noun:

• letters-to-the-editor column; readers' section
• space for correspondence, messages, etc.

noun:

• iteration mark shaped like the hiragana "ku" (used in vertical writing to represent repetition of two or more characters) ➜ 踊り字

noun / ~する noun:

• going to the bathroom in a group; going off to urinate together - vulgar - abbreviation ➜ 連れ小便

noun:

• classical form of na-adjective inflection formed by contraction of the particle "to" with the classical verb "ari" ("aru")

noun:

• schooner style ship built at the end of the Shogunate

noun:

• keeping the head cool and feet warm - four character idiom

noun:

• the 36 (ancient Chinese military) strategies (of which the last resort was said to be beating a retreat) - four character idiom

noun:

• the sun and the earth

noun:

• slapping the opponent with the open hand - Sumo term

expression / ichidan verb:

• to rise to the highest possible rank

expression:

• end of the earth

noun:

• ninja working in the open; non-undercover ninja

noun:

• loss of a match that is 'called' part way into the game

noun:

• celebration of the completion of a temple or shrine's construction

noun:

• assembly at the end of the day (at a company or school, etc.) ➜ 朝礼【ちょうれい】

noun:

• in the heart

noun / ~する noun:

• all things being in flux through the endless circle of birth, death, and rebirth; the circle of transmigration - four character idiom

noun:

• throwing of mochi to an assembled crowd, esp. during the framework-raising ceremony of a new building ➜ 餅まき

noun:

• splitting the bill so that the others end up paying the whole amount; wheedling the others into paying the whole bill - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• tucking up the hem of one's garments ➜ 尻端折り

noun / ~の noun:

• the same age ➜ 同い年

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• the old year; last year

noun:

• the hundredth year
• out of luck; (at the) end of one's rope
• rare chance; unusually good fortune

noun:

• the whole universe (of a billion worlds) that Buddha enlightened - Buddhism term

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to pluck the strings of an instrument; to strum