noun:

• fake wedding cake with real cake insert used for the ceremonial cutting of the cake - From English "ceremony cake" ➜ ケーキカット

noun:

• picture-matching (with card games, etc.); matching pictures
• picture-matching contest (popular in the Heian period); e-awase

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to miss (a train, bus, etc.)
• to fail to keep up with (e.g. the times); to be left behind by

noun:

• seasoning; flavour; flavor; taste - esp. 塩梅
• condition; state; situation - esp. 塩梅
• (state of) health; physical condition - esp. 塩梅

noun / ~する noun:

• arrangement; assignment; adjustment; handling; dealing with - esp. 按排, 按配, 案配, 安排

noun:

• taking something out; carrying out
• providing money oneself; paying with one's own money
• corbel - Architecture term
• strengthening under a seam (clothing)

noun:

• advancing money; temporary payment for someone else; payment on behalf of another party, with the expectation of being reimbursed later

expression / adjective:

• broad-minded ➜ 懐の深い
• (of a rikishi) tall, with long reach, making it harder for their opponent to get a grip on their mawashi

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

noun:

• altered photograph, usu. with sexual connotations, such as putting someone's face on top of a picture of a nude idol, etc. - abbreviation ➜ アイドルコラージュ

noun:

• Disposition of Ryukyu; forced assimilation of Okinawa into Japan, ending its tributary relations with China and abolishing the Ryukyu Kingdom (1872-1879)

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to treat; to handle; to deal with
• to arrange; to decorate; to dress; to garnish

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to avoid (physical contact with) ［よける］
• to avoid (situation) ［さける］

ichidan verb:

• to ward off; to avert

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to stuff one's cheeks; to fill one's mouth (with food)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to have a meal (before doing something); to fortify oneself with a meal

noun:

• tatami room - polite language ➜ 座敷
• dinner party in a tatami room with a geisha or maiko ➜ 座敷

godan ~る verb:

• to clamber; to climb with hands and feet; to crawl up; to creep up ➜ 這い上がる【はいあがる】

noun / ~する noun:

• appearing with one's (full) name; showing one's name (on a nameplate, etc.)

noun / ~する noun:

• having deep knowledge of; being expert in; being well versed in; being conversant with
• (a boy's) first ejaculation; semenarche

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• writing with an upright brush (using just the tip to create a narrower stroke) ➜ 側筆
• frank writing; writing the bare facts ➜ 曲筆

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to crush (with one's hands)
• to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration); to pigeonhole; to smother

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to assault with a sword; to stab at; to slash at

noun:

• word created by retaining the first syllable (or two) of a word and suffixing it with the word "moji" ➜ 女房詞

noun:

• controversial work (art, literature, etc.); work that caused public criticism; work of art dealing with contemporary questions; succès de scandale

noun:

• wrap towel; towel wrap; large towel with fasteners (e.g. worn for privacy while changing clothes)

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】