expression:

• helping and protecting in all ways; acting as a raincoat (protecting from rain) and acting as a hat (protecting from sun) [literal] - proverb ➜ 陰になり日向になり【かげになりひなたになり】

noun:

• root (of a plant)
• root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.)
• root (of all evil, etc.); source; origin; cause; basis
• one's true nature
• (fishing) reef

noun / ~する noun:

• leading a meeting; presiding over a meeting; officiating at a ceremony; chairmanship

noun:

• chairman; presenter; host; moderator; master of ceremonies ➜ 司会者【しかいしゃ】

noun:

• hairstyle introduced in the Meiji era consisting in a bun or chignon tied at the back of the head

noun:

• looter; thief at the scene of a fire - abbreviation ➜ 火事場泥棒
• someone who takes advantage of a crisis to commit a crime

noun:

• looter; thief at the scene of a fire
• someone who takes advantage of a crisis to commit a crime

noun:

• before one's eyes; under one's nose

~の noun / noun:

• immediate (e.g. interests); present; at hand; short-run

noun:

• foresight; near future
• appearance

noun:

• practice of buying a bottle of spirits at a bar which is then kept there for the customer - From English "bottle keep"

noun:

• explanatory notes (at the start of a book); introductory remarks; usage guide (e.g. of a dictionary)
• legend (on maps, drawings, etc.) ➜ キャプション

noun:

• box set at a gate of a home or near the front door, used for receiving deliveries of newspapers, mail, milk, etc.

noun:

• an adult-age eldest son who has yet to come into his inheritance; (a young adult still) living at home; a dependent

noun:

• ghost that appears at sea during a shipwreck
• something strange or suspicious
• idiot; fool
• noh mask for roles involving dead or ghost characters

noun:

• helmet with white hair coming out of the top to make one look like an old person ➜ 老冠
• kanji "old" radical at top

auxiliary:

• word used at sentence-end (like a particle) to indicate speculation, volition or invitation - Kantō, Tōhoku dialect ➜ 可い

suffix:

• familiar suffix used after a personal name ［ぺ］

noun:

• different in appearance but essentially the same in content; equal in skills or workmanship but different in style or artistic flavor; the same for all practical purposes - four character idiom ➜ 同工異曲【どうこういきょく】

noun:

• gallery (of a theatre)
• audience (at a theatre); the masses; the general public

noun / ~する noun:

• base isolation; seismic base isolation; base isolating; vibration damping at the base of a building

noun:

• viewpoint; point of view
• way of understanding; way of appreciating; how to look at something (e.g. noh, train schedule) - esp. 〜の見方

noun / ~の noun:

• early ripening rice - usu. 早稲
• early-ripening fruit (grain, etc.) - usu. 早生
• person who becomes physically or mentally mature at an early age - usu. 早生

noun:

• individually "washing" a partner's fingers or toes in one's vagina (esp. as a service at a soapland) - slang ➜ ソープランド

noun:

• being served food outside the meditation hall (at a Zen temple) ［ほいとう］ - archaism
• serving food; food served ［ほいとう］ - archaism
• begging; beggar - archaism

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to have as a side order (with drinks) ➜ 肴【さかな】
• to make fun of someone; to laugh at someone's expense - usu. Xをさかなにする - idiom ➜ 肴【さかな】

expression:

• to make a personal judgment on a problem with little insight; to look at the sky through a tube (Zhuangzi) [literal] ➜ 管窺【かんき】

ichidan verb:

• to rendezvous; to meet at a prearranged place and time; to arrange to meet

noun:

• practice (as opposed to theory); actual practice
• actual site; (at) the scene; (on) the spot