expression / godan ~す verb:

• to make a sound with one's throat; to purr (cat)

noun:

• masterwork; masterpiece; crowning work; one's magnum opus; work of the highest quality

noun:

• bare midriff (clothing style that exposes one's midriff)

adverb / ~と adverb:

• drumming (noise); beating; pounding; banging; booming; stamping - onomatopoeia
• rapidly; quickly; steadily - onomatopoeia
• continuously; one after the other; in succession - onomatopoeia

suffix noun / noun:

• rival; opponent; adversary; competitor; enemy (esp. one with which there is longstanding enmity); foe - usu. pronounced がたき when used as a suffix ➜ 仇【あだ】・敵【てき】

noun:

• revenge
• spouse - archaism

noun:

• reserve; spare; backup
• note; memorandum

noun / suffix noun:

• duplicate; copy; stub (of a ticket, etc.)

noun:

• waiting one's turn

noun / ~の noun:

• secrecy; confidentiality; privacy; secret
• one's circumstances (esp. fiscal)
• inner realization; personal enlightenment ［ないしょう］ - Buddhism term
• kitchen ［内所］

expression / adjective:

• it is not (like that); used to explicitly deny one thing while also implicitly denying other things

noun / ~する noun:

• leaving one's seat (before an event is over); excusing oneself (from a meeting, conversation, etc.)

noun:

• quarter
• someone with one non-Japanese grandparent ➜ ハーフ
• quota - esp. クォータ and クオータ

expression:

• one's father is more horrifying than any natural disaster; earthquakes, thunder, fires, the old man [literal] - proverb

noun:

• starting afresh; going back to square one; abandoning (e.g. a plan); calling off ➜ ご破算
• clearing an abacus - orig. meaning ➜ ご破算

noun:

• having sticky fingers; compulsive thievery
• habitual movement of one's hands
• marks from being handled often

noun:

• the hard way; striving for enlightenment through one's own efforts (as opposed to reliance on Amitabha) - Buddhism term ➜ 易行道

noun:

• deceptive advertising; misleading advertisement (presenting one's product as being better or cheaper than it really is)

noun / ~する noun:

• killing oneself by jumping (e.g. from a tall building); plunging to one's death

noun / ~する noun:

• buying more than one of the same item in different colors (colours) - slang ➜ イロチ

expression:

• what more can one say?; utterly at a loss for words (because of disbelief or disgust)

noun:

• lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus) (esp. one living in the mountains) ［山杜鵑］ ➜ 時鳥
• Tricyrtis macropoda (species of toad lily)

expression / adjective:

• (so ashamed or embarrassed that) one does not know where to put oneself; feeling out of place ➜ 身の置き所がない

noun:

• demanding again what one has already obtained; coaxing out of someone for a second time - obscure term ➜ 強請り

expression / adverbial noun:

• more than one can possibly use; countless (e.g. examples); (money) to burn; rolling in (cash)

noun:

• broad-rimmed topless cap worn (esp. by young children) to prevent shampoo getting into one's eyes - trademark of Pip Co., Ltd. - From English "shampoo hat"

noun:

• novel about one's education, spiritual growth, etc,; coming-of-age story; Bildungsroman - From German ➜ 教養小説【きょうようしょうせつ】

noun:

• circumstantial retribution; circumstances (e.g. geographical, societal) one is born into because of karma in previous lives - Buddhism term ➜ 正報