noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• utterance; speaking; vocalization; vocalisation; enunciation; pronouncing
• leading a group of people (in cheering, singing, etc.)

noun:

• reference; comparison; example
• inquiry; enquiry
• witness; being involved in a court case; deal

noun:

• interval; space; interstice; threshold
• valley; gorge; ravine
• loophole (in a wall); crenel; eyelet

noun:

• tempura; deep-fried fish and vegetables in a light batter - From Portuguese "tempero, temporas"

adverb / ~の noun:

• reasonably; fairly; all right; moderate - onomatopoeia

adverb:

• hurriedly; in a rush; having barely finished - in the form もそこそこに - onomatopoeia

suffix:

• approximately; about; or so

noun:

• gobang (game played on go board involving lining up stones); gomoku; Five in a Row

noun:

• order; ordering
• beginning; start
• foreword; preface; introduction ➜ 序詞
• opening of a song (in gagaku or noh) ➜ 序破急

noun:

• food covered in a thick starchy sauce (usu. made of kuzu or katakuriko flour) - Food term ➜ 餡

adjective:

• patronizing; expecting gratitude in return; acting like one is doing someone a favor; condescending ➜ 恩に着せる【おんにきせる】

noun:

• raised tatami-floored seating area (usu. in a Japanese restaurant); small separate dining room

noun:

• freestanding building, often in a park, used for receptions, dinners, etc. - From English "restaurant house"

noun:

• flux (substance mixed with a solid in order to lower its melting point); fusing agent

noun:

• Fuyutopia (government program to help create a winter living environment in northern Hokkaido)

noun:

• use of blue eyebrow pencil to indicate a character has shaved his cheeks (in kabuki)

noun:

• umbrella polypore sclerotium (used as a diuretic, antipyretic, and antitussive in traditional Chinese medicine) ➜ 猪苓舞茸

noun:

• dagger; dirk; knife
• threatening quality (in a voice, etc.)

prefix:

• muddy; turbid; murky; unclear

auxiliary:

• be; is ［どす］ - polite copula abbreviated from でおす - polite language - abbreviation - Kyōto dialect ➜ おす

noun:

• party game in which a randomly selected king issues orders to other players

noun:

• soldiers garrisoned at strategic posts in Kyushu in ancient times
• Chinese soldiers stationed to protect remote regions of the country during the Tang dynasty ［ぼうじん］

expression / ichidan verb:

• to cause a stir; to create a stir; to make a stir; to cause repercussions

expression:

• the frog in the well knows nothing of the great ocean - proverb

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to draw water (e.g. from a river); to lead water to (e.g. a field, a pond); to supply water to; to irrigate

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to sew; to stitch
• to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to stop writing; to put down one's pen; to close (a letter)

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to break a promise; to go back on one's word; to renege ➜ 約束を守る

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to break a promise; to go back on one's word; to renege ➜ 約束を破る