noun:

• entrance fee; initiation fee; registration fee; present to a teacher
• gift of dried meat from a new vassal or pupil - archaism

noun:

• victimization by media; trial by media; damage caused by exaggerated or false reporting (e.g. that one has committed a crime)

noun:

• scattering
• leaflets - esp. チラシ - usually written using kana alone
• sushi rice in a box or bowl with a variety of ingredients sprinkled on top - abbreviation ➜ 散らし寿司
• writing in an irregular hand - abbreviation ➜ 散らし書き

noun:

• ballast; heavy material placed low to improve a vessel's stability
• ballast; crushed stone, gravel, etc. used on a roadbed or railway track

noun:

• hotel that rents rooms to couples either overnight or for two hours' "rest" - From English "love hotel"

noun:

• food (esp. chicken and vegetables) boiled in plain water (or sometimes dashi, etc.) and served with dipping sauce (esp. ponzu) - Food term

noun:

• (nearly certain) death; extremely dangerous place (or situation) from which one might not return alive
• proper place to die
• dilemma; predicament; inescapable situation

noun:

• single person who earns enough to live alone but prefers to live rent-free with his or her parents - From English "parasite single"

noun:

• alveolar consonant; sound (e.g. n,t,d) where the tongue touches (or nearly touches) the ridge behind your front top teeth ➜ 歯茎

adverb:

• sound of a flat surface repeatedly making contact with something - onomatopoeia
• applying a seal or stamp again and again; pasting (paper) all over - onomatopoeia
• daubing; smearing - onomatopoeia

pre-noun adjectival:

• the usual; as it always is
• said; that (previously-mentioned person or object); aforementioned; you-know-(who, what, etc.)

adverb:

• in the usual way - archaism

noun:

• traditional horse-racing; originally two horses head-to-head or ten at a time, esp. May 5th event at Kamigamo shrine

noun:

• ASMR video; genre of video that exploits autonomous sensory meridian response (ASMR) to induce tingling, comfort, or sleepiness in the listener

noun:

• badge (or keyring, etc.) used to inform others that the wearer is pregnant - From English "maternity mark"

noun:

• telephone dating or sex service; sex chat line - From English "telephone club"

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to push aside; to brush or thrust aside; to remove; to get rid of

noun:

• imperial memorial ceremony (held on the anniversary of the emperor's or empress's death, on fixed years) ➜ 式年

suffix:

• -ness (nominalizing suffix, esp. of sensory or subjective adjectives) - also written with the ateji 味 ➜ 甘み
• nominalizing suffix indicating location ➜ 深み
• (as ...mi ...mi) alternating between ... and ... ➜ 降りみ降らずみ

noun:

• the other party (usu. in business); person or party with whom you are dealing (on the other end)

noun:

• legal wife of a regent, of the imperial adviser, or of an official at the Grand Council of State - honorific language

noun:

• Act against Unjustifiable Premiums and Misleading Representations; Law for Preventing Unjustifiable Extra or Unexpected Benefit and Misleading Representation - Law term

noun:

• big three dragons; winning hand consisting of pungs or kongs of each of the three types of dragon tiles - Mahjong term

noun / ~の noun:

• outside the hall (or stadium, market, etc.); off the grounds; off the premises; off-track Antonym: 場内

noun:

• border; boundary - usu. さかい
• turning point; watershed ［さかい］ - often ...を境に
• area; region; spot; space; environment - usu. きょう
• psychological state; mental state - usu. きょう
• cognitive object; something perceptible by the sense organs or mind ［きょう］ - Buddhism term

noun:

• mince (minced meat or fish) ［タタキ・叩き・敲き］
• seared skipjack tuna ［叩き・敲き］ ➜ 鰹
• robbery; extortion ［叩き・敲き］ - slang
• hard-packed dirt (clay, gravel, etc.) floor; concrete floor - usu. 三和土 (gikun)
• whipping; lashing; bashing; beating; flaming ［タタキ・叩き］