noun:

• divorce of a couple who have been married for a long time (often brought on by retirement of the husband) - colloquialism - four character idiom

noun:

• bur (of a chestnut, etc.); burr ［イガイガ・いがいが］ ➜ 毬【いが】

adverb / ~と adverb:

• irritating (e.g. one's throat); thorny; bristling ［イガイガ・いがいが］

~と adverb / adverb:

• crying of a baby - archaism - onomatopoeia

noun:

• autotomy; self amputation; act of cutting off a part of one's own body in order to escape a predator

noun:

• scroll containing a single line of calligraphy, often of Zen content (usu. found in a tea-ceremony room or house)

noun:

• origin of a character
• composition of a Chinese character
• Chinese character from which a kana character is derived

suffix noun:

• from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); in the field of; being of the type of
• aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; on; above

noun:

• first volume (e.g. book) ➜ 下【げ】・上巻

noun / prefix:

• superior quality; best; top; high class
• going up
• governmental; imperial
• presenting; showing

prefix:

• ana- (medical, biol.)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to search for a way out of a potentially fatal situation; to seek for a way out of a desperate situation

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• flapping (of a flag, fan, etc.); fluttering; whack-whack (e.g. beating dust out of a rug); whap-whap - onomatopoeia

adverb / ~と adverb:

• pitter-patter (of footsteps) - onomatopoeia
• quickly (making progress); in quick succession - onomatopoeia

noun:

• (being beholden to someone for a favor of) a night's lodging and a meal - four character idiom

noun:

• false start of a bout - Sumo term
• backsies (called when taking back a move in a game)

noun / ~する noun:

• caricaturing
• turning a movie, novel, etc. into a manga; making a comic version of something ➜ 漫画

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to place in a row; to line up
• to list; to enumerate
• to talk a lot of nonsense; to tell a lot of lies

noun:

• shrine ritual held with the first two months of the year to forecast (or pray for) a successful harvest
• seasonal planting of rice on a field affiliated with a shrine

noun:

• pointed end; tip; point; cusp (of a leaf, crescent moon, etc.); apex (of a curve)
• forefront; vanguard; spearhead; leading edge

noun:

• one's business - archaism - polite language
• reading of scriptures before a (statue of) Buddha
• bargain; discount
• money paid to a prostitute or geisha

noun:

• restoring a computer to factory settings (esp. through reinstallation of the operating system, or use of a recovery CD) - IT term

noun:

• end; finish; stop
• bounds; limits ➜ 切りがない・切りのない
• delivery date (of a futures contract) - esp. 限り,限
• finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki); final performance of the day (in vaudeville)

suffix / counter:

• counter for slices (esp. thick slices); counter for cuts (e.g. fish, meat)

particle:

• only; just - senses 6-8 are sometimes pronounced ぎり, esp. in old-fashioned speech - usually written using kana alone ➜ っ切り【っきり】
• since; after - usu. in a negative sentence - usually written using kana alone
• remaining (in a particular state) - usually written using kana alone

noun:

• nest (of boxes); nesting
• concealed information
• adopting a child after one's own has died; child adopted in this manner ［入れ子］
• cavity in an oar (fitted onto a peg as part of a traditional oarlock) ➜ 櫓杭

noun:

• arranging a group of people so as to form a character or spell out a message

expression:

• be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)

noun:

• age of a young lady who is at the peak of her (sexual) attractiveness; marriable age (of a young lady); sweet sixteen

noun:

• gondola (boat) - From Italian
• gondola (of a hot-air balloon, airship, etc.); basket; cabin (of a cable car, ski lift, etc.); car (of an elevator)

noun / ~する noun:

• (the privilege to have) an audience (with one's lord, a dignitary, etc.); interview (with one's superior)
• one's debut (first) appearance; debut (of a new product, work of art, actor, etc.)
• trial service (of a servant)

noun / ~する noun:

• invoking a deity during a festival held in that deity's honor
• medium's invocation of a deity to take possession of her (to receive his divine message or revelation) ➜ 巫女【みこ】

noun:

• the three grand national holidays (Prayer to the Four Quarters, Empire Day, the Emperor's Birthday; pre-1927) ➜ 紀元節・四方拝・天長節