noun:

• grade of wood; quality of wood
• cut end (of a piece of wood)

noun:

• breaking up a match on doctor's orders (in boxing, etc.) - From English "doctor stop"
• being ordered by one's doctor to give up such habits as drinking, smoking, overeating, etc.

noun:

• integrated set of schools that offers education from one stage to the next without taking entrance exams en route

noun:

• squarenose unicornfish (Naso mcdadei, species of Indo-West Pacific tang found from East Africa to the Great Barrier Reef)

noun:

• three-pronged vajra flung by Kukai on his return from China to determine the Holy Land of Esoteric Buddism - Buddhism term

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be summoned (i.e. of a geisha, by a customer)
• to be offered (the job of ...); to be invited (to do ...) - usu. as 〜の口が掛かる

noun:

• end (of a stick, rod, pole, etc.)
• end of a palanquin carrying pole
• palanquin bearer

expression:

• leave no room for scandal; don't do anything that can be misinterpreted; don't straighten your cap under a plum tree (because when you raise your hands it might look as if you're trying to steal the plums) [literal] - proverb

godan ~す verb:

• to drive mad; to make insane
• to cause a malfunction; to put out of order; to throw out of kilter
• to derail (a plan, etc.)

noun / ~する noun:

• getting oil; extraction of oil (e.g. from seeds); drilling for oil

expression / noun:

• changing seasons; season's transition; transition from one season to the next; turn of the seasons; turning of the seasons ➜ 移り変わり【うつりかわり】

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• greeting; greetings; salutation; salute; polite set phrase used when meeting or parting from somebody
• polite set phrase used to express apology, sympathy, congratulations, etc.
• speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address
• reply; response
• revenge; retaliation - slang

expression:

• a fine thing to say - used sarcastically as a response to a rude remark; usu. in the form of ご挨拶 - humorous term
• dialoging (with another Zen practitioner to ascertain their level of enlightenment) - orig. meaning ➜ 一挨一拶

noun:

• relationship (between people); connection - archaism
• intervention; mediation; mediator - archaism

counter:

• indicates position in a sequence ➜ 目【め】

noun:

• divisions of a kabuki performance

noun / ~する noun:

• nomination (of a person to a position); selection; election; assignment; appointment

noun:

• merciful eye (of a Buddha or a bodhisattva watching humanity) - Buddhism term

noun / ~する noun:

• coming alongside a pier, quay, etc.; reaching land (of a boat)

noun:

• leopon (offspring born of a male leopard and a female lion)

noun:

• family of Shinto priests serving a shrine on a hereditary basis

noun:

• range (of a gun)
• distance travelled by a bullet (shell, etc.)

noun:

• a style of Chinese poetry; legend or inscription on a picture

interjection:

• oof (i.e. a grunt of effort)

adverb:

• a lot; plenty ➜ うんと

noun / ~の noun:

• (person) seeming like a genius; (having) the temperament of a prodigy

noun:

• one field; a division; a branch (e.g. of study, etc.)

noun:

• hook (high point of a song)
• (at a sushi shop) wasabi ［さび］ - abbreviation ➜ 山葵

noun / ~する noun:

• assumption of a suitable form (by a buddha or bodhisattva) - Buddhism term