noun:

• sō-on; Song reading; on reading of a kanji based on Song dynasty and later Chinese (esp. in words related to Zen Buddhism) ➜ 唐音【とうおん】・宋【そう】

noun:

• using one's chopsticks to jump from side dish to side dish without pausing to eat rice in between (a breach of etiquette) ➜ 渡り箸

noun:

• using one's chopsticks to jump from side dish to side dish without pausing to eat rice in between (a breach of etiquette) ➜ 移り箸

expression / ichidan verb:

• to break off with (e.g. one's lover) - idiom
• to be sharp enough to cut one's skin (of a new banknote, etc.)

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• for something unexpected to happen (to someone or something one is close to) - idiom

expression:

• (deciding to do something) abruptly; at the turn of a dime - usu. as 足元から鳥が立つように - idiom

noun:

• head
• hair (on one's head)
• mind; brains; intellect ［あたま］
• leader; chief; boss; captain
• top; tip
• beginning; start
• head; person ［あたま］
• top structural component of a kanji ［かしら］
• pair ［あたま］ - colloquialism - Mahjong term ➜ 雀頭【ジャントー】

noun:

• disguised contracting; fake subcontract; hiring a temporary employee and paying for the completion of the work rather than the work itself, thereby avoiding have to pay benefits

noun:

• offering to a deity or somebody's spirit
• tribute to a person who is about to depart

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to hit a nerve; to go for the throat; to touch a sore spot - idiom ➜ 痛い所

noun:

• dog-ear (of a book)
• dog's ear

noun / ~する noun:

• opening a hall for that day's business (museum, library, etc.)
• opening of new hall (museum, etc.)

noun:

• box in which ashes of the deceased are kept; box in which a funerary urn is kept

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be wide-ranging; to be diverse; to cover a lot of ground; to cover various topics

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to insert; to put in (such that there is a snug fit); to button; to put on (something that envelops, e.g. gloves, ring)
• to have sex; to fuck - colloquialism
• to pigeonhole (into a particular category)
• to place a ring-shaped object around something (esp. one that restricts freedom, such as handcuffs)
• to entrap; to set someone up (e.g. frame them for a crime, etc.)

noun:

• steward in charge of the affairs of nobles of the third rank and higher (from the middle of the Heian period)
• administrative position (Kamakura and Muromachi periods) ➜ 政所

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to smell; to smell of; to have a smell

noun:

• moon-viewing on either the night of the 15th day of the 8th month of the lunisolar calendar or on the night of the 13th day of the 9th month of the lunisolar calendar, but not both nights

godan ~ぐ verb / transitive:

• to pour (into a vessel); to fill (a cup, bowl, etc.) with; to dish out (food or drink)

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.) (behavior)
• to get away (fish)

expression:

• taking pride in one's humility is a form of bragging; he that humbleth himself wishes to be exalted; too much humility is pride - proverb

noun:

• chuff-chuff (sound of a steam engine); choo-choo; chug-chug; puff-puff - colloquialism - onomatopoeia ➜ 汽車ポッポ【きしゃポッポ】・ぽっぽ

adverb / ~の noun:

• for a while; for some time; for a period

noun:

• prefatory sutra - Buddhism term
• opening a sutra; beginning to read a sutra

expression / adjective:

• not funny; not a laughing matter; not a joke

expression:

• one should not rush to make a profit; business is best run when sales flow like a cow's drool: long and thin - obscure term