noun:

• reserve; spare; backup
• note; memorandum

noun / suffix noun:

• duplicate; copy; stub (of a ticket, etc.)

noun:

• waiting one's turn

noun / ~の noun:

• secrecy; confidentiality; privacy; secret
• one's circumstances (esp. fiscal)
• inner realization; personal enlightenment ［ないしょう］ - Buddhism term
• kitchen ［内所］

noun / ~する noun:

• leaving one's seat (before an event is over); excusing oneself (from a meeting, conversation, etc.)

noun:

• having sticky fingers; compulsive thievery
• habitual movement of one's hands
• marks from being handled often

noun / ~する noun:

• biding one's time building up strength till finally grasping an opportunity to launch out and flourish - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• killing oneself by jumping (e.g. from a tall building); plunging to one's death

noun:

• atman; one's true self, which transcends death and is part of the universal Brahman (in Hinduism) - From Sanskrit "ātman" ➜ ブラフマン

noun:

• broad-rimmed topless cap worn (esp. by young children) to prevent shampoo getting into one's eyes - trademark of Pip Co., Ltd. - From English "shampoo hat"

noun:

• novel about one's education, spiritual growth, etc,; coming-of-age story; Bildungsroman - From German ➜ 教養小説【きょうようしょうせつ】

noun:

• mochi received from one's parents after giving birth (trad. eaten in miso soup to improve lactation)

noun:

• simplified receipt with a blank line to be filled out with the customer's name (used specifically for claiming expenses)

noun:

• simplified receipt with a blank line to be filled out with the customer's name (used specifically for claiming expenses)

noun:

• decorative paper envelope for giving New Year's gifts (usu. money given to children) and congratulatory gifts ➜ お年玉【おとしだま】

noun / ~の noun:

• dry taste (e.g. sake, wine)
• a liking for sake; one who likes sake
• salty (taste)
• harsh; scathing

godan ある verb (spec.):

• to give; to confer; to bestow - honorific language
• to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour; to favor - honorific language

noun:

• Japanese chimera; mythical creature with a monkey's head, tanuki's body, tiger's limbs, and a snake tail
• White's thrush (Zoothera dauma) ➜ 虎鶫
• man of mystery; enigma

noun:

• large text that appears in ads or brochures to catch the reader's attention (in copywriting) - From English "catch copy"

noun:

• menko; children's game in which thick circular or rectangular cards are slapped down on the ground to overturn other cards - Ōsaka dialect ➜ めんこ

expression:

• necessity is the mother of invention; there is always some way out of a difficulty if you really look for one - proverb

noun:

• old age

noun / ~の noun:

• old age

noun:

• old woman

noun:

• old woman

noun:

• old rice Antonym: 新米

adjectival noun / noun / ~の noun:

• old fashioned