noun:

• women working in military brothels (esp. those forced into prostitution as a form of sexual slavery by the Japanese military during WWII); (campaign) comfort women [literal] - euphemism

noun:

• sandy beach; sandbar that projects into the ocean, particularly in a wavy form
• designs and objects with a wavy pattern
• sweet mochi cake ➜ 素甘【すあま】

expression / ichidan verb:

• to speak unanimously; to speak in chorus; to speak in unison; to speak in one voice - usu. as 口をそろえて

expression:

• better than a poke in the eye; better than none at all; better than nothing - idiom

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to censure; to criticize; to criticise; to rebuke; to defy; to disobey - archaism
• to fashion after; to make in the form of; to imitate - archaism

adjectival noun / adverbial noun / noun:

• one cup after another; cup by cup - four character idiom
• to the limit; to the fullest extent; absolutely the limit; the best one can do; breaking even - usually written using kana alone

expression / ichidan verb:

• to signal the winner of a match (by the referee raising his fan towards the winner) - Sumo term
• to declare someone the winner (of a competition)

noun:

• variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; for haori: at least 7.27 m in length; for other clothes: at least 6.06 m in length
• 300 tsubo (991.74 meters square, 0.24506 acres)
• six ken (10.91 m)

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to hold or carry under or in the arms
• to have (esp. problems, debts, etc.)
• to employ; to engage; to hire

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to wrap up; to tuck in; to pack; to do up; to cover with; to dress in

godan ~む verb:

• to conceal; to hide; to be engulfed in; to be enveloped by

expression:

• don't put the trivial ahead of the important; don't sweat the small stuff; don't bother with the details (before embarking on a great enterprise) - proverb
• read the fine print; be careful of the small things (before embarking on a great enterprise) - proverb

noun / ~する noun:

• cutting a thin object (e.g. vegetable stalk) at a 45 degree angle; cutting in a way that blunts or rounds the cut ➜ 削ぐ

noun:

• address to the gods; type of song which spread from mountain hermits to the laity during the Kamakura era

noun / ~する noun:

• varsika (meditation retreat; usu. for 90 days starting on the 15th day of the 4th month of the lunisolar calendar) - Buddhism term

noun:

• big rock fight for children on the fifth day of the fifth month (adults also participated during the middle ages)

noun:

• big rock fight for children on the fifth day of the fifth month (adults also participated during the middle ages) - abbreviation ➜ 印地打ち

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be in full bloom; to blossom in full glory; to be in fullness of bloom

noun:

• sunken kotatsu; low table over a hole in the floor (may have a heat source underneath and a hanging quilt to retain warmth) ➜ 炬燵

prefix:

• surplus- (attaches to start of Sino-Japanese words); excess-; over-
• per- (chemical with more of a certain element than found in other compounds of the same constituents)

~する verb (spec.) / intransitive verb:

• to contribute; to play a part in; to have a hand in; to be conducive to; to be instrumental in
• to finance

adjective:

• fast; quick; hasty; brisk - esp. 速い, 疾い, 捷い
• early (in the day, etc.); premature - esp. 早い
• (too) soon; not yet; (too) early - esp. 早い
• easy; simple; quick - esp. 早い ➜ 手っ取り早い

adverb:

• too; also; likewise; either ➜ 矢張り【やはり】
• still; as before ➜ 矢張り【やはり】
• even so; either way; after all; nonetheless; in any event; all the same ➜ 矢張り【やはり】
• as expected ➜ 矢張り【やはり】

~する noun:

• to keep; to put aside (for somebody); to keep possession (usu. the ball in sports); to hold one's service (tennis)

noun:

• quipu; quippu

noun:

• dance hall; dance floor
• landing (stairs)
• leveling off (e.g. in the economy); period of stagnation; cooling-off period; lull; plateau

expression / noun:

• pleasant memory to take to the afterlife; good memory; something that makes one feel one can die in peace