noun:

• cosmic bowling; bowling in a bowling alley that is lit up like a disco with lots of flashing lights

noun:

• echo; reverberation
• sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise
• quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound; emotion or feeling inspired by something heard or read

noun:

• occasion; time
• section (of a literary work); paragraph; verse; stanza; passage
• principle; integrity
• node (of a plant stem)
• clause - Linguistics term
• (taxonomical) section

noun:

• children's game in which the aim is to occupy the other's home base
• taking a place; securing a position

noun:

• skilled control of a spear; stabbing (someone) with a spear - orig. meaning
• victim; scapegoat; someone singled out (for punishment, etc.) ➜ 槍玉に挙げる

noun:

• cueing (e.g. a magnetic tape, recording) (cuing); cue; feeding (e.g. paper under a print head); feed; document loading

noun:

• division of a shrine's tutelary deity, in order to share it with another shrine; spirit divided in such a manner

expression:

• don't be a sore loser; don't make excuses for your failures; a defeated general should not talk of strategy [literal] - proverb

noun:

• first quotation for a stock at the first exchange meeting of the New Year
• initial share price during a public offering

noun:

• wait to turn either of two pairs into a three-of-a-kind to finish one's hand - Mahjong term - From Chinese ➜ シャンポン待ち【シャンポンまち】

noun:

• Rip van Winkle effect (for a woman); feeling that everything has changed once one comes back to Japan (for a woman)

noun / ~する noun:

• opening a new shop
• opening a shop (for the day)

noun:

• (opening of) a wound; (mouth of a) wound; cut

expression:

• throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ... ➜ 渡る

noun:

• subject (of a painting); motif; theme
• title of a painting

noun:

• son of a distinguished family; son of a noble

noun:

• construction of a house (divination term); form of a house

godan ~す verb:

• to ride (a horse) back; to drive (a car) back

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to play a leading role; to play a central part

noun:

• test for a position in a company; company entrance test

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to form a crowd; to have a crowd of people

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to trim a tree; to prune a tree's branches - obscure term

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to touch (a person's) heart; to impress (a person)

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to bust down a door; to break a door open

noun:

• painting of a scene in Hell; a picture of Hell - four character idiom