noun:

• U shaped scissors with no place to put one's fingers; shears ➜ 和鋏【わばさみ】

noun:

• woman's hairstyle (Edo period) (made popular by a Yoshiwara prostitute called Katsuyama)

noun:

• pavilion housing the emperor's bathing quarters and dressing chamber (in Heian Palace) ➜ 十七殿

noun:

• Gartner's bacillus; form of salmonella that causes gastroenteritis in humans

noun:

• solipsism; philosophical idea that nothing outside of one's own mind really exists

noun:

• darling (only of a woman); dear; honey; my betrothed - archaism - familiar language
• one's sister - archaism
• friend - archaism - familiar language - female language

noun:

• National Military Establishment; forerunner to the U.S. Department of Defense (1947-1949)

noun / ~の noun:

• a woman's natural inclination to care for others; big-sisterly disposition

noun:

• playing doctor; children examining each other's genitals (often as a role play)

noun / ~する noun:

• keeping an eye on people's belongings (so they don't get stolen)

noun:

• biopower; Foucault's term for the regulation by modern states of their subjects

noun:

• post-retirement return to one's home town and carrying out agricultural pursuits

noun:

• one's second son ➜ 次男【じなん】
• man between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo system) - archaism ➜ 少丁

adjectival noun / ~の noun / adverb / ~する noun:

• agile (person's movements); nimble; adroit; lively; brisk; skillful - onomatopoeia

expression:

• following the desires of one's own heart without transgressing what is right - from the Analects of Confucius - proverb

expression:

• content is the philosopher's stone, that turns all it touches into gold - proverb ➜ 足るを知る

expression:

• there's but a fine line between genius and insanity - proverb

noun:

• pinfall; pinning an opponent's shoulders to the ground (e.g. in wrestling)

expression / noun:

• thanking another driver by flashing one's hazard lights - colloquialism - From English "thank you hazard"

noun / ~する noun:

• falling asleep (in one's clothes); lying down to nap; crashing out ➜ うたた寝【うたたね】

noun:

• foreign-body sensation (e.g.contact lens, something stuck in one's throat)

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to seclude oneself; to hide away; to stay inside (one's shell)
• to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.)
• to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be stuffy; to be dense
• to be muffled (e.g. voice)
• to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
• to confine oneself in a temple to pray

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to approach; to draw near; to come near; to be close to
• to gather (in one place); to come together; to meet
• to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to make a short visit
• to grow old; to grow high (number, etc.) ➜ 年が寄る
• to grow (wrinkly) - in the form of しわが寄る
• to lean against; to recline on - also written as 倚る, 凭る
• to push one's opponent while holding their belt - Sumo term
• to decide on a price and come to a deal
• to be swayed by (a person); to yield to - archaism

expression:

• excuse me for disturbing (interrupting) you; greeting used when entering someone's home

adverb / ~と adverb:

• gulping down (a drink); guzzling; chugging - onomatopoeia

adjectival noun:

• sloshing around (of liquid in one's stomach) - onomatopoeia