noun:

• referee officiating at bouts of rank-and-file wrestlers in the highest division - Sumo term

noun:

• reactive oxygen (i.e. free radicals, which can be destructive at high concentrations)

adverb:

• much; remarkably; noticeably
• not at all (with neg. verb)
• quickly and vigorously; unhesitatingly

noun:

• oldest architectural style for Shinto shrines (e.g. used at Izumo shrine)

noun:

• poems inscribed beside the stone Buddha Foot monument at Yakushi Temple in Nara

noun:

• poems inscribed beside the stone Buddha Foot monument at Yakushi Temple in Nara

noun:

• kindergarten closing ceremony (at end of school year in March, before spring break)

noun / ~する noun:

• open-air tea ceremony
• aristocrat taking a break during a trip in a palanquin
• something standing in the open

noun:

• hundred times worship (e.g. walking back and forth a hundred times before a shrine offering a prayer each time)

noun:

• plan of a house; arrangement of rooms; list of rooms in an apartment, excluding bathroom and toilet, encoded as a string of digits and letters (e.g. "2DK" for a two-room apartment with a kitchen/dining area)

particle:

• by (indicating means of action); as (a group, etc.) ➜ からして・として・にして・為る
• indicates patient of a causative expression - as 〜をして in modern Japanese
• acts as a connective - after the ren'youkei form of an adjective
• adds emphasis - after an adverb or a particle

conjunction:

• and then ➜ そして

noun / suffix:

• place; spot; scene; site - also pronounced どころ when a suffix
• address
• district; area; locality
• one's house
• point; aspect; side; facet ➜ いいとこ
• passage (in text); part
• space; room
• thing; matter

noun:

• whereupon; as a result - after the plain past form of a verb
• about to; on the verge of - after present form of a verb
• was just doing; was in the process of doing; have just done; just finished doing - after past form of a verb

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• in confusion; in a fluster; in bewilderment; in a dither; in a panic; all shook up; helplessly - onomatopoeia
• sobbing; tearfully; trembling (voice) - onomatopoeia

noun:

• robe worn by military officials with a round collar, unstitched open sides, and no wrapped fabric along the bottom ➜ 闕腋の袍
• small opening in the side of traditional Japanese clothing (where the sleeve meets the bodice, below the armpit); clothing with such an opening (usu. worn by women or children) ➜ 八つ口

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to handle well; to handle deftly
• to deal with; to manage; to settle; to sort; to process
• to prepare (meat or fish) for cooking; to dress (meat, etc.); to cut and trim (fish)
• to sell out (completely); to dispose of (all stock)
• to untangle; to disentangle; to part; to arrange (e.g. the hem of a kimono)

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to look after; to take care of; to keep; to hold on to; to keep in custody
• to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to be entrusted with
• to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment); to leave undecided
• to take upon oneself (to do); to settle (a matter) oneself

noun / ~の noun:

• class-A; A class; A grade

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to perform (a play); to play (a part); to act (a part); to commit (a blunder)

noun:

• viewing through a window; passing through a window; going through a window; doing through a window - usu. as 窓越しに

noun:

• plate; dish; platter; disc ➜ お皿

noun / suffix noun / counter:

• serving; helping; course

noun:

• kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)

noun:

• giving lessons at pupils' homes
• going to train in stable other than your own - Sumo term

noun:

• first ring-entering ceremony of the newly promoted grand champion, performed at Meiji shrine

noun:

• era at the end of 1970s dominated by grand champion Wajima and ozeki Takanohana - Sumo term ➜ 貴輪時代

noun:

• era at the end of 1970s dominated by grand champion Wajima and ozeki Takanohana - Sumo term

noun:

• flower circle (equiv. of gold star awarded to kids for good work at school) ➜ 二重丸