noun:

• soryo system; organization of regional landholding families based on divided inheritance under the leadership of a main heir, usu. the eldest son (Kamakura period)

noun / ~する noun:

• pitching a tent; putting up a shack or tent (e.g. a circus tent)

noun:

• (theater, circus, etc.) tent or shack

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to start (e.g. a scene, a war, etc.)
• to end (e.g. a play, an episode, an event, etc.)

godan ~く verb:

• to be bewitching; to look coquettish; to behave in an alluring manner; to behave in a seductive manner ➜ 婀娜っぽい【あだっぽい】

noun:

• driving; pounding in; shooting into; implantation; invasion
• falling badly in love
• putting (one's heart) into
• step recording (in electronic or computer music) - IT term

noun / suffix noun:

• pillow; bolster
• introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in

noun / ~する noun:

• cut; cutting
• haircut
• shuffle (cards); shuffling

noun:

• scene; shot (in a movie)

noun:

• zazen (seated Zen meditation, usu. in a cross-legged position) - Buddhism term

noun / ~の noun:

• becoming stereotyped; getting stuck in a rut; humdrum; mannerism (art, etc.) - abbreviation ➜ マンネリズム

noun / ~する noun:

• circumference; perimeter; outer tracks (in a loop or curve); outside work

noun:

• heaven-sent child (in answer to a Shinto or Buddhist prayer)

noun:

• grounding (in a skill or subject); knowledge; training; achievements; attainments; accomplishments

noun:

• count (after a knock-down in boxing) - Sports term - From English "count out"

noun:

• supplementary reader in a foreign language classroom - From English "side reader"

noun:

• rail car (esp. a small one used in mines, etc.); trolley - From English "truck"

noun / ~の noun:

• becoming stereotyped; getting stuck in a rut; humdrum; mannerism (art, etc.)

noun:

• once-in-a-lifetime encounter (hence should be cherished as such) - four character idiom

noun:

• memorial hall; museum (esp. in memory of a person or event)

noun:

• rice, meat and vegetable dish served in a small pot

noun:

• rice cake with bean paste wrapped in a preserved cherry leaf

noun:

• alcove slab; wooden board placed in a tokonoma; baseboard; base plate ➜ 床の間

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to be brought up with tenderest care in a good family

noun:

• combover; comb-over; hair combed in stripes across a bald pate - From English "barcode hair"

noun:

• precipitation resulting from thick fog condensing on leaves in a forest

noun / ~する noun:

• considering (a matter) carefully and silently; being lost in silent contemplation - four character idiom