noun:

• tatami "box seat" for four people at sumo, kabuki, etc.

noun:

• catching someone's attention by winking and tugging at their sleeve

adverb:

• quite; utterly; (not) at all; completely; wholly; entirely; totally; altogether

noun / ~する noun:

• changing one's dress (e.g. at the wedding reception)

noun:

• annual New Year's poetry reading (held at the Imperial Court)

noun:

• person who sees someone else off (e.g. at the airport) ➜ 迎え人

noun:

• person who goes to greet someone (e.g. at the airport) ➜ 送り人【おくりびと】

noun:

• infantile neurosis characterized by crying at night and convulsions - in Chinese medicine
• temper; nerves ➜ 癇

noun:

• sweetened rice-flour cakes for offering at the Dolls' Festival

noun / ~する noun:

• simultaneous development; spreading at the same time (e.g. two phenomena)

noun:

• harassment, discrimination, bullying, etc. of staff and students at educational institutions - abbreviation - From English "academic harassment" ➜ アカデミックハラスメント

noun:

• ceremonial hand-clapping (e.g. at end of event, meeting, etc.)

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to sell off at peak price (usu. shares) ➜ 売り抜ける

noun:

• household with at least one member subject to taxation (ritsuryo system) - archaism

noun:

• devoted fan who shows up at every event (concert, etc.); groupie - from おまえいつでもいるな - abbreviation - slang

noun:

• one's repertoire of pitches - usu. 持ち球 - Baseball term
• balls at hand (in pachinko) - usu. 持ち玉

noun:

• kindling burned in shrines and temples - archaism
• special kindling used in samurai families during the Edo period for the 15th of the first month and painted with 12 brush strokes (13 on a lucky year) - archaism
• kindling offered by officials to the imperial court during the ritsuryo period - archaism

noun:

• meaning of a title (of a book, poem, etc.); point of a question

expression / godan ~ぶ verb:

• to cause a commotion; to create a big stir; to invoke a storm [literal]

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to see; to look; to watch; to view; to observe
• to look over; to look on; to assess; to examine; to judge ➜ 診る
• to look after; to keep an eye on; to take care of - usually written using kana alone ➜ 看る
• to view (e.g. flowers, movie) - usu. 観る

auxiliary verb / ichidan verb:

• to try; to try out; to test - usu. after a conative verb as 〜てみる - usually written using kana alone
• to see that...; to find that... - usu. after an aconative verb as 〜てみると, 〜てみれば, 〜てみたら, etc. - usually written using kana alone

noun / ~する noun:

• setting oneself free from the life of a white-collar worker; quitting a job as a salaryman and launching an independent business ➜ サラ

noun:

• marguerite (Chrysanthemum frutescens) ［マーガレット］
• Japanese women's hairstyle comprised of a long braid tied up in a loop with a ribbon (ca. 1885)

noun:

• palace examination (national Chinese civil servant examination based largely on classic literature); someone who has passed this examination ➜ 科挙
• examination for promotion in the Ministry of Ceremonies (based largely on political duties and Chinese classics); someone who has passed this examination ➜ 式部省

~の noun / adjectival noun / noun / adverbial noun:

• a lot; lots; plenty; many; a large number; much; a great deal; a good deal
• enough; sufficient

suffix noun:

• enough; too many; too much - after a noun; usu. read as だくさん ➜ 沢山【だくさん】

noun:

• a kick; mounting a bar with a kick