expression:

• unable to find adequate words (e.g. to express feelings); being at a loss for words

noun:

• day of national humiliation (used in China for certain anniversaries of incidents where Japan humiliated China)

noun:

• taking over (e.g. store or family's headship)
• subrogation; substitution of one person for another (usu. a creditor)

godan ~す verb:

• to knock down the price of
• to make a successful bid (for an article); to buy at auction

noun:

• Western style residences built mostly for early foreign settlers during the end of the Shogunate and the Meiji era

noun / ~する noun:

• searching for a marriage partner; marriage hunting; activities leading to marriage, e.g. dating, courtship, etc. - colloquialism - abbreviation ➜ 結婚活動

noun:

• word for word; one word - four character idiom

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to desire
• to wish for; to expect
• to see; to command (a view of)

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to covet; to crave; to lust insatiably for
• to indulge in; to devour greedily

adjectival noun / noun:

• too many; too much; excessive; superfluous; superabundant; extra; spare; surplus - often as 余計に

adjectival noun / ~の noun / noun:

• unnecessary; needless; uncalled-for; otiose

adverb:

• abundantly; excessively; needlessly; all the more

noun:

• table; desk

counter:

• counter for tables, desks, etc. ［たく］

noun:

• offering table before an altar (sometimes used in tea ceremony) ［しょく］ - Buddhism term
• tabletop incense burner ［しょく］ - abbreviation ➜ 卓香炉

noun:

• point worthy of note; highlight (e.g. in a film); thing to note
• good prospects for the future; promise

noun:

• pitcher; water jug; watering can
• container of fresh water for replenishing the kettle and rinsing bowls (tea ceremony) - usu. not 水差し

noun:

• classification for Japanese verb with the dictionary form ending in "gu"; "ga" column or row of the kana syllabary

noun:

• classification for Japanese verb with the dictionary form ending in "zu"; "za" column or row of the kana syllabary

noun:

• classification for Japanese verb with the dictionary form ending in "dzu"; "da" column or row of the kana syllabary

noun:

• classification for Japanese verb with the dictionary form ending in "nu"; "na" column or row of the kana syllabary

noun:

• classification for Japanese verb with the dictionary form ending in "bu"; "ba" column or row of the kana syllabary

noun:

• classification for Japanese verb with the dictionary form ending in "pu"; "pa" column or row of the kana syllabary

noun:

• dignity; credit; public estimation; face; honor; reputation
• deed of sale (for a land, forest or house) - archaism
• sale value; selling price - archaism

noun:

• niche or alcove for an image
• (in Okinawa) portable shrine used to move a deceased from their house to the graveyard

noun:

• slotted dome cast iron grill for preparing the Genghis Khan dish
• Japanese mutton and vegetable dish ➜ ジンギス汗料理

noun:

• kitchen with a small counter for eating, usu. allowing a view into the living and dining rooms - From English "counter kitchen"

noun:

• sheathing (under thatched roofing) - abbreviation
• lath (used as a foundation for a mud plaster wall)
• decorative rafters (of alternating wood and bamboo) ➜ 桟竹

noun:

• cloudy sky that appears when the migrating birds that stayed for winter and autumn in Japan leave to go north