noun:

• stubble; unshaven face; beard one has because one is too lazy to shave; 5-o'clock shadow

noun:

• full flush; winning hand containing only tiles of one suit - Mahjong term - From Chinese
• homogeneity (e.g. manuf. using products from one source)

noun:

• book lover; lover of books

noun / ~の noun:

• bibliophilism; love of books

noun / ~の noun:

• rule; regulation
• settlement; conclusion; end; agreement; arrangement
• habit; custom; habitual way ➜ 御決まり
• countenance in front of another person; face - usu. as 決まりが悪い, etc. ➜ 決まりが悪い
• love relationship between a customer and a prostitute - archaism

noun:

• young child; toddler
• child over 1 but not yet of school age - Law term

noun:

• pupils who are not members of any school club; go-home club [literal] - humorous term ➜ 幽霊部員

noun:

• driving school qualifying test (can lead to waiver of a formal test)

noun:

• Sancho Sect (of the Fuji School of Nichiren Buddhism; 1661-1673 CE) ➜ 富士派

expression / ~する verb (spec.):

• to qualify (as); to have the qualifications (for ...); to be entitled to; to have a claim (for)

~と adverb / adverb:

• ding (of a bell); bing; ting; tinkle; ring - esp. チーン, ちーん - onomatopoeia
• honk (i.e. sound of blowing one's nose); snort - onomatopoeia

noun / ~する noun:

• heating in a microwave; cooking in a microwave; microwaving; nuking - from the sound of the microwave timer; usu. チン - colloquialism ➜ チンする

noun / ~する noun:

• nailing on; nailing down; nailing shut; being glued (to); being unable to take one's eyes (from)
• being stationary; being rooted to the spot; halting; freezing - idiom
• (price) pegging

noun / ~する noun:

• visit to a shrine or temple; paying homage at a shrine or temple

noun / ~する noun:

• make an issue or problem of something; something becoming a problem or issue

noun:

• go or shogi board
• position of a game of go or shogi

noun:

• inner part; inside; interior; depths (e.g. of a forest); back (of a house, drawer, etc.); bottom (e.g. of one's heart); recesses; heart

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to hurt; to injure; to cause pain - usu. 痛める
• to harm; to damage; to spoil - usu. 傷める
• to worry; to bother; to be grieved over; to afflict - usu. 痛める
• to cause financial loss; to hurt one's pocket - usu. 痛める

noun / ~する noun:

• consistency; coherence; integration
• one kan (approx. 3.75 kg, 8.3 lb)
• one piece of sushi

noun:

• Rhincodontidae; family of whale sharks containing only one species of one genus, Rhincodon typus

noun / ~する noun:

• using a new brush for the first time
• doing something for the first time
• man losing his virginity (esp. to an older woman)

expression:

• it's tactless to state the obvious; that's best left unsaid

expression:

• spare no effort while you are young; heavy work in youth is quiet rest in old age - proverb

noun:

• old-fashioned doughnut; doughnut made with cake batter (as opposed to yeast-based dough) - Food term - From English "fashion donuts"

expression:

• spare no effort while you are young; heavy work in youth is quiet rest in old age - proverb

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be pleasure to the eye; to delight the eye; to please the eye; to feast one's eyes on ➜ 目を悦ばす

noun:

• baptism-like ceremony performed by the buddhas on a bodhisattva who attains buddhahood - Buddhism term
• baptism-like ceremony for conferring onto someone precepts, a mystic teaching, etc. (in esoteric Buddhism) - Buddhism term
• pouring water onto a gravestone - Buddhism term
• teaching esoteric techniques, compositions, etc. (in Japanese poetry or music)