noun:

• cut end; edge (of a page, etc.)
• small amount; small sum Antonym: 大口【おおぐち】
• beginning; clue
• tiger's den; jaws of death; dangerous place ➜ 虎口

expression:

• necessity is the mother of invention; there is always some way out of a difficulty if you really look for one - proverb

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be highly-reputed and sell extremely well (of a printed literary work); to raise the price of paper in Luoyang [literal] - idiom - archaism

noun:

• New Year ornament (usu. of straw, fern leaves, seaweed and bitter orange fruit, and hung at the entrance of a home)

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to become numb; to go to sleep (e.g. a limb)
• to get an electric shock; to tingle (from an electric shock)
• to be excited; to be titillated; to be mesmerized; to be enthralled

noun:

• no-bake cheesecake; gelatin cheesecake; unbaked cheesecake - From English "rare cheesecake"

noun:

• no-bake cheesecake; gelatin cheesecake; unbaked cheesecake - abbreviation - From English "rare cheesecake" ➜ レアチーズケーキ

noun:

• cabinetwork; joinery - usu. 指(し)物
• hair ornament; hairpin - often 挿(し)物
• colours; banner; small banner worn by soldiers during battle (for identification) from the Sengoku period to the end of the Edo period - archaism

noun:

• hourglass figure; having a good-looking, full-bodied figure (of a woman); big breasts and buttocks, tight waist - slang

noun:

• Japanese chimera; mythical creature with a monkey's head, tanuki's body, tiger's limbs, and a snake tail
• White's thrush (Zoothera dauma) ➜ 虎鶫
• man of mystery; enigma

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to be based on; to have origin in
• to have one's feet firmly planted on; to plant oneself on

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to speak frankly; to speak unreservedly; to open up to each other; to talk candidly; to speak by laying everything on the table; to talk straight from the gut; to have a heart-to-heart talk

noun / ~する noun:

• being deeply moved emotionally; excitement; passion; inspiration; deep emotion; strong impression

adverb:

• for the time being; at present ➜ 差し当たって

noun:

• hindrance - archaism ➜ 差し障り

expression / noun:

• slight superiority (in knowledge, experience, ability, etc.)
• being slightly older

expression / ichidan verb:

• to "see stars" (i.e. after being hit in the head)

noun / ~の noun:

• not busy; unengaged; being free
• leisure

noun:

• acting according to one's own beliefs, being undisturbed by others - four character idiom

noun:

• black rope used to bind criminals; being bound in prison - archaism

expression / adjective:

• being concentrated on one thing; devoting oneself completely to something

noun / prefix / suffix:

• medium; average; middle

noun:

• moderation
• middle school - abbreviation ➜ 中一・中学校
• China - abbreviation ➜ 中国
• volume two (of three) - abbreviation ➜ 中巻

suffix noun:

• during (a certain time when one did or is doing something); under (construction, etc.); while ➜ 話し中
• in; out of (e.g. three out of ten people) ➜ 中【じゅう】

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to cool (from room temperature); to chill; to refrigerate
• to calm down; to cool off; to regain one's composure; to relax
• to be frightened (at); to be scared (of)

adjectival noun:

• smooth (of a surface); glassy; velvety; soft
• smooth (of an action, proceedings, etc.); fluent (speech); fluid; trouble-free
• continuously differentiable - Mathematics term

noun:

• beehive; hive; honeycomb
• something full of holes; "swiss cheese" [figurative] - idiom
• honeycomb tripe; wall of a cow's second stomach - Food term
• cast iron anvil stand - obsolete term

noun:

• style of speaking in which the speaker gives the end of each sentence or phrase a higher intonation - From English "up talk"