noun:

• Certificate for Students Achieving the Proficiency Level of Upper Secondary School Graduates; Japanese high-school equivalency examination - abbreviation ➜ 高校卒業程度認定試験

noun:

• calf (before it is fattened or used for breeding, usu. referring to 6 to 12-month-olds)

noun:

• alcohol which must be drunk as a punishment (e.g. for losing a contest or arriving late) ➜ 罰杯

noun:

• highest honorifics; honorific language mainly reserved for speaking of or to a member of the Imperial family - Linguistics term

expression / noun:

• mutual use of company facilities (e.g. rail tracks for through service, airport facilities, code-sharing, etc.)

noun:

• cheating at pachinko (for monetary gain; through illegal tampering with the machines, etc.); scamming a pachinko parlor - orig. an abbr. of 仕事 ➜ パチンコ

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to stay in bed; to sleep; to be laid up for a long time

noun:

• rolled egg; rolled omelette (omelet) - Food term
• frying pan for making rolled eggs

noun:

• (being beholden to someone for a favor of) a night's lodging and a meal - four character idiom

noun:

• cord for attaching a sword scabbard tightly to the obi; sword strap; sword knot ➜ 鞘

adjectival noun / ~の noun / suffix:

• -phil; -phile; enthusiast (for); love (of)
• being attractive (to); to tend to be liked (by)

noun:

• overhead ladder; horizontal ladder; monkey bars
• yunti (scaling ladder used for escalade in ancient China)

noun:

• Ichijitsu Shinto (alt. name for Hie Shinto: a form of Shinto heavily influenced by Tendai) - abbreviation - obscure term ➜ 山王一実神道

noun:

• steaming basket (traditionally clay or wood) ➜ 蒸篭
• steaming vat (for steaming rice in sake production) ［こしき］

noun / suffix noun:

• gate
• branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master ［もん］
• division; phylum ［もん］ - Biology term

counter:

• counter for cannons ［もん］

adjectival noun / noun / ~の noun:

• innocence
• insentient (i.e. plants, inanimate objects, etc.)
• free from obstructive thoughts - Buddhism term ➜ 有心

~する noun / transitive:

• to pester someone (for cash, etc.)

expression:

• in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as)
• hoping or wishing for something

noun:

• Japanese mutton and vegetable dish; slotted dome cast iron grill for preparing this dish - named after Genghis Khan

noun:

• cover; front (e.g. for illegal activities); magic cloak of invisibility
• Dendropanax trifidus (species of flowering plant) - usually written using kana alone

noun:

• overlap width; margin for pasting together (e.g. two pieces of paper)
• elbowroom; leeway; room; margin; allowance; latitude

expression:

• Excuse me for interrupting you when you are so busy (formal phrase used in business letters, etc.)

pronoun:

• I; me - archaism

noun:

• (person having) thin or shaved eyebrows

suffix:

• affectionate suffix for names of young men or pets - also 丸

noun:

• local commissioner (Kamakura or Muromachi eras)
• draw to find the theme for poetry session; composing poetry by lot

noun:

• outdoor bench (placed under the eaves of a house and used for cooling off during the summer)

noun:

• playing to the gallery; showing off; pretence; pretense
• surface preparation (for painting, etc.); scraping a surface clean - esp. ケレン