noun / ~する noun:

• intermission during a performance (e.g. variety show, play, sumo, etc.)
• temporary departure of an actor (between the first and second halves of a noh or kyogen performance, during which time they change costumes, etc.)

noun:

• groove in a shamisen player's fingernail caused by the friction of the string of the instrument ➜ 糸道【いとみち】

expression / noun:

• a man among the geese when the gander is away; a one-eyed king in the land of the blind; a bat in a village without birds [literal] - idiom

~する noun:

• shutting yourself out of your car with the key left inside - From English "in key"

ichidan verb:

• to place a hat, etc. on someone's head - archaism
• to award clothing to someone as a reward or a souvenir
• to place the blame or burden of responsibility on someone else
• to use something as an excuse or a pretext

prefix:

• sub-
• -ous (indicating a low oxidation state); -ite

expression / noun:

• why-why analysis; method of questioning that leads to the identification of the root cause(s) of a problem

noun:

• inner pleat; the raising of fabric up in the middle to marry bottom edges of yukata and kimono

noun:

• moon-viewing on either the night of the 15th day of the 8th month of the lunisolar calendar or on the night of the 13th day of the 9th month of the lunisolar calendar, but not both nights

noun:

• hit
• success
• guess; prediction
• affability; friendliness
• sensation; touch
• bruise (on fruit)
• situation in which a stone or chain of stones may be captured on the next move (in the game of go)
• bite (of a fish on a hook); strike - also written as 魚信 ➜ 魚信

suffix:

• per; each

noun:

• a country being in a state of universal peace; the world being peaceful and uneventful - four character idiom

noun:

• Maratha; Mahratta; member of the Hindu people of Maharashtra (esp. a member of the royal or military caste)

noun:

• wooden plane with a convex base curved both along the direction of cutting and across the blade ➜ 反台鉋

noun:

• person who estimates the variety and quantity of wood necessary to build a house from looking at the plans

noun:

• presumption of legitimacy; presumption of child in wedlock; presumption that the ex-husband is the father of a woman's child born within 300 days of their divorce - Law term

expression / noun:

• none of your business!; don't bother me!; keep out of it! - お世話 is ironic

adjectival noun:

• at the point of death; almost dead; about to die
• at some limit (pain, hunger, etc.)

noun:

• black surgeonfish (Acanthurus gahhm, species of tang endemic to the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden in the western Indian Ocean)

noun:

• playing shogi with a handicap of the rook and bishop
• participating in a contest while missing key players, pieces, etc.

noun / suffix noun:

• angle
• square (or cube)
• bishop - abbreviation - Shōgi term ➜ 角行【かくぎょう】
• third degree (of the Japanese & Chinese pentatonic scale) ➜ 五音
• Chinese "horn" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) - Astronomy term ➜ 角宿・二十八宿【にじゅうはっしゅく】・蒼竜【そうりょう】
• jiao (monetary unit of China; one-tenth of a yuan) ➜ 元【げん】

noun:

• var. of mochi made from a mixture of rice flour and sweet bean paste (famous product of Kagoshima)

expression:

• don't be a sore loser; don't make excuses for your failures; a defeated general should not talk of strategy [literal] - proverb

noun:

• head family; main branch of a school or religion

noun:

• feudal lord; head of a household; proudly independent person

expression / ichidan verb:

• to raise one's head (esp. of a snake)