noun:

• drawing a tile from the wall - Mahjong term - From Chinese
• win with a self-drawn tile - Mahjong term
• winning off a self-drawn tile while completely concealed (yaku); winning off a self-drawn tile without having called any tiles - abbreviation - Mahjong term ➜ 門前清自摸和

noun:

• volume number; reel number; scroll number
• number of volumes; number of reels; number of scrolls; number of turns (of a coil); number of windings (of a transformer, electromagnet, etc.)
• a set number of scrolls to be read by a Buddhist monk ［かんじゅ・かんず］

expression / adverb:

• in short; in a nutshell; in a word; to cut a long story short

noun:

• a fast (dissolute) life; a life of follies; a life given to dissolute pleasures - four character idiom

noun:

• place that is cool in the summer; place one goes to escape the heat of summer; summer retreat ➜ 避暑

expression:

• (I) won't (say) anything no matter what (expression is followed by negative verb relating to say, answer, etc.) to not (tell) even under any threat ➜ 口が裂けても言えない【くちがさけてもいえない】

noun / ~の noun:

• de facto marriage; common-law marriage; living together as husband and wife without formal marriage - four character idiom

noun:

• radio equipment; facility that can transmit radio waves (as defined in Japan's radio law)

noun:

• specified disaster; disaster of extreme severity; large-scale (natural, etc.) disaster identified as especially disruptive - Law term

noun:

• once in a lifetime (opportunity); (a golden opportunity that may) happen only once in a thousand years - four character idiom

expression / ichidan verb:

• to search for a way out of a potentially fatal situation; to seek for a way out of a desperate situation

adverb:

• bursting out (laughter); breaking out (applause); roaring; whooping - onomatopoeia
• in a rush; in a surge; flooding in; pouring in - onomatopoeia
• suddenly; all of a sudden - onomatopoeia

noun:

• frame (i.e. of a sliding door)
• crosspiece; bar
• sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut) ➜ 猿
• rung (of a ladder)

noun:

• leaving a device on (e.g. TV, air conditioner); leaving something engaged (e.g. a key in a lock) ➜ っぱなし

noun:

• one's true worth; one's true self; what one is really made of

expression:

• also; too; not ... either; as well; even
• (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise - after the volitional or dictionary form of verb

expression:

• in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as)
• hoping or wishing for something

noun:

• public goods (i.e. goods or services such as lighthouses, military installations, etc., which are provided by government) ➜ 集合財

noun:

• Okinawan lion (or lion dog) statue placed as talisman against evil at entrances and on roofs - しーしー and しし are col. ➜ 獅子

expression / ichidan verb:

• to accept an offer; to be charmed by someone's kind words and do as he wishes

noun / ~する noun:

• brood parasitism (planting one's eggs in another bird's nest, as demonstrated by the cuckoo, etc.)

noun:

• Cephaloscyllium (genus of catshark known as swellsharks in the family Scyliorhinidae capable of inflating their body)

noun:

• Okuninushi; deity of magic and medicine later viewed as equivalent to Daikokuten and celebrated at Izumo Grand Shrine ➜ 大黒天

noun:

• Okuninushi; deity of magic and medicine later viewed as equivalent to Daikokuten and celebrated at Izumo Grand Shrine ➜ 大黒天

noun:

• Okuninushi; deity of magic and medicine later viewed as equivalent to Daikokuten and celebrated at Izumo Grand Shrine ➜ 大国主命【おおくにぬしのみこと】