noun:

• Muromachi-period texts or annotations of texts used in Zen lectures
• extracting from or excerpting (a classic)

noun:

• blues experienced by college freshmen or workplace recruits shortly after beginning school or work; the May blues

noun:

• shaku (flat wooden or ivory baton carried in the right hand when in ceremonial imperial or Shinto garb)

suffix noun:

• intimate (or disdainful) suffix used after a person's name (or the base of an adjective describing that person)

noun:

• widow (one or more lines separated from the rest of the preceding passage by page or column break) - obscure term - IT term ➜ 分断前部

noun:

• orphan (one or more lines separated from the rest of the following passage by page or paragraph break) - obscure term - IT term ➜ 分断後部

noun:

• stories (esp. war stories) or lectures told by someone near a road or temple while begging for money

noun:

• stories (esp. war stories) or lectures told by someone near a road or temple while begging for money - obscure term ➜ 辻講釈

noun:

• sleeping while on a sea voyage; falling asleep to the sound of the ocean

noun / ~と adverb:

• sound of the expulsion of soft matter mixed with water; diarrhea, etc. sounds; watery - onomatopoeia

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• stinging; smarting; tingling; burning - onomatopoeia
• on edge; nervous; tense - onomatopoeia

adverb / ~と adverb:

• ripping; peeling; tearing - onomatopoeia
• shrill sound of a whistle - onomatopoeia

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• quivering; trembling - onomatopoeia

particle:

• indicates reason or excuse - used as a conjunction or at sentence-end, often as 〜ものな, 〜ものね
• indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged - at sentence-end - female language

noun:

• refusing to allow a passenger on board a train or into a bus or taxi

~と adverb:

• sound effect for slurping back up excess saliva (e.g. as stimulated by desire for food) - onomatopoeia

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to rustle; to make a rustling sound; to crinkle

noun:

• New Year's visit to a shrine or temple which lies in a favorable (favourable) or lucky direction

noun / ~する noun:

• author directing or producing his or her own play (film) - four character idiom
• staging oneself for effect; presenting oneself in a favorable light - four character idiom

noun:

• EXCLUSIVE-OR gate; EXCLUSIVE-OR element - IT term

noun:

• (INCLUSIVE-) OR gate; (INCLUSIVE-)OR element - IT term

noun:

• ping-pong; table tennis ［ピンポン］

interjection:

• exactly!; surely!; that's it!

noun / ~する noun:

• ding dong (sound of door bell, chime, etc.) - onomatopoeia

noun:

• sound of flapping wings (of a bird)
• buzz; hum (of an insect)

interjection:

• oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.

expression:

• hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute) - onomatopoeia

noun:

• Muromachi (era 1392-1573, or 1333-1573, or 1336-1573)

adverb / ~と adverb:

• stiff and slackless; tense without any looseness - onomatopoeia ➜ きりっと
• cling tightly; pulled or stretched as far as possible
• creaking of a door or oar

noun:

• click consonant; click; click sound; suction stop - Linguistics term