noun:

• family business; family trade
• one's occupation; one's trade

noun:

• married woman
• another's wife

noun:

• backing; support; backer; supporter; patron; sponsor
• shield that protects one's back

noun:

• nasal breathing
• person's pleasure; excitement ［はないき］

noun:

• madame - From French
• large women's size (clothing)

noun:

• Mac - abbreviation ➜ マッキントッシュ
• McDonald's - abbreviation

noun:

• batting
• butting
• intruding on someone else's turf
• having a time or schedule conflict

noun:

• situation; outlook
• one's allegiance; affiliation; position

noun:

• eyes and ears; seeing and hearing
• one's attention; one's interest

noun:

• policeman; official in charge of imprisoning offenders - archaism
• art of defeating (and capturing) an opponent with one's bare hands - Martial Arts term

noun:

• pile; heap; layers (e.g. of clothing); set (e.g. of boxes); course (e.g. of stones) - esp. 重ね

counter:

• counter for things that are stacked, piled up (or layered, etc.) - esp. 重ね; used after a word from the "hito-futa-mi" counting system

noun:

• layers of clothing worn under one's overcoat - esp. 襲
• combination of colors created by layering of garments (colours) - esp. 襲 - abbreviation ➜ かさねの色目【かさねのいろめ】

noun:

• townhouse (i.e. house in the middle of a town); traditional townhouse
• tradesman's house (esp. a home with a shop in front); merchant's house; merchant's family

noun / ~する noun:

• holding a course (of lectures); offering a course
• beginning a series of one's lectures; starting a new course

noun / ~する noun:

• contrivance; managing (to raise money)

noun:

• one's financial condition

noun / ~する noun:

• something used to cover the eyes; blindfold; blinder; blinker; eye bandage
• concealing one's home such that the interior cannot be seen from outside

noun / ~の noun:

• patent

noun:

• one's specialty (party piece, etc.)

noun:

• detective story (esp. one from the Edo period featuring thief-takers) ➜ 目明かし・岡っ引き
• detective's memoirs; thief taker's memoirs

noun:

• loading
• stacking the wall of tiles to one's advantage - Mahjong term

noun:

• old family; old-established family
• one's old home; one's childhood home

noun:

• leading; prominent; eminent; foremost; distinguished
• counting on one's fingers ➜ 指折り数える

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to lay down
• to wear (a sword, etc.) at one's side

noun:

• encyclopedia
• Diderot's "Encyclopedie universelle des arts et sciences"

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to bite at; to snap at; to nibble ➜ 食いつく【くいつく】
• to get one's teeth into (metaphorically); to get to grips with; to really get into ➜ 食いつく【くいつく】

noun / ~する noun:

• losing by being overmatched; being defeated by a stronger opponent
• losing by misusing one's powers; defeat as a result of trying too hard

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to roll in; to tumble into; to visit (esp. to stay overnight as an unwanted guest); to come to live with
• to fall in one's way; to fall into one's lap