noun:

• dullard (gen. from not picking up on other people's feelings) ➜ 鈍い【にぶい】

noun:

• sitting position similar to seiza (but with both legs splayed out slightly and one's backside resting directly on the ground) ➜ 正座【せいざ】

noun:

• staying awake on the eve of the 57th day of the sexagenary cycle (to prevent the three worms from reporting one's wrongdoings and shortening one's lifespan), while worshipping Sakra, the Blue-Faced Vajra, or Sarutahiko ➜ 三尸

expression:

• first verse of a nursery rhyme sung by children on cold days (similar to "It's Raining, It's Pouring")

suffix / counter:

• counter for loads (that can be carried on one's shoulders)

noun:

• burning of New Year's gate decorations (usu. on the 15th day of the New Year) ➜ どんど

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to cover (with something); to put on (e.g. on someone else's head); to plate something (with a metal); to pour or dash a liquid (on something); to charge (a person with a guilt)

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• acting as agent; acting on (someone's) behalf; executing business for

noun:

• story; topic (on everyone's lips); (the stuff of) legend

noun:

• (on) the way; (on) one's way; (en) route - usu. adverbially as 行きしなに ➜ 行きがけ

noun / adjectival noun:

• lack of expression; blank look (on one's face)

noun:

• Buddhist name; priest's name (on entering the priesthood) - Buddhism term
• posthumous Buddhist name - Buddhism term

noun / ~する noun:

• riding in the same carriage (car) (with a superior); attending on (one's superior) in the same carriage

noun:

• namahage; folklore demons of the Oga Peninsula (villagers dress up as them on New Year's Eve and frighten children)

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to strike someone a blow; to bring down (a stick on someone's head)

noun:

• barehanded; having no wealth or position to rely on (aside from one's own resourcefulness) (when embarking on something) - four character idiom

noun:

• prevalence of arbitrariness; rife with arbitrary decisions (acting on one's own authority) - four character idiom

expression / ichidan verb:

• to settle down (and deal with something); to concentrate all one's energy (on something)
• to settle oneself (in a place); to settle down (somewhere); to settle in
• to take a solid stance; to lower one's center of gravity (centre)

noun:

• the hard way; striving for enlightenment through one's own efforts (as opposed to reliance on Amitabha) - Buddhism term ➜ 易行道

noun / ~する noun:

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

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to be infatuated (with); to be hooked (on); to lose one's heart (on) - as 〜にうつつ...

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to insert (an illustration); to stencil (a pattern); to print on; to instill (thought, impression, etc.); to imprint (e.g. on one's subconscious) ➜ 刷り込み

noun / suffix noun:

• coming out; going out; outflow; efflux; rising (of the sun or moon)
• attending (work); appearing (on stage); one's turn to go on
• start; beginning
• origins; background; person (or item) originating from ...; graduate of ...; native of ...; member of ... (lineage)
• architectural member that projects outward
• highest point of the stern of a ship
• amount (comprising something); amount of time or effort required to do something - usu. after the -masu stem of a verb as 〜出がある or 〜出がない, etc. - usually written using kana alone

noun:

• head
• hair (on one's head)
• mind; brains; intellect ［あたま］
• leader; chief; boss; captain
• top; tip
• beginning; start
• head; person ［あたま］
• top structural component of a kanji ［かしら］
• pair ［あたま］ - colloquialism - Mahjong term ➜ 雀頭【ジャントー】

noun:

• colour; color; hue; tint; tinge; shade
• complexion; skin colour; skin color
• look (on one's face); expression
• appearance; air; feeling
• personality; character
• tone (of one's voice, etc.); tune; sound; ring
• love; lust; sensuality; love affair ➜ 色仕掛け
• lover; paramour
• beauty; sexiness; physical appeal
• kind; type; variety - also written 種