expression:

• yours sincerely (used to sign off on letters); respectfully yours - female language

noun:

• small boat used for unloading goods from a large anchored boat (Edo period); lighter ➜ 瀬取り船

noun:

• downstage right pillar (on a noh stage) used as a positioning guidepost for actors

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to cut in; to thrust oneself into; to wedge oneself in; to muscle in on; to interrupt; to disturb

noun:

• China and Japan
• Chinese and Japanese (languages)
• Chinese Character-Japanese dictionary - abbreviation ➜ 漢和辞典

adverb:

• sincerely; earnestly
• repeatedly; over and over; again and again

noun:

• three-color printing (red and yellow and blue); three-colour printing

noun / ~する noun:

• salt and pepper; seasoning with salt and pepper

noun:

• electric power producer and supplier (PPS); electric power production and supply

noun:

• head and neck carcinoma; cancer of the head and neck

noun:

• to and fro process; back and forth process; cooperative process; collaborative process

noun / ~する noun:

• patching (up); cutting a part and pasting a new one (e.g. a shoji door)
• cut and paste - IT term

godan ~う verb / intransitive verb:

• to grapple with (each other); to tussle with; to wrestle with; to scuffle with

noun:

• person in charge of music (in a Japanese dance performance) ➜ 立方【たちかた】
• person singing ballads (in noh)
• coast (esp. as seen from the water); shore
• the country; countryside; the provinces; rural area - archaism

noun:

• ornament
• dead body used to test a blade
• unlicensed prostitute who always works out of the same cathouse

noun:

• hemp yarn or linen thread woven into a coarse cloth used for mosquito nets, summer clothes, etc.

noun:

• thin cedar or cypress shingles (4.5-6 mm thick, used for shingling roofs of temples, shrines, etc.)

particle:

• -ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going") - as …たり…たり, after the ren'youkei forms of multiple verbs
• doing such things as... - used adverbially
• expresses a command - as …たり…たり at sentence-end, after the ren'youkei forms of a repeated verb

auxiliary verb:

• to be ［たり］ - from とあり, after a noun - archaism ➜ たる
• indicates completion or continuation of an action ［たり］ - from 〜てあり, after the ren'youkei form of a verb - archaism

noun:

• the Three Sacred Treasures (Mirror, Sword and Jewels)
• the three essential status symbols (e.g. cellphone, PC and digital camera)

expression / adjective:

• shrewd; smart (and wide-awake); cunning; crafty
• inedible; uneatable
• unable to support oneself; unable to keep body and soul together

noun:

• anticipated questions and answers (e.g. for a press conference, interview or oral exam); collection of hypothetical questions and answers

expression:

• you can't rely on parents and money to stay around forever; money comes and goes; so do parents - proverb

noun:

• mixture of lime and fermented indigo leaves after the indigo dye has precipitated from the leaves (byproduct in the process of creating indigo dye)

noun:

• girl-in-training (e.g. a geisha-in-training or a girl who performs miscellaneous tasks in a brothel) - archaism
• brat; scamp; rascal; jackanapes - archaism - derogatory term ➜ 小童【こわっぱ】
• disciple; apprentice - original meaning - archaism

expression / godan ~む verb:

• never being satisfied with what one gets, and always wanting more; giving someone an inch and having them take a mile; taking Gansu only to want Sichuan [literal] - idiom