noun:

• Japanese Pharmacopeia - abbreviation ➜ 日本薬局方

noun:

• Okinawan Japanese

noun:

• soldiers garrisoned at strategic posts in Kyushu in ancient times
• Chinese soldiers stationed to protect remote regions of the country during the Tang dynasty ［ぼうじん］

noun:

• new moon - Astronomy term
• first day of the lunar month
• (in ancient China) next year's calendar and decrees (distributed by the Emperor at year's end)

expression:

• it is simply common courtesy to clean up after yourself; a bird does not foul the nest it is about to leave; on leaving a place one should see that all is in good order - proverb ➜ 跡を濁す【あとをにごす】

expression:

• it is simply common courtesy to clean up after yourself; a bird does not foul the nest it is about to leave; on leaving a place one should see that all is in good order - proverb ➜ 跡を濁す【あとをにごす】・立つ鳥跡を濁さず

noun:

• stretching out a string; stretching out like a string
• silk reeling; silk spinning; filature; silk reeler; silk spinner ➜ 糸取り
• pulling someone's strings
• appearance of strings from a Buddha's fingertips when being prayed to (folk belief)
• menstruation - euphemism

noun / ~する noun:

• starting to work in a shop; joining a shop as an employee
• going inside a shop
• opening up a shop (in a building, etc.)

noun:

• skin
• body (in the context of intimate bodily contact) ➜ 肌を許す

noun / suffix noun:

• surface; grain (e.g. of wood); texture
• disposition; temperament; character; type ➜ 肌が合う

noun:

• succession of words of similar meaning; redundancy (e.g. free gift); tautology ［じゅうごん］
• kanji compound in which the same character is repeated - e.g. 堂堂

noun:

• principle of nationality (according to which an offender should be tried in accordance with the law of his or her own country) ➜ 属地主義

noun:

• daikon (variety of large white Oriental radish, Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus) (primarily used in context of the seven spring herbs) - obscure term ➜ 大根・春の七草

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to pick up
• to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take up (a topic, complaint, etc.); to listen to; to deal with; to feature
• to take away; to confiscate; to deprive (someone) of; to revoke
• to deliver (a baby)
• to collect (taxes)

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to be within others' sight; to be visible; to be conspicuous; to attract public attention; to come under observation

noun / ~する noun:

• making use of; application; practical use; effective management (e.g. of funds)
• operation; handling; steering (esp. a boat)

noun:

• (sheet) music; (musical) note; (musical) score
• genealogy; family tree
• record of a game of go, shogi, chess, etc. - abbreviation ➜ 棋譜

noun:

• person with a lot of free time on their hands; person of leisure; idler

noun:

• (monetary) present to a person in distress; gift of money in token of one's sympathy; solatium

noun / adjectival noun:

• obstinate; stubborn; hard-headed; being incapable of making sound judgments because of a narrow, inflexible and obstinate mentality - four character idiom

noun / adjectival noun:

• obstinate; stubborn; hard-headed; pigheaded; incapable of making sound judgements because of a narrow, inflexible and obstinate mentality - four character idiom

noun:

• conjugation (inflection, declension) of nidan verbs (resulting in a stem of either "i" or "u" for every conjugation)

noun:

• conjugation (inflection, declension) of nidan verbs (resulting in a stem of either "e" or "u" for every conjugation)

noun:

• dispute over water rights; dispute over the distribution of water into paddies during the summer (in rural areas) ➜ 水喧嘩

noun:

• half-soled straw sandals; straw sandals which are designed only for the front half of the foot ➜ 草鞋

noun:

• Western school; school dedicated to the study of the West and Western languages (late Edo and Meiji periods)