noun:

• marrow; pith
• centre; center; nucleus; hub
• bottom of one's heart

noun:

• meal (esp. dinner) served in one's room (at a ryokan) ➜ 旅館

expression / noun:

• mother's feeling as she waits for her child to return ➜ 倚門の望

expression / noun:

• mother's feeling as she waits for her child to return

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to bask in the sun lying flat on one's belly ➜ 甲羅干し

noun:

• lussekatt; Scandinavian saffron bun traditionally eaten on St Lucy's Day - From Swedish

~の noun / noun:

• reserve; spare
• treasured; valued
• (ace) up one's sleeve; trump ➜ とっておき

noun:

• emphasizing one's good qualities; presenting oneself in a favorable light - From English "self-produce" ➜ 自己演出【じこえんしゅつ】

noun:

• campaign against the Japan-U.S. Security Treaty (1959-60, 1970)

noun:

• paper towels (for drying one's hands) - From English "towel paper"

noun:

• baseball played without a second base (children's game)

noun:

• backwater ➜ バックウォーター
• standing with one's back to water (river, lake, etc.) - archaism

noun:

• one's repertoire of pitches - usu. 持ち球 - Baseball term
• balls at hand (in pachinko) - usu. 持ち玉

noun:

• farting into one's hand; cupping a fart

expression:

• preaching to the deaf; wind (blowing) into a horse's ear [literal] - idiom ➜ 馬の耳に念仏

noun:

• chaperoning; monitoring someone's behaviour
• watchdog; chaperone; watcher

noun:

• mochi used for the celebration of a child's fiftieth day ➜ 五十日の祝

noun:

• opposite side; bottom; other side; side hidden from view; undersurface; reverse side Antonym: 表【おもて】
• rear; back; behind
• lining; inside
• in the shadows; behind the scenes; offstage; behind one's back
• more (to something than meets the eye); hidden side (e.g. of one's personality); unknown circumstances; different side
• proof ➜ 裏付け
• opposite (of a prediction, common sense, etc.); contrary ➜ 裏をかく
• inverse (of a hypothesis, etc.)
• bottom (of an inning); last half (of an inning) - Baseball term Antonym: 表【おもて】

noun:

• number (in a series)
• (one's) turn
• watch; guard; lookout
• bout; match - Sumo term

noun / ~する noun:

• explanation (e.g. for one's actions); excuse; justification; defense; defence

noun:

• effect; virtue; efficacy; impression
• one's dominant eye ［利き目・きき眼・利目］

noun:

• patient's chart; clinical records - From German "Karte"
• record (e.g. student, equipment maintenance, etc.)

noun:

• meal; (one's) diet; food; foodstuff; foodstuffs ［食］
• eclipse (solar, lunar, etc.) - Astronomy term ➜ 星食

noun:

• the opening(s) (e.g. in a game of go or chess)

noun / ~の noun:

• pupil; disciple; adherent; follower; apprentice; young person; teacher's student-helper