noun:

• in orbit

noun:

• court lady; lady-in-waiting (Heian period)
• separate room in a palace (esp. for a lady) (Heian period) ➜ 曹司
• room for a very low class prostitute
• very low class prostitute ➜ 局女郎

noun:

• soldiers of the ritsuryo system that guarded gates of the imperial palace, the court, etc.
• term used in error to refer to young men that were made to do forced labour in the ritsuryo system
• guards originally stationed at the grand shrine at Ise and shrine at Atsuta, Nagoya to protect the officials there

noun:

• cooking over the fire of an unclean home or a home in mourning; food prepared over the fire of an unclean home or a home in mourning ➜ 別火

expression:

• excuse me for disturbing (interrupting) you; greeting used when entering someone's home

expression:

• I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable
• thank you very much (for help, etc.)

noun:

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

noun:

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

noun:

• curly men's hairstyle, usu. associated with yakuza or delinquents - From English "punch permanent"

noun / ~する noun:

• quotation (to support one's argument); citation (e.g. of a precedent); invocation; claim

adjective:

• unconnected; weakly related; far beyond (one's means, ability)
• having little prospect of marriage

noun / ~する noun:

• complete defeat; losing all of one's matches; finishing the tournament with no wins - Sports term

noun / ~する noun:

• incontinence; soiling oneself; wetting one's pants
• discharge (e.g. of contaminants); effluence

expression:

• completely; thoroughly; horribly; without exception; until there's no untouched (undamaged) part ➜ 完膚

noun:

• large furoshiki - four character idiom
• big talk; vain boasting or bluster; blowing one's own trumpet; rodomontade

expression / noun:

• trivial matter; cinch; easy as pie; piece of cake; child's play

noun:

• before breakfast - orig. meaning

noun / ~する noun:

• following (e.g. someone's opinion); being servile to; adherence; compliance; emulation; mimicking; servility

noun:

• Zen monk's early morning meal; refreshment; cakes
• simple Chinese food; dim sum

noun:

• one's hand (when playing cards)
• name tag; nameplate; business card
• wallet-sized (photo) - abbreviation ➜ 手札型・手札判

noun / ~する noun:

• fasting; abstinence; confinement to one's house on an unlucky day

noun:

• inviting another to one's home, office, etc.; the trouble of coming (going) [literal] - polite language

noun:

• women's obi with a different colour on each side (originally black and white)

noun:

• sponging (e.g. off one's parents); sponger

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to improve one's skill (esp. at calligraphy or drinking larger amounts of alcohol) - idiom

noun:

• ladle; dipper ［しゃく］
• wild chervil (Anthriscus sylvestris); cow parsley; keck; Queen Anne's lace - usually written using kana alone