noun:

• tip of nose ［鼻先］
• before one's eyes; under one's nose; in front of ［鼻先］
• tip (of something)

noun:

• male help; male labor; male labour ➜ 女手
• man's handwriting ➜ 女手
• kanji - archaism ➜ 女手

noun:

• shell; carapace
• person's back
• years of experience

noun:

• divide; parting; separating; distribution
• carrying two bundles tied together over one's shoulder
• hair parted in the middle - abbreviation ➜ 振り分け髪

noun:

• female help; female labor; female labour ➜ 男手【おとこで】
• woman's handwriting ➜ 男手【おとこで】
• hiragana - archaism ➜ 男手【おとこで】

noun:

• square jo (approx. 10 sq feet)
• abbot's chamber - Buddhism term
• chief priest

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to cut deep into
• to cut one's way into (an enemy position); to rush on; to raid; to attack
• to press someone hard (e.g. with questions); to get to the heart of (a matter)

noun / ~する noun:

• wind blowing down, coming over a mountain

noun:

• immediately after one's draw - Mahjong term
• winning off a discarded tile from the player to one's right or across the table on the turn after letting one's winning tile go by from the player to one's left - Mahjong term

noun:

• all of creation following their original natures, living and enjoying themselves freely; the kites fly and the fish leap [literal] - four character idiom - obscure term
• Heaven's will that all of creation shall follow their original natures and live freely - four character idiom - obscure term
• as a ruler's benevolence spreads, the people will find their places in the land based on their abilities - four character idiom - obscure term

noun:

• poem (esp. tanka); song; composition of a poem or song
• pilgrim's song; pilgrim's hymn - Buddhism term ➜ 御詠歌
• singing a poem or song in a loud voice

noun:

• darling (only of a woman); dear; honey; my betrothed - archaism - familiar language
• one's sister - archaism
• friend - archaism - familiar language - female language

noun:

• fire festival (often celebrating the absence of fires)
• New Year's ritual at Izumo Shrine
• festival involving fire dedicated to the gods

noun:

• brass button; golden button
• boy's school uniform - colloquialism
• male student - colloquialism

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to furnish; to install
• to get someone's agreement
• to patronize; to buy usually from the same store

expression / noun:

• mountain god ［やまのかみ］
• one's wife (esp. a nagging wife) ［やまのかみ］ - humorous term
• roughskin sculpin (Trachidermus fasciatus) - usually written using kana alone

noun:

• taking up a new line of work; the beginning of things
• starting the preparations for New Year's festivities (December 8 in Tokyo, December 13 in Kyoto)
• resuming work after the New Year's vacation ➜ 仕事始め

noun / ~の noun:

• guiding principle; single-minded policy - idiom
• one's sole talent - idiom

noun:

• single spear ➜ 槍【やり】

noun:

• losing the means of livelihood
• a samurai's annual rice stipend being suspended - archaism
• (in fishing) the fish swimming upward after biting the fishhook

noun / ~する noun:

• leaving; going home ➜ 暇【いとま】
• quitting one's job
• free time; leisure; spare time

pronoun:

• he; she; him; her - derogatory or familiar

noun:

• samurai's attendant (in a var. of origami)
• type of popular song accompanied by dance from the Edo period

noun / ~する noun:

• patrolling ➜ 巡行
• acting in accordance with one's orders
• direct motion; prograde motion - Astronomy term ➜ 順行

noun:

• thought

suffix noun:

• report on one's investigation into ...
• deceased father

noun:

• flower arrangement in a built-up style
• placing salt by the entrance to one's establishment to bring good luck; such piles of salt ［もりばな］ ➜ 盛り塩
• seasonal peak of flowers ［せいか］

godan ~る verb:

• to do one good; to be beneficial; to be good for the body; to be helpful
• to stand in someone else's shoes ［身になる］
• to care deeply for someone ［身になる］ - archaism

noun:

• lathe
• potter's wheel
• windlass; pulley