noun:

• small territory ［しょうりょう］
• assistant director of a district (ritsuryo system) ➜ 次官【すけ】

noun:

• Patagonian toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides) ➜ マジェラン鮎並【マジェランあいなめ】
• melody - abbreviation ➜ メロディー

suffix noun:

• section of a pop song - usu. Ａメロ, Ｂメロ, etc.

noun:

• parts of a building to which electrical cables are attached

noun:

• uneven heating of food (esp. in a microwave) ➜ 斑【むら】・加熱ムラ【かねつムラ】

noun:

• uneven heating of food (esp. in a microwave) ➜ 斑【むら】

adjectival noun / noun:

• smooth and refreshing (of sake); light with a clean finish

noun:

• winning hand consisting of four kongs and a pair - Mahjong term

noun:

• win on the last discard of a round - Mahjong term

noun:

• using the sleeves of one's kimono as a pillow - archaism

noun:

• celebration held 50 days after the birth of a child ➜ 五十日【いか】

noun:

• fiftieth day after the birth of a child
• fifty days

noun:

• four of a kind (poker hand) - From English "four card"

noun:

• large sound of unknown source heard on a forested mountain - from the idea that such sounds came from trees being felled by tengu ➜ 天狗

noun:

• atmosphere (esp. of a place or person); mood; vibe; ambience - colloquialism ➜ 雰囲気

noun:

• official promotional photo of a musician, model, etc. - from アーティスト写真 - abbreviation

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to turn oneself into; to transform oneself into
• to disguise oneself as
• to change radically; to metamorphose
• to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to stand up; to put up; to set up; to erect; to raise - also written as 起てる
• to thrust into; to bury into; to dig into
• to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to raise (a cloud of dust, etc.); to cause
• to make; to establish; to set up; to develop; to formulate
• to put up (a political candidate); to make (one's leader)
• to treat with respect; to give (someone) their due; to make (someone) look good; to avoid embarrassing (someone)
• to sharpen; to make clear
• to shut; to close ➜ 閉てる
• to make tea (matcha); to perform the tea ceremony ➜ 点てる
• to divide by

suffix / ichidan verb:

• to do ... vigorously - after the -masu stem of a verb

noun:

• the whole world
• the whole country
• society; the public
• supremacy over a nation; government of a country; the ruling power
• having one's own way; doing as one pleases

~の noun:

• peerless; incomparable; superlative; world-famous

noun:

• shogun (Edo period) - archaism

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be brought forward (e.g. by three hours); to be moved up; to be advanced ［早まる］
• to be hasty; to be rash ［早まる］
• to quicken; to speed up; to gather speed - esp. 速まる

adverb / ~と adverb:

• tap-tap; knock-knock; bang-bang - onomatopoeia
• cough-cough - onomatopoeia
• bark (of a fox); yelp; cry - onomatopoeia
• heavily (e.g. of snow falling) - onomatopoeia

noun:

• fox - children's language ➜ 狐

noun:

• country with a constitutional government; constitutional state; country where the rule of law prevails; system based on the rule of law

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be indicated as the winner of a bout by the raising of the referee's fan - Sumo term
• to be declared the winner - idiom

noun:

• stipend given to a designated person, such as a noble, and which was paid by a designated household (ritsuryo system) ➜ 封戸

noun:

• box; case; chest; package; pack; crate
• car (of a train, etc.)
• shamisen case; shamisen
• public building; community building - often written as ハコ - colloquialism ➜ 箱物
• man who carries a geisha's shamisen - archaism ➜ 箱屋
• receptacle for human waste; feces (faeces) - archaism

suffix / counter:

• counter for boxes (or boxed objects)

noun:

• comparing autumn leaves to a garment
• layered garments that mimic the colours of autumn leaves (worn from the 9th to the 11th month of the lunar calendar)