noun:

• the same room; sharing a room; sharers of a room

noun:

• prefatory sutra - Buddhism term
• opening a sutra; beginning to read a sutra

expression / adjective:

• not funny; not a laughing matter; not a joke

expression:

• one should not rush to make a profit; business is best run when sales flow like a cow's drool: long and thin - obscure term

noun:

• pointed end; tip; point; cusp (of a leaf, crescent moon, etc.); apex (of a curve)
• forefront; vanguard; spearhead; leading edge

noun / ~する noun / intransitive verb:

• looking up to a person as one's own master or model; being influenced by a person through his works; idolizing

noun:

• one's business - archaism - polite language
• reading of scriptures before a (statue of) Buddha
• bargain; discount
• money paid to a prostitute or geisha

noun:

• restoring a computer to factory settings (esp. through reinstallation of the operating system, or use of a recovery CD) - IT term

noun:

• notched bamboo rod rubbed with an implement similar to a bamboo whisk (used as a percussion instrument) ➜ 簓
• wooden vertical batten

noun / ~する noun:

• accumulation; retention; collection; sequestration (as in carbon dioxide sequestration); storage (usually a liquid, e.g. rainwater, or behind a dam.)

noun:

• one-night stand; taking home a woman from a bar, club, etc. - slang
• takeout (i.e. food); take-out; takeaway; take-away - polite language ➜ 持ち帰り【もちかえり】

noun:

• concealed winning hand consisting of chows, a pair that isn't a value pair, and an open wait - Mahjong term - From Chinese

noun:

• hanafuda; Japanese playing cards (12 suits of 4 cards, each suit representing a month indicated by a flower) ➜ 花札

noun:

• traditional Koshogatsu ceremony where one person beats a fruit tree (usu. persimmon tree) with a pole while threatening to cut it down if it does not provide a plentiful harvest, with another person responding "I will, I will" for the tree ➜ 小正月・祝い棒

noun / ~する noun:

• (the privilege to have) an audience (with one's lord, a dignitary, etc.); interview (with one's superior)
• one's debut (first) appearance; debut (of a new product, work of art, actor, etc.)
• trial service (of a servant)

noun:

• personnel; members; lineup (of a team); roster; cast (of a play)
• announcement of next day's match-ups - Sumo term

expression:

• seeing is believing; one eye-witness is better than many hearsays; a picture is worth a thousand words - proverb

noun:

• rigging (a ship, aircraft, etc.)
• rigging; gear; tackle
• rigging; in animation, a hierarchy of virtual skeletal bones ［リギング］

noun / ~する noun:

• practice (in the field); training (esp. practical and hands-on); practical exercise; drill

noun:

• fifty-three stations on the Tōkaidō (Edo-Kyoto highway in Edo-period Japan) - abbreviation ➜ 東海道五十三次【とうかいどうごじゅうさんつぎ】

adverb:

• incidentally; taking the opportunity; while (you) are at it; on the occasion

noun:

• clear broth soup, with ingredients and garnish floating in and on it

noun / ~する noun:

• original text with its translation printed side by side or on opposite page

noun:

• double-dealing; double tongue; going back on what one has said
• repeating oneself

noun / ~する noun:

• opportunism; waiting and seeing (how the wind blows); sitting on the fence; straddling