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 / ~する noun:

• infatuation (with a woman); obsessing (over a woman); losing one's head (over a women)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to create a stir; to make waves; to raise a question about; to cause a sensation - idiom

expression:

• after a while; a little while later; shortly afterward; after a brief interval

noun:

• (pair of) wooden doors in the interior of a home
• door to a pavilion in a Heian period palace ➜ 寝殿造

noun:

• food (on a table) (esp. a small Japanese table); dinner; cover (in a restaurant) ➜ 膳
• cook; chef; person who prepares food

noun / ~の noun / ~する noun:

• disguising oneself as a man; dressing as a man (for a woman); male clothing ➜ 女装【じょそう】

noun:

• (being a) fan of a single member of a music group (esp. idol group) - slang ➜ 箱推し

adverb / ~と adverb:

• (dragging a large or heavy item) slowly - onomatopoeia
• (falling) little by little; (slipping) gradually; (drawing back) slowly; with a slither - onomatopoeia
• on and on; while putting off; slovenly; interminably - onomatopoeia
• with a slurp; with a sniffle - onomatopoeia

adjectival noun:

• loose; lax; inconclusive; unresolved - onomatopoeia

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to take something into ...; to bring in; to carry in
• to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring (a proposal); to commence negotiations ➜ 尻を持ち込む【しりをもちこむ】
• to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)

noun:

• promotional model (at a trade show, etc.); female guide (at a convention); booth babe
• hostess (of a party, banquet, etc.)
• companion - orig. meaning

noun / ~する noun:

• open-air tea ceremony
• aristocrat taking a break during a trip in a palanquin
• something standing in the open

noun:

• hundred times worship (e.g. walking back and forth a hundred times before a shrine offering a prayer each time)

noun:

• plan of a house; arrangement of rooms; list of rooms in an apartment, excluding bathroom and toilet, encoded as a string of digits and letters (e.g. "2DK" for a two-room apartment with a kitchen/dining area)

noun:

• stage prop in kabuki, consisting of a revolving panel with a life-size doll on each side
• rapid change in a situation, person's attitude, etc.

particle:

• by (indicating means of action); as (a group, etc.) ➜ からして・として・にして・為る
• indicates patient of a causative expression - as 〜をして in modern Japanese
• acts as a connective - after the ren'youkei form of an adjective
• adds emphasis - after an adverb or a particle

conjunction:

• and then ➜ そして

noun:

• ceremony performed by a sorcerer to protect a noble setting out on a trip ➜ 禹歩
• dance steps inspired by this ceremony

noun:

• on-stage performance by musicians in a kabuki play
• shamisen accompaniment when a performer (esp. a rakugo story teller) appears on stage

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• in confusion; in a fluster; in bewilderment; in a dither; in a panic; all shook up; helplessly - onomatopoeia
• sobbing; tearfully; trembling (voice) - onomatopoeia

noun / ~の noun:

• class-A; A class; A grade

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to perform (a play); to play (a part); to act (a part); to commit (a blunder)

noun:

• viewing through a window; passing through a window; going through a window; doing through a window - usu. as 窓越しに

noun:

• chilled soba served on a dish (often on a wicker basket or in a shallow steaming basket) with dipping sauce

noun:

• god of harvests and wealth (syncretized with Saraswati, and often taking the form of a heavenly woman, a white snake or a fox) - obscure term ➜ 宇賀神

noun:

• announcing meals (at a Zen monastery); meal announcer - Buddhism term
• noh mask resembling a young attendant who announces mealtimes in a Zen monastery