noun:

• change of attitude (stance, position)
• lightness of foot; ability to dodge out of the way of an attack - Sumo term

noun:

• hired thief taker (Edo-period); private detective; private secret policeman ➜ 岡っ引き

expression / noun:

• Now let's return to the main subject; To return from the digression,.. (in a conversation, speech, or story-telling) - four character idiom

noun:

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

noun:

• wooden doll with Japanese costumes made from cloth with the edges tucked into grooves in the wood; kimekomi doll

expression:

• like begets like; the apple doesn't fall far from the tree; eggplants don't grow on gourd vines [literal] - proverb

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to pull (the puppet) strings; to direct things from behind the scenes
• to stretch out (and keep going); to linger on

godan ~く verb:

• to refuse to compromise (on quality, etc.); to be fastidious about doing things the right way through to the end

expression / ichidan verb:

• to rake over the coals; to scold; to chastise; to roast - idiom ➜ 灸を据える
• to burn moxa on the skin - orig. meaning ➜ 灸を据える

noun:

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

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to forestall; to beat to the punch; to anticipate
• to play the first move (e.g. in go)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to rake over the coals; to scold; to chastise; to roast - idiom
• to burn moxa on the skin - orig. meaning

expression / ichidan verb:

• to make way for; to make room for; to get out of the way - esp. 道を空ける
• to pave the way for; to open up opportunity - esp. 道を開ける

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to pull out; to draw out; to extract; to unplug; to weed
• to omit; to leave out; to go without; to skip

auxiliary verb / godan ~く verb:

• to do to the end; to carry through

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to let out (e.g. air from a tyre); to drain (e.g. water from a bath); to empty
• to pick out; to choose; to select; to extract
• to pilfer; to steal
• to remove; to get rid of; to take out
• to pass; to overtake; to outstrip; to get ahead of
• to pierce; to break through; to go through - also written 貫く
• to cut out (a shape); to create (a pattern) by dying the surrounding area
• to seize; to capture; to reduce
• to scoop (a story)
• to take out (an opponent's stones; in go)

godan ~く verb:

• to masturbate (of a male); to ejaculate (while masturbating) - slang - vulgar
• to take (a photo); to record (video) - slang

expression:

• year after year; as the years go by; with each passing year

noun:

• to enrol in a temple school; child enrolled in a temple school ➜ 寺子屋
• incarcerating a criminal in a temple as a form of punishment (popular during the latter Muromachi and Azuchi-Momoyama periods)
• to go to a temple and repent (following a disaster, etc.)

noun:

• law (esp. ancient East Asian criminal code); regulation
• vinaya (rules for the monastic community) - Buddhism term
• Ritsu (school of Buddhism) - abbreviation ➜ 律宗
• lushi (style of Chinese poem) - abbreviation ➜ 律詩
• (musical) pitch - also りち
• six odd-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale ➜ 十二律・呂
• Japanese seven-tone gagaku scale, similar to Dorian mode (corresponding to: re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do) - abbreviation ➜ 律旋

noun / suffix noun / counter:

• (in traditional Eastern music) step (corresponding to a Western semitone)

adjectival noun / noun:

• very bright red; deep red; extremely flushed (of face) ➜ 真っ赤【まっか】

adjectival noun:

• downright (e.g. lie); complete; utter ➜ 真っ赤【まっか】

noun:

• Matsubara's red rockfish (Sebastes matsubarae)
• red rockfish; red scorpionfish - Kantō dialect - Food term

expression:

• rejecting the advances of women is a man's shame; shameful is he who spurns a woman's invitation; not eating the meal set before him is a man's shame [literal] - proverb ➜ 据え膳【すえぜん】

noun / ~する noun:

• slamming one's hand into the wall in front of somebody (e.g. to stop them from leaving; often viewed as romantic) - slang
• banging on the wall (e.g. to quieten one's neighbour) - colloquialism

noun:

• manga cafe; coffee shop with a manga library (usu. has Internet facilities and charges by the hour) - abbreviation ➜ 漫画喫茶

noun / ~の noun:

• near point (closest point at which an object can be brought into focus by the eye) ➜ 遠点【えんてん】
• periapsis - Astronomy term ➜ 遠点【えんてん】

noun:

• far point (farthest point at which an object can be brought into focus by the eye) ➜ 近点【きんてん】
• apoapsis - Astronomy term ➜ 近点【きんてん】

noun:

• residence maintained by a daimyo in Edo