noun:

• someone who has a title but no real duty; useless person ➜ 取り巻き
• actor playing a daimyo who merely sets the scene as part of the background (in kabuki) - original meaning ➜ 大名

noun:

• written work (esp. a bound text, as opposed to a scroll)
• a text written entirely in kana
• graphic novel (esp. one created between the 12th and 19th centuries)
• notebook (for practicing kana, drawing pictures, etc.)
• rough draft

expression:

• no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after - after past tense verb ➜ かと思うと
• at the thought of; when I think about ➜ かと思うと

expression:

• no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after - after past tense verb
• at the thought of; when I think about

expression:

• no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after - after past tense verb ➜ かと思うと
• at the thought of; when I think about ➜ かと思うと

noun:

• primary colour; primary color
• pure color; unmixed color; striking color
• original color (of a painting, etc. as opposed to a reproduction)

noun:

• shaping ceramics on a pottery wheel; spinning a pottery wheel
• gesticulating with your hands as if you were shaping ceramics on a pottery wheel - slang - humorous term

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to line up; to put in a row
• to add (to a group); to accept (as a member of an organization, etc.); to join (e.g. a list) ➜ 名を連ねる【なをつらねる】・袂を連ねる【たもとをつらねる】
• to link; to put together; to string together (e.g. compliments); to enumerate ➜ 美辞麗句を連ねる【びじれいくをつらねる】・書き連ねる【かきつらねる】
• to take along with; to bring with

noun:

• prime minister (as the head of a cabinet government); premier ➜ 内閣総理大臣

noun:

• cosplay (dressing in costume, esp. as a manga character, etc.) - abbreviation ➜ コスチュームプレー

noun / ~の noun:

• one's own handwriting; autograph
• as written with a brush

noun:

• prime minister (as the head of a cabinet government); premier

noun:

• flowers and incense (given as a Buddhist offering)

noun / ~する noun:

• consultation at an office (as opposed to a house call) ➜ 往診

noun / ~の noun:

• familism; the treatment of society (an organization) as a family

noun:

• ninja weapon disguised as a pair of garden shears

~と adverb / ~たる adjective:

• clear and resounding (as a voice or musical instrument)

pronoun:

• I, as a mere priest; this humble servant of Buddha

noun:

• humble samurai who served as a body guard on foot

noun / ~する noun:

• support (e.g. of an element acting as a catalyst)

noun:

• manzai based on comic dialogue (as opposed to a skit) ➜ 漫才

noun / ~する noun:

• recording audio at home (as opposed to in a studio) - abbreviation ➜ 自宅録音【じたくろくおん】

noun / ~する noun:

• recording audio at home (as opposed to in a studio)

noun:

• cosplay (dressing in costume, esp. as a manga character, etc.) - abbreviation - slang ➜ コスプレ

noun:

• using the sleeves of one's kimono as a pillow - archaism