noun:

• thin string of dried abalone (often tied to a gift)

noun:

• settlement money; compensation to settle a case out of court

noun:

• tool used to extract combusted tobacco from a kiseru pipe

noun:

• New Year event to pray for a rich rice harvest

expression / ichidan verb:

• to have a bitter experience - idiom

noun:

• South Korean comics (often of a style similar to manga) - From Korean "manhwa"

noun / ~する noun:

• bottoming out; reaching a floor; ceasing to fall; edging lower

noun:

• people belonging to a hereditary occupation group (Yamato period) ➜ 部【べ】

noun:

• person who tends to trees (e.g. in a garden) - archaism

noun:

• stillman; workman who attends to a still (of whisky, etc.)

noun:

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

noun:

• place (to run a business, e.g. street stall)

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to make a diagonal move (in the game of go)

noun / ~する noun:

• taking pictures (for a wedding, etc.) prior to the event

noun:

• entrance to a daimyo's mansion
• glans (of the penis)

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 / ~する noun:

• adding (e.g. an entry to a dictionary); listing; inclusion

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to play a hand game (e.g. rock, paper, scissors)

expression / adjectival noun:

• seeming to have a problem, issue, etc. ➜ 気【げ】・訳あり【わけあり】

noun:

• tossed coin (to a street performer or beggar)

noun:

• adhan; azan; Islamic call to prayer (usu. from a minaret) - From Arabic

noun:

• promise to repay a debt after achieving promotion or success

noun:

• parts of a building to which electrical cables are attached

noun:

• regular respondent to a periodical or radio program - slang