noun:

• winning hand consisting of four kongs and a pair - Mahjong term

expression / noun:

• before and after (e.g. photos) - From English "before after"

noun:

• winning hand consisting only of terminal and honor tiles - Mahjong term

noun:

• kurultai; quriltai; political and military council in the Mongol Empire - From Mongolian "khuruldai"

noun:

• old-fashioned boys' hairstyle
• Meiji period women's hairstyle
• type of dance in kabuki ［揚げ巻・揚巻］
• knots in colour of four cardinal points hanging from the roof above the ring (color) ［揚げ巻・揚巻］ - Sumo term
• constricted tagelus (Sinonovacula constricta); Chinese razor clam - abbreviation ➜ 揚巻貝

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to be separated; to be apart; to be distant
• to leave; to go away
• to leave (a job, etc.); to quit; to give up
• to lose connection with; to drift away from

lower nidan verb (archaic) / yodan ~る verb (archaic) / intransitive verb:

• to be separated; to be apart; to be distant - archaism ➜ 離れる
• to leave; to go away - archaism ➜ 離れる
• to leave (a job, etc.); to quit; to give up - archaism ➜ 離れる
• to lose connection with; to drift away from - archaism ➜ 離れる

noun:

• bottom of one's heart; depths of one's mind; innermost thoughts

adverb:

• completely (from the bottom of one's heart); truly

noun:

• hands behind one's back; hands tied behind one's back
• behind (e.g. someone); rear; back
• appearance from behind ➜ 後ろ姿

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to have the (full, general) selection available; to have (a lineup) from A to Z; to have the full array of

noun:

• individual item (i.e. not part of a set); single article
• single item out of a set; one item from a set

noun / ~する noun:

• photo taken with a mobile phone; taking a photo with a mobile phone - abbreviation - colloquialism ➜ 写メール
• email from mobile phones with attached photos - abbreviation ➜ 写メール

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to fan (oneself, flames, etc.)
• to flap (in the wind)
• to instigate; to stir up; to incite; to agitate
• to drive up prices (by buying a large amount of something)
• to take a photo from a low angle ➜ 煽り【あおり】
• to tailgate ➜ 煽り【あおり】

noun:

• thank you gift; gift given as thanks for a favor or for attending a funeral, etc.
• gift sent from a locality to a tax payer as part of the "furusato nozei" tax scheme ➜ ふるさと納税

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to bend; to crook; to bow; to curve; to curl ［曲げる］
• to lean; to tilt; to incline; to slant ［曲げる］
• to bend (the truth); to distort; to twist; to pervert
• to yield (a point); to depart (from a principle); to ignore (what one really thinks)
• to pawn

noun:

• humanity; empathy; kindness; sympathy
• human nature; common sense; customs and manners

adverb / ~と adverb:

• decisively; decidedly; boldly; once and for all; unreservedly; frankly - onomatopoeia
• precisely; exactly - onomatopoeia

noun / suffix noun / counter:

• class; order; rank

suffix:

• et cetera; etc.; and the like ➜ 等【など】

prefix:

• equal; iso-

noun / ~の noun:

• black person

noun:

• woman in the nightlife business; demimondaine; geisha and prostitutes - archaism ➜ 玄人

noun:

• Hokuriku region of Honshu (incl. Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa and Fukui prefectures)

noun:

• lily (Lilium spp.)
• comics and novels about female homosexuality ［ゆり・ユリ］ - slang

noun:

• branches and leaves; foliage

noun / ~の noun:

• unimportant details; nonessentials; side issue; digression - esp. しよう ➜ 枝葉末節【しようまっせつ】

noun / ~する noun:

• arguing back and forth; bandying words; verbal tug-of-war

noun:

• izakaya; Japanese bar that also serves various dishes and snacks

noun:

• yakisoba; fried noodles, usu. with vegetables and meat - Food term