noun:

• diagonal move (in the game of go)

noun / ~の noun:

• instantaneous; blindingly quick; (in) the blink of an eye

noun:

• Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers (in Japan); SCAP ➜ ＳＣＡＰ

noun:

• ritual to banish the sleep demon (esp. in Tōhoku)

noun:

• Tillandsia (genus of flowering plants in the Bromeliaceae family)

noun:

• Gaultheria adenothrix (alpine shrublet in the Ericaceae family)

noun:

• Reineckea carnea (flowering plant in the Asparagaceae family)

noun:

• Ophiopogon planiscapus (flowering plant in the Asparagaceae family)

noun:

• Maianthemum yesoense (flowering plant in the Asparagaceae family)

noun:

• Liriope minor (flowering plant in the Asparagaceae family)

noun:

• women in the sciences; female scientists - abbreviation - colloquialism ➜ 理系女子【りけいじょし】

noun / ~する noun:

• falling of the yellow leaves and nuts (in autumn)

noun:

• direct planting of a cutting in the ground

noun:

• red; crimson; scarlet
• red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange)
• Red (i.e. communist) - often written as アカ - colloquialism
• red light (traffic) - abbreviation ➜ 赤信号
• red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red - abbreviation ➜ 赤字・赤字

~の noun:

• complete; total; perfect; obvious ➜ 赤の他人

noun:

• copper ［赤］ ➜ 銅【どう】

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to cut; to cut through; to perform (surgery)
• to sever (connections, ties) ➜ 縁を切る
• to turn off (e.g. the light)
• to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to disconnect ➜ 電話を切る
• to punch (a ticket); to tear off (a stub)
• to open (something sealed)
• to start
• to set (a limit); to do (something) in less or within a certain time; to issue (stamps, vouchers, etc.)
• to reduce; to decrease; to discount ➜ 値切る
• to shake off (water, etc.); to let drip-dry; to let drain
• to cross; to traverse
• to criticize sharply
• to act decisively; to do (something noticeable); to go first; to make (certain facial expressions, in kabuki)
• to turn (vehicle, steering wheel, etc.)
• to curl (a ball); to bend; to cut
• to shuffle (cards)
• to discard a tile - Mahjong term
• to dismiss; to sack; to let go; to expulse; to excommunicate
• to dig (a groove); to cut (a stencil, on a mimeograph)
• to trump ➜ 切り札
• to cut (the connection between two groups) (in go)
• to start a fire (with wood-wood friction or by striking a metal against stone) - also written as 鑽る
• to draw (a shape) in the air (with a sword, etc.)

auxiliary verb / godan ~る verb:

• to finish; to complete - after the -masu stem of a verb ➜ 疲れきる

expression:

• leave no room for scandal; don't do anything that can be misinterpreted; don't straighten your cap under a plum tree (because when you raise your hands it might look as if you're trying to steal the plums) [literal] - proverb

expression / adjective:

• creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring; weird

expression / adjective:

• creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring; weird ➜ 気味が悪い【きみがわるい】

noun:

• attending physician; doctor-in-charge; attending doctor; one's doctor

noun:

• crevice; crack; gap; opening; clearance
• spare moment; interval; break; pause; spare time
• chink (in one's armor, armour); unpreparedness; carelessness

noun:

• state (of mind); mental state; emotional condition
• field (of activity)
• one's lot; circumstance; situation in life
• place; region; area; land - orig. meaning

expression:

• I quit!; I'm out!; declaring one quits, mainly used in children's games - children's language - Ōsaka dialect

noun / counter:

• nth person to quit a game - children's language - Ōsaka dialect

noun:

• method of dyeing in which a color repeatedly goes from dense to diffuse, diffuse to dense - imported from western China and used in Buddhist pictures, temple ornaments, etc., during the Nara and Heian periods

particle:

• such things as ...; and ... and - used for non-exhaustive lists related to a specific time and place
• the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; as soon as - after the dictionary form of a verb ➜ や否や

unclassified:

• be; is - plain copula - Kansai dialect ➜ だ

interjection:

• o; oh - punctuational exclamation in haiku, renga, etc.
• huh; what - interjection expressing surprise
• hi - male language
• yes; what? - archaism

particle:

• yes?; no?; is it?; isn't it? - indicates a question - archaism

expression:

• one cannot live solely by oneself; one cannot accomplish anything solely by oneself; cannot clap with just one hand [literal] - proverb