noun:

• leader of a nobleman's cavalcade - archaism
• animal messenger of the gods (i.e. a fox) ［みさき］

noun:

• art project which is done in place of a graduation thesis at a college of arts - abbreviation ➜ 卒業制作

noun:

• area on the concave side of a mountain arc or a crescent-shaped archipelago ➜ 外帯
• area of southwestern Japan north of the Median Tectonic Line ➜ 西南日本内帯

noun:

• area on the convex side of a mountain arc or a crescent-shaped archipelago ➜ 内帯
• area of southwestern Japan south of the Median Tectonic Line ➜ 西南日本外帯

noun:

• tip of a stem (of a plant)

noun:

• (playground) slide
• (ship) launching platform; sliding bed ➜ 船台

noun:

• techno-superliner (high-speed Japanese cargo ship); TSL ➜ テクノスーパーライナー

noun:

• clerical appearance; appearance of a priest - Buddhism term
• teachings of Buddha; condition of the universe at creation; in the pure land teachings, the name of Amitabha, or prayers to Amitabha; investiture of a Buddhist priest

pre-noun adjectival:

• a particular; a certain ［さる］
• that kind of; such a

noun / ~する noun:

• forming a four-of-a-kind; declaring a kong - Mahjong term - From Chinese ➜ 槓子

noun:

• impoverishment of farmers because of a bumper harvest; decline in farmers' income caused by the sharply lower farm prices as a result of bumper harvests - four character idiom

noun:

• impoverishment of farmers because of a bumper harvest; decline in farmers' income caused by the sharply lower farm prices as a result of bumper harvests - four character idiom

~と adverb / adverb:

• ding (of a bell); bing; ting; tinkle; ring - esp. チーン, ちーん - onomatopoeia
• honk (i.e. sound of blowing one's nose); snort - onomatopoeia

noun / ~する noun:

• heating in a microwave; cooking in a microwave; microwaving; nuking - from the sound of the microwave timer; usu. チン - colloquialism ➜ チンする

expression:

• a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step - proverb ➜ 千里の道も一歩から

expression:

• a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step - proverb ➜ 千里の行も足下に始まる

noun:

• a fall below a certain level (of a stock price, etc.) Antonym: 台替わり【だいがわり】 ➜ 台

noun / ~する noun:

• rivalry of local warlords; a number of powerful (talented, influential) persons standing by themselves in a given field - four character idiom

noun:

• strut; short vertical post
• thickness (of a book minus the cover, a sheaf of paper, etc.)
• handbreadth; bundle - archaism ➜ 束【そく】

noun:

• shintai; object of worship believed to contain the spirit of a deity, typically housed in a shrine - honorific language - Shintō term ➜ 神体

noun:

• pressing the top of a pickle vat by hanging a weight on a staff, used as a lever (in Kyoto suguki pickle making) - obscure term

noun / ~する noun:

• removal (e.g. of a building); dismantling (e.g. a tent); striking (e.g. a stage set)
• withdrawal (of troops); evacuation; retreating

noun:

• orca (Orcinus orca); killer whale; grampus
• mythical carp with the head of a lion and the body of a fish (auspicious protectors of well-being) ［しゃち］ - abbreviation ➜ 鯱【しゃちほこ】

noun / ~する noun:

• a rise above a certain level (of a stock price, etc.) Antonym: 台割れ

noun:

• crime of plotting a crime; crime of preparing to commit an offense; preparation of a crime - Law term

numeric:

• one-hundredth; 0.3 mm (one-hundredth of a sun); 0.1 percent (one-hundredth of a wari); 0.0375 grams (one-hundredth of a monme)

noun:

• old monetary unit (0.001 yen)