noun:

• thick illustrated publication on a single topic printed to look like a magazine - from "magazine" and "book" - From English "mook"

noun:

• "gentleman" who escorts a woman home, only to make a pass at her

noun / ~する noun:

• offering a wand with hemp and paper streamers to a Shinto god

noun / ~する noun:

• stealing a march on; getting a head start; secretly acting before others

noun:

• public bathhouse
• building with a bath (esp. in a shrine or temple)

expression:

• to have a comeback (i.e. a reason, or rationalization) for every remark - idiom

noun:

• clasp or ring for attaching a pendant to a chain

expression:

• the smartest thing in a tight situation is to beat a retreat - proverb ➜ 三十六計

noun:

• alms-giver; person who donates to a monk or a temple; dana-pati

noun:

• having a small mouth; eating only a little - female language
• topmouth gudgeon (Pseudorasbora parva) ➜ 持子
• barracuda ➜ 梭魚

noun:

• agency (government department between a ministry and a bureau under the ritsuryo system) ➜ 律令制

noun:

• two-storied pagoda (with a square base, pent roof and a round top) ➜ 裳階

interjection:

• heigh-hoh; heave-ho ➜ どっこい
• used as a meaningless word in a song for rhythm ➜ どっこい

noun:

• winning hand formed by drawing a replacement tile after declaring a kong - Mahjong term - From Chinese ➜ 嶺上牌

noun / ~する noun:

• turning (a comic, novel, etc.) into a serialized TV-show; dramatization

noun / ~する noun:

• bogging down; dragging on; turning into a quagmire; becoming mired in a mess

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to make a decision; to draw a conclusion
• to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to pass a sentence; to give an order
• to let go down; to lower
• to do oneself; to do by oneself ➜ 手を下す
• to beat; to defeat
• to have loose bowels; to have diarrhea
• to pass (in stool); to discharge from the body

auxiliary verb / godan ~す verb:

• to do in one go; to do to the end without stopping

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to pierce; to stab; to prick; to stick; to thrust
• to sting; to bite ➜ 螫す
• to sew; to stitch; to embroider
• to pole (a boat) ➜ 差す
• to catch (with a limed pole)
• to put (a runner) out; to pick off - Baseball term

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• belonging to (a group, organization, etc.); affiliation (with); being attached to; being under the control of

noun / ~の noun:

• same period; corresponding period
• same year (of graduation, entering a company, etc.); contemporary; classmate

noun / ~する noun:

• synchronization; synchronism

noun:

• Shinto priest - sensitive - Shintō term
• chief Shinto priest (of a shrine) - sensitive - Shintō term
• Welsh onion; pun in Buddhist monk jargon ➜ 葱【ねぎ】

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• attachment (e.g. email); appendix (e.g. of a report, document, etc); annex; appendage; annexure

noun:

• red bean paste; red bean jam; anko
• filling (e.g. of a manjū) ➜ 饅頭
• stuffing; padding

noun:

• distinguished family; noted family; noble family
• family status in the Imperial Court ➜ 家格
• master (of a craft); expert

noun:

• wooden mosaic work; parquetry; wooden mosaic (e.g. on a piece of furniture); marquetry; marqueterie