noun:

• Buddhist temple within a Shinto shrine; temple attached to a shrine

expression / ~する verb (spec.):

• to assemble (in a hall); to meet together (in a room)

noun:

• inspection (esp. of a document); stamp of approval (for a document)

noun / ~する noun:

• formation; establishment; materialization; coming into existence
• conclusion (e.g. of a deal); approval; completion; arrangement
• being valid (of a theory, argument, etc.); holding; applying

noun:

• knob; handle; button
• (file) handle - IT term
• snack (to have with a drink); side dish

suffix:

• a pinch (e.g. of salt)

noun / suffix noun:

• picking; harvesting

noun:

• remaining bony parts (of a fish after filleting) - usu. アラ
• flaw (esp. of a person); fault; defect
• rice chaff

prefix:

• rough
• crude; raw; natural; wild

noun:

• mist over a body of water; spray
• suien; four decorative metal plates joined at right angles forming part of a pagoda finial ［すいえん］

noun:

• judicial decision made with human kindness and warmth in a fair manner (from the decisions of Ōoka Tadasuke, a jurist in 17th century Japan)

noun:

• flurry of snow in a clear sky
• winter wind which brings scattered snowflakes or raindrops
• skin eruptions cause by a cold or fever ➜ 風ほろし

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to turn one's hand to; to reach out one's hand
• to get involved in; to make a move on
• to start a fight; to make a move in violence

adverb:

• in a line; in a row - onomatopoeia

noun:

• a printer's; a printer

adverb:

• with a bump; with a clunk - onomatopoeia

~と adverb:

• with a click; with a snap - onomatopoeia

adverb:

• a little bit ➜ 些と
• a little while ➜ 些と

noun:

• baptism-like ceremony performed by the buddhas on a bodhisattva who attains buddhahood - Buddhism term
• baptism-like ceremony for conferring onto someone precepts, a mystic teaching, etc. (in esoteric Buddhism) - Buddhism term
• pouring water onto a gravestone - Buddhism term
• teaching esoteric techniques, compositions, etc. (in Japanese poetry or music)

noun:

• defeat; loss; losing (a game)

suffix:

• failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.) ➜ 名前負け【なまえまけ】

noun:

• discount; loss (on a sale)

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• in the end (after a long process); finally; after all; at last - esp. 〜したあげく

noun:

• last line (of a renga) ➜ 発句

noun:

• bitch; witch; ugly woman; dog - derogatory term - From Portuguese "espada"
• normal card; card having only a floral pattern that gives a player only one point - orig. meaning, referring to the card suit "spades" ➜ 花札

noun / ~する noun:

• holding a castle (during a siege); holing up
• confinement (to one's home); staying at home; staying indoors

noun:

• finishing reading

noun / ~の noun:

• non-serialised story (e.g. in a magazine); complete story

noun:

• breaks and pauses (in a sentence) ➜ 句読

noun:

• pleasures of a pious life - Buddhism term
• entertainment for or dedicated to a deity or Buddha
• pastime; entertainment; amusement; pleasure
• free admission

noun:

• speech balloon (in a comic strip); speech bubble
• blowoff; effusion; blowing; venting
• blowing (of a seasonal or climatic wind)

noun:

• picking up a bowl with one's right hand which is already holding one's chopsticks (a breach of etiquette) - obscure term

godan ~つ verb / transitive:

• to hit (a person); to strike; to beat
• to deliver (a speech); to give (an address)