together
• to coordinate (with)
• to arrest - esp. 搦める

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to manage; to settle; to dispose of; to deal with; to arrange

expression / ichidan verb:

• to establish an emotional bond with; to reach out to; to relate to

godan ~う verb / intransitive verb:

• to get along with; to compromise; to make concessions; to come to an agreement

suffix / godan ~る verb:

• to appear ...; to look like ...; to seem ... - after a noun ➜ 時代がかる
• to have a trace of; to be tinged with ➜ 赤がかる