noun:

• female bragging; female conceit
• a man bragging about his wife or mistress ➜ 男自慢

noun:

• lipped bowl
• one side of a story or argument

noun:

• familiarity with the land
• locality or terrain (usually associated with knowing or feeling the locality)

noun:

• calling another player's discarded tile to complete a meld (but not to complete one's hand) - Mahjong term
• declaring a kong or calling a discarded tile to complete a meld - Mahjong term

noun:

• male bragging; male conceit
• bragging about one's husband or (male) lover ➜ 女自慢

noun:

• stone bathtub
• steam bath taken inside a cavern or stone chamber

noun:

• black vinegar, usu. produced from unpolished rice
• charred kelp or shiitake mushrooms ground and mixed with vinegar, used to dress raw fish and vegetables

noun / ~する noun:

• grinding of the teeth; involuntary nocturnal tooth grinding; bruxism
• grinding one's teeth out of anger or vexation; gnashing one's teeth; gritting one's teeth

noun:

• tatami room - polite language ➜ 座敷
• dinner party in a tatami room with a geisha or maiko ➜ 座敷

noun / ~の noun:

• porcelain
• baking by means of hot stones or pebbles

noun:

• partly burned charcoal
• servant boy at a brothel or teahouse - archaism

noun:

• shrimp (infraorder Caridea)
• small shrimp, prawn or lobster

noun:

• being possessed (by a spirit); possessed person
• child or doll used as a vessel for a spirit invoked by a shaman or miko ➜ 憑坐【よりまし】

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to live on air
• to derive nourishment from an elemental portion of mist or fog (the goal of a mountain ascetic) ➜ 仙人

noun:

• womb; uterus ➜ 子宮
• pork or beef uterus, eaten grilled or raw - usually written using kana alone - Food term

ichidan verb:

• to take a photo with a mobile phone - colloquialism
• to email an image or photograph - colloquialism ➜ 写メ【しゃメ】

noun:

• kaki (Japanese persimmon) seed
• spicy baked or fried mochi chips in this shape

noun:

• the Seven Misfortunes - Buddhism term
• great number of faults or defects

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to make the smart move (after taking in the situation, etc.) ➜ 気を利かせる
• to do the tactful or helpful thing (after considering someone's feelings) ➜ 気を利かせる

noun:

• countryside dialect - Linguistics term
• sociolect or secret language used by prostitutes in red-light districts during the Edo period - Linguistics term

adverb / ~する noun:

• with a click (door sound) - onomatopoeia
• with tenseness or firmness - onomatopoeia

noun:

• utility
• room with sink, washing machine, etc. in a house or apartment

noun:

• lipstick that actors put on their earlobes, cheeks and corners of eyes
• lipstick discreetly put on the earlobes or the corners of the eyes (by women)

noun:

• safe, easy childbirth - abbreviation
• guardian bodhisattva, buddha or deity of children or childbirth (esp. Ksitigarbha or Avalokitesvara) ➜ 子安観音・子安地蔵

noun:

• variety meat; offal; scrap meat ➜ くず肉【くずにく】
• meat other than pork, beef or poultry (e.g. horsemeat, etc.)