noun:

• Edo-period hairstyle for the common man (the entire head shaved just above the ear, with the remainder tied up in the back) - archaism

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• chief seat; seat of honor; seat of honour; head of the table

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to not know how to act or what to do; to be at a loss

expression / ~くる verb (spec.):

• to get (a joke or explanation); to strike home; to click; to know intuitively ➜ ピンと

noun:

• sound of a gun; roar of cannon

noun:

• certification of official registration of a seal

noun:

• book of registration; text of a play

noun:

• start of a romance; beginning of love

noun:

• expiration of a term of service

noun:

• leader of a group of juvenile delinquents

noun:

• type of vessel; design of a ship

noun:

• area of a piece of land; acreage

noun:

• clang of hoofs; sound of a koto

noun:

• skin-side (of a fillet of fish)

noun:

• lack of leadership (esp. of a teacher)

noun:

• present; gift

~する noun:

• to give a present or gift

particle:

• that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...

noun:

• desertion in the face of the enemy; deserting under enemy fire

noun / ~する noun:

• forgetting the hardships of the old year
• year-end drinking party ➜ 忘年会

noun:

• the last day of the year; New Year's Eve ➜ 大晦日

noun:

• bright place; the light
• the open; light of day; public knowledge ➜ 明るみに出る

noun:

• grasping the present situation; having an accurate grasp of the situation - four character idiom

noun:

• man of the future; Homo futurus; time traveler from the future

noun:

• degrading language (language used to lower the position of the listener)

noun:

• Ryukyuan mission to Edo upon the change of the Ryukyuan King ➜ 慶賀使