noun:

• pot of chicken or seafood, and vegetables in a dashi broth, usu. cooked at the table (traditionally a winter meal); seafood and vegetable stew or chowder ➜ 寄せ

noun:

• taking a day off by paying one's own fee to one's master (of a prostitute; often in order to see her lover)

expression:

• going well together; good combination - idiom

noun:

• family crest featuring a ring of bamboo with a sparrow in the middle
• design featuring bamboo and sparrows (motif in Japanese painting)

noun:

• existence or nonexistence; presence or absence
• consent or refusal; yes or no

expression:

• having no relation with whatsoever; having nothing to do with; alien

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to decide to
• to pretend that - after the past tense form of a verb
• to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to - as 〜ことにしている

noun:

• existence or nonexistence; presence or absence
• consent or refusal; yes or no

noun:

• no outs - Baseball term - From English "no down"

expression / adjective:

• standing comparison with; comparing favorably with; no means inferior to; equal to

expression:

• there is no place like home; home is sweet to an exile - proverb

noun / ~する noun:

• laboring in vain or for no result; labouring in vain

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to swagger; to strut; to be confident; to have no worries - idiom

expression:

• sparing no trouble; taking pains (to); take the trouble (to)

noun / ~する noun:

• addition of points; scoring
• addition of marks and symbols to a classical Chinese text to aid reading in Japanese

noun:

• drums which announce the opening of a stage performance or commencement of bouts; the sound produced by such drums - Sumo term

noun:

• balance of margin transaction; balance (of a stock) bought on margin

noun:

• imperial prince's family; family of a prince of royal blood ➜ 親王

noun:

• state legislator; member of state parliament; member of a provincial assembly

noun:

• half of a piece of paper; half-size paper; (ticket) stub

noun:

• leavings of a meal; food scraps; leftovers
• food particles (in one's teeth or mouth); bits of food

noun:

• white vinegar; plum vinegar made without perilla ➜ ホワイトビネガー・梅酢【うめず】
• dressing consisting of a dashi-diluted mixture of vinegar, ground sesame, tofu, sugar and salt - Food term

expression / ichidan verb:

• to give oneself to (esp. of a woman to a man); to surrender oneself to

expression / ichidan verb:

• to drag things out; to creep up slowly on the point; to strangle (execute) slowly with a silk cord (instead of quickly with a rope) [literal]

~と adverb:

• very high; high up; aloft

adverb:

• at most; at best; no more than

expression / adjective:

• stands comparison with; compares favorably with; no means inferior to; equal to