noun:

• cloud; look of the sky; movement of clouds
• kabuki accessory representing a cloud
• type of strange mist appearing in the sky, used for divination

noun:

• paper-covered folded fan used in noh and storytelling
• paper fan used in slapstick comedy ［はりせん］ ➜ ハリセン

noun:

• Lamarckian evolutionary theory in which individuals lose characteristics that are not used and develop characteristics that are often used ➜ ラマルク説

noun:

• partition board; plank used as a partition
• board used in a ship to prevent the cargo from moving around

noun:

• hundred-yen store; 100 yen store - abbreviation ➜ １００円均一ショップ【ひゃくえんきんいちショップ】

noun:

• training method in sports, etc. where one imagines how a scenario would play out; mental rehearsal; mental preparation; visualization (for practicing a skill in one's mind)(practising); practicing under simulated conditions (e.g. while watching a video) - abbreviation ➜ イメージトレーニング

noun:

• device with axle used to change the backdrop of a (kabuki) play - archaism ➜ 田楽豆腐
• turning something in the manner one would use to cook dengaku-doufu on both sides

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• being used to people (e.g. of a young child); being sociable
• being used to humans (esp. animals); being tame

godan ~ぐ verb / transitive:

• to shoulder; to carry on one's shoulder
• to nominate for a position; to choose as a representative
• to take (someone) for a ride; to deceive; to take in
• to be caught up in superstition

noun:

• bench used by kabuki actors during performance ［合い引き・合引き］
• for enemies and allies to pull back their troops at the same time
• responding to enemy arrow fire with arrow fire

noun / prefix:

• both (e.g. both shoulders, etc.)

noun:

• ryo (obsolete unit of currency)
• 41-42 g (one sixteenth of a kin) ➜ 斤
• 2 tan (measure of fabric size) ➜ 反【たん】

counter:

• counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles - also written 輛 and 輌

noun:

• San-you region of western Honshu (incl. Okayama, Hiroshima, southern Yamaguchi and sometimes western Hyogo prefectures)

noun / prefix noun:

• Jakarta; Java - applied to Javan items imported by Dutch traders during the Edo period - From Dutch "Jacatra"

noun:

• potato (Solanum tuberosum) - abbreviation ➜ ジャガタラ芋
• striped fabric imported from Java (often cotton, sometimes mixed with silk) - abbreviation

noun / ~の noun:

• bones of the palm (esp. the metacarpals, but sometimes also including the carpals) - obscure term ➜ 中手骨

noun:

• book; volume; script ➜ ご本【ごほん】

prefix:

• this; present
• main; head
• real; regular

suffix / counter:

• counter for long cylindrical things; counter for films, TV shows, etc.; counter for goals, home runs, etc.; counter for telephone calls - sometimes pronounced ぼん or ぽん

adjective:

• no match for
• unbearable
• unable; can't do; beyond one's power

noun / ~する noun:

• raising one's hand; show of hands (e.g. for a vote)
• salute ➜ 挙手の礼

noun:

• Zen question for meditation (e.g. the sound of one hand clapping); koan

expression:

• far beyond one's power; not at all equal; no match for ➜ 及びもつかない

noun:

• Chinese "Tail" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) - Astronomy term ➜ 二十八宿・蒼竜【そうりょう】

suffix / counter:

• counter for fish, shrimp, etc.

expression / adjective:

• very messy (of a floor); no space even for one's feet [literal] - idiom

noun:

• stone for cutting one's pubic hair (in public baths)(Edo period) - archaism

noun:

• solitary confinement in a dark cell without bedding (for up to one week)

noun:

• fan in autumn (esp. one that is no longer used); "outdated item that has fallen into disuse" [figurative]; "woman who has lost a man's affection or interest" [figurative] ➜ 秋の扇

expression:

• sharp eyes and ears used for collecting information far and wide; having the acumen and shrewd discernment gained by widely-collected information; being well-versed on a subject; books which broaden our knowledge - four character idiom