noun:

• tatami-mat room rented out for meetings, meals, etc.
• place for assignations
• (Edo-period) brothel

expression:

• Look for a big tree when you want shelter; Serve the powerful for your own good

expression / noun:

• pretext for not revealing something (e.g. actual reason for one's failure, vested interest, etc.)

noun:

• box lunch (containing rice and 10-15 small portions of fish, meat, and vegetables) - abbreviation ➜ 幕の内弁当
• highest-ranking division - Sumo term ➜ 幕内
• intermission (between acts); interlude

noun:

• dish of fish or meat flavoured with soy sauce, mirin, etc., coated with starch and then deep-fried - Food term

noun / suffix noun:

• fish, meat, vegetables, etc. pickled in kōji and salt; food pickled in malted rice ➜ 麹【こうじ】

noun:

• safety device for the aged that calls for help if not activated periodically - From English "silver online"

noun:

• one-sided wait for the end tile of a three-in-a-row which will finish one's hand (i.e. for a 3 while holding 1-2, or for a 7 while holding 8-9) - Mahjong term

noun:

• one-sided wait for the end tile of a three-in-a-row which will finish one's hand (i.e. for a 3 while holding 1-2, or for a 7 while holding 8-9) - Mahjong term - From Chinese ➜ 辺張待ち【ペンチャンまち】

noun:

• fish, meat, and vegetables stewed in a thick, sweet sauce of soy sauce, sugar and mirin - Food term

noun:

• nationally protected chicken breed; free-range local traditional pedigree chicken; chicken meat from same
• locally raised chicken ［地鳥］

noun / ~する noun:

• carrying out one's words; being as good as one's word; making good on one's promise - four character idiom

noun:

• dish of fish (meat, etc.), tofu, vegetables boiled together and served with ponzu dipping sauce; pot used to cook such a dish

noun:

• meat of a fish (e.g. tuna) that is dark red with blood, usu. coming from the parts close to the spine ➜ 血合い

expression / ichidan verb:

• to make way for; to make room for; to get out of the way - esp. 道を空ける
• to pave the way for; to open up opportunity - esp. 道を開ける

noun:

• sword-bearer (subordinate whose job it is to hold their master's sword)
• rikishi carrying a sword who follows the yokozuna to the ring during his ring-entering ceremony - Sumo term

noun:

• mapo doufu; mapo tofu; spicy Sichuan dish of tofu and minced meat - Food term - From Chinese "mápó dòufu"

noun:

• living in another person's house without paying for food and lodging; sponging on other people for accommodation

noun:

• end (of a stick, rod, pole, etc.)
• end of a palanquin carrying pole
• palanquin bearer

expression / ichidan verb:

• to add meat (or weight); to add substance (to an essay, etc.)

noun:

• minced meat or fish with soy sauce, etc. (served on rice) - Food term

noun / adjectival noun:

• shred (e.g. old clothing falling apart); tangle (objects twisted together); thin slices (esp. food)

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to hack; to chop (firewood, meat, etc.); to chop off (e.g. head)

noun:

• meat of a fish (e.g. tuna) that is dark red with blood, usu. coming from the parts close to the spine

noun:

• soil
• breeding ground; fertile ground (for); foundation (for the development of ...)

temporal noun:

• eternity; through all eternity; for evermore; for many generations to come - four character idiom