noun:

• jizya (historical Islamic tax levied on non-Muslims); jezia; jezya - From Arabic

noun:

• eggslut; breakfast dish based on coddled egg and pureed potato - Food term

adverb:

• on rare occasions; once in a blue moon

noun:

• iron sight (on a gun, etc.)

expression:

• parents overvaluing their own children but looking down on others' - proverb ➜ 親の欲目【おやのよくめ】

noun:

• win on the last discard of a round - Mahjong term

noun:

• 100-point sticks deposited on the table after dealer win - Mahjong term

expression / noun:

• hanger-on; lackey; sycophant; snow stuck under a geta sandal [literal] - usu. in ref. to the smaller party in a coalition government - idiom - derogatory term

noun:

• large sound of unknown source heard on a forested mountain - from the idea that such sounds came from trees being felled by tengu ➜ 天狗

noun:

• kite with a (kanji or kana) character written on it

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to throw down; to throw out; to stretch out (one's legs)
• to abandon; to resign
• to give freely; to give generously; to sacrifice (e.g. one's life)
• to start to throw

expression / ichidan verb:

• to incline one's head to the side (in doubt); to tilt one's head to the side (in confusion); to be puzzled

noun:

• my lord; my master; one's own lord; one's own master - in kyogen, etc. - honorific language ➜ 頼うだ人

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to see someone off (at a station, an airport, etc.); to escort (e.g. home)
• to follow something with one's eyes until it is out of sight
• to let pass; to pass up (an opportunity etc.); to let a pitch go by (baseball); to watch a batted ball go into the stands
• to shelve (a plan, deliberation on a bill, etc.); to postpone
• to have someone related or close to you die; to bury someone
• to take care of somebody until he dies
• to wait and see; to continue (e.g. in legal contexts)

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to crash into
• to throw (e.g. a ball, a question, a demand)
• to express; to vent (e.g. one's anger)

noun:

• knowledge and action
• ruling a fief; ruling a territory given by one's liege; territory given by one's liege ➜ 知行【ちぎょう】

expression:

• when it's important; when it comes to the crunch; when push comes to shove; when it comes to the point; in one's hour of need; at the critical moment ➜ いざ

noun:

• taking up a new line of work; the beginning of things
• starting the preparations for New Year's festivities (December 8 in Tokyo, December 13 in Kyoto)
• resuming work after the New Year's vacation ➜ 仕事始め

noun:

• driving on the left side of the road; driving on the left-hand side of the road; left-hand side driving ➜ 右側通行

noun / suffix noun:

• corner; nook; recess

noun:

• downstage right (on a noh stage) ［角］ - obscure term ➜ 目付柱

noun:

• calling on someone who is ill; enquiry; inquiry ➜ 見舞い

noun:

• obi; kimono sash
• paper wrapper on books, CDs, etc. ［おび］ ➜ 帯紙・帯広告【おびこうこく】

noun / ~する noun:

• union; unity; solidarity
• bundling; binding; tying
• putting on (clothes, armour, etc.) - archaism

interjection:

• hello (e.g. on phone)
• excuse me! (when calling out to someone)

noun:

• deposit (esp. on renting a house); security money; bond payment; guarantee