noun:

• scarlet kadsura (Kadsura japonica) ➜ 実葛【さねかずら】
• white sash tied around the head, with ends hanging down and tucked into belt, worn in kyogen to indicate a female character being played by a man

suffix noun:

• from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); in the field of; being of the type of
• aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; on; above

noun:

• first volume (e.g. book) ➜ 下【げ】・上巻

noun / prefix:

• superior quality; best; top; high class
• going up
• governmental; imperial
• presenting; showing

prefix:

• ana- (medical, biol.)

adverb:

• hourly; from one minute to the next; from hour to hour; moment by moment; with each passing moment - four character idiom

noun:

• digital perm; hot perm; perm using hot rods regulated by a machine with a digital display

noun / adverb:

• hourly; from hour to hour; moment by moment; momently; from one minute to the next; with each passing moment - four character idiom

noun:

• open three-of-a-kind (meld); three-of-a-kind made with a tile called from another player - Mahjong term ➜ 刻子

noun:

• large, perforated, turnip-shaped arrowhead cover made of Japanese bigleaf magnolia or paulownia; harmless arrow affixed with such a cover (that whistles when shot and is used to drive off evil spirits) - abbr. of 響目

noun:

• goldfish with a shrimp-like tail ［えびお］
• head of a shamisen or lute (bent back like a shrimp's tail)

noun:

• open three-of-a-kind (meld); three-of-a-kind made with a tile called from another player - Mahjong term ➜ 刻子・明刻子

ichidan verb:

• to mark a stage, movie set, etc. with tape to indicate positions of actors, furniture, equipment, etc.; to block a set - from 場を見る - slang

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to meddle; to poke one's nose into; to interfere
• to make a pass at; to flirt with; to make a move on

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to begin to like something (one did not initially like); to gradually become enamoured with something; to have something grow on you - slang - abbreviation ➜ じわじわ・じわじわ来る

expression / ~くる verb (spec.):

• to begin to like something (one did not initially like); to gradually become enamoured with something; to have something grow on you - colloquialism ➜ じわじわ

noun:

• branch of a sacred tree (esp. sakaki) with paper or cotton strips attached (used as an offering) - Shintō term
• sakaki (species of evergreen sacred to Shinto, Cleyera japonica) ➜ 榊

noun:

• chancy trade (business) with a high turnover rate and uncertain profitability
• the entertainment, eating, and drinking business
• the night entertainment (nightlife) business

expression / ichidan verb:

• to teach by example; to teach by showing; to teach with one's back [literal]

noun:

• fox (esp. the red fox, Vulpes vulpes)
• fox (i.e. a sly person)
• soba or udon topped with deep-fried tofu ➜ 狐うどん【きつねうどん】
• light brown; golden brown - abbreviation ➜ きつね色

adverb / ~と adverb:

• sound of thin metal or plastic surface caving in and springing back - onomatopoeia
• action of quickly bowing or lowering one's head; (with a) bob of the head - onomatopoeia

~と adverb / adverb:

• with a roaring sound (of water or wind); sound of feet stamping on the ground - onomatopoeia

interjection:

• whoa! (command used to stop or quieten down a horse, etc.) ➜ どう

expression:

• fighting with one's back to the wall; having burnt one's bridges; last stand; from strategy of general Han Xin in the Battle of Jingxing - idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• replacing the old with the new; the old giving way to the new - four character idiom

godan ~る verb (irregular) / intransitive verb:

• to be; to exist; to live - usu. of inanimate objects ➜ 居る【いる】
• to have
• to be located
• to be equipped with
• to happen; to come about

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to coagulate; to curdle; to clot
• to be fanatical; to be obsessed with; to be bigoted
• to stiffen; to become stiff

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to do something stupid; to do something pointless; to hit a muddy rice field with a stick [literal] - obscure term - idiom

expression:

• anybody can look good with the right clothes; clothes make the man; fine feathers make fine birds; clothes on a packhorse driver [literal] - proverb