pronoun:

• you (referring to someone of equal or lower status) - 貴女 refers only to females and 貴男 refers only to males - polite language
• dear (what a wife calls a husband) ［貴方・貴男］

noun / ~する noun:

• listing (on the stock exchange, etc.); taking a company public
• presentation (e.g. of a play, opera); performance ➜ 上演

noun:

• a little more than usual; bribe money added to a regular fee; and then some - From English "plus alpha"

noun:

• sushi rice in a box or bowl with a variety of ingredients sprinkled on top - Food term ➜ ばら寿司【ばらずし】・五目鮨【ごもくずし】

noun:

• bread roll filled with anko
• paint thinner placed inside a bag used as a drug

noun:

• post-retirement job; work done by a retired person where earning an income is not a primary concern - four character idiom

noun:

• fixed-interval transfer ceremony (wherein a shrine's sacred object is transferred to a newly constructed main hall)

noun:

• toy from Fukushima prefecture in the shape of a red cow, also used as a talisman against smallpox

noun:

• train ticket printed on soft paper, etc. (usu. dispensed from a vending machine as part of a roll) ➜ 硬券

noun:

• sign used to designate a hot springs (e.g. on a map)
• traditional style love hotel ➜ 連込み宿・逆さ海月【さかさくらげ】

noun:

• branch of a sacred tree (esp. sakaki) with paper or cotton strips attached (used as a Shinto offering) - poetic name - archaism ➜ 玉串

noun:

• misedashi; debut of an apprentice geisha; ceremony in which a shikomi becomes a maiko ➜ 仕込み【しこみ】・舞子【まいこ】

expression:

• to sacrifice something small in order to save something great; to lose a leg to save one's life; to kill a small bug and help a large one - proverb

noun:

• shaping ceramics on a pottery wheel; spinning a pottery wheel
• gesticulating with your hands as if you were shaping ceramics on a pottery wheel - slang - humorous term

expression / ichidan verb:

• to save trouble; to save effort; to save hassle; to save bother; to save time

noun:

• variety; kind; type; category

counter:

• counter for different sorts of things

suffix:

• Mr; Mrs; Ms; Miss - honorific language

noun / suffix:

• clan

noun:

• he; him - honorific language

counter:

• counter for people - honorific language

noun:

• kindness; favor; favour; friendliness
• goodwill; affection; liking (for someone); love

noun:

• live coals (for firelighting)
• cause (of disturbance, conflict, etc.); trigger

noun / ~する noun:

• shortcut

noun:

• short-cut hairstyle for women - From English "short cut"

noun / ~の noun:

• mosaic
• pixelated obscuring in images and video, usu. for censorship

noun / ~する noun:

• lodger who pays nothing for room and board; freeloader; sponger

noun / ~する noun:

• storage; housing for equipment and machines
• putting into computer memory - IT term

noun:

• accompaniment for traditional performances (noh, kabuki, etc.); orchestra; band - Music term

noun:

• sake cup ➜ お猪口
• small deep porcelain bowl for serving food