noun:

• leader of a (large) group ➜ 小頭
• large decorative black flagpole tassel made from tail hair (of a yak, horse, ox, etc.) or dyed hemp ➜ 大纛
• leader of a (large) group
• puffbird (any bird of family Bucconidae) - usually written using kana alone
• first makushita rikishi listed on the banzuke - Sumo term

expression / ichidan verb:

• to resolve to do; to make up one's mind to do; to set one's heart on; to have one's heart set on

noun:

• Miura map fold; special technique for folding used on some solar panel arrays

expression:

• deep down; special place in one's heart; in the back of one's mind

noun:

• three types of relatives (e.g. father, children and grandchildren; parents, siblings, wife and children; etc.)

noun:

• triple pung; winning hand containing the same pung in each of the three suits - Mahjong term

noun / counter:

• mountain; hill
• mine (e.g. coal mine)
• heap; pile

noun:

• crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw); tread (of a tire); protruding part of an object
• climax; peak; critical point
• guess; speculation
• criminal case; crime - used by policemen, crime reporters, etc.
• mountain climbing; mountaineering
• festival float (esp. one mounted with a decorative halberd) ➜ 山鉾
• wall; wall tile - Mahjong term
• temple; temple grounds - archaism

prefix noun:

• wild

expression:

• better to be the beak of a rooster than the rump of a bull; better to be the leader of a small group than a subordinate in a large organization; better to be a big fish in a little pond than a little fish in a big pond - four character idiom

noun:

• head of a ward; mayor of a ward; chief administrator of a ward

noun:

• hand-clapping performed to celebrate the conclusion or completion of something (3-3-3-1 rhythm, done three times) ➜ 一本締め【いっぽんじめ】

noun:

• measuring container; measure
• box (seating at a theatre, etc.)
• square on a grid; cell of a grid - esp. マス
• square bearing block (at the top of a pillar) ［斗］

noun:

• Bartlett Act (1964)
• Bartlett method; technique for estimating power spectra

particle:

• by (indicating means of action); as (a group, etc.) ➜ からして・として・にして・為る
• indicates patient of a causative expression - as 〜をして in modern Japanese
• acts as a connective - after the ren'youkei form of an adjective
• adds emphasis - after an adverb or a particle

conjunction:

• and then ➜ そして

noun:

• lintel of the alcove in a tea room or a window in a shoin-style reception room
• cloud-shaped carving on the bottom of a transom
• metallic bowl used to hold the charcoal in a wooden hibachi ➜ 火鉢

noun / ~する noun:

• theater closure; theatre closure; stage absence
• wrestler's absence from the tournament - Sumo term

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• fully satisfied; well satisfied (e.g. with an explanation or apology); to have one's heart completely cleared of doubt or grudge

noun / ~の noun:

• bittersweet; having mingled feelings of joy and sorrow; joy and sorrow alternating in one's heart - four character idiom

noun:

• god of harvests and wealth (syncretized with Saraswati, and often taking the form of a heavenly woman, a white snake or a fox) - obscure term ➜ 宇賀神

noun:

• installation of a deity in a new shrine; transfer of a shrine

noun / ~する noun:

• one's chest tightening up (from emotion) so much that one feels one's heart might stop; "dying of cuteness" - colloquialism ➜ きゅん

noun:

• seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; kind; variety; quality; tone
• material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); subject; theme; (news) copy
• ingredient; leaven (bread); main ingredient of a sushi - Food term
• cause; source
• trick; secret; magician's trick; inside story
• paternal blood; lineage ➜ 胤
• breed (of a stock); sperm; semen

noun:

• subject (of a portrait or bust); a person posing for a portrait or bust - obscure term
• (historically) patron; someone who commissions a Buddhist temple or work of art

noun:

• appearance of written words; impression given by written letters, characters, etc.
• literal meaning (of a piece of writing); superficial meaning
• face (of a printing type)

noun:

• god of harvests and wealth (syncretized with Saraswati, and often taking the form of a heavenly woman, a white snake or a fox)

adverb / ~と adverb:

• snugly (into hole, container, etc.); tightly (fitting, covering); firmly - onomatopoeia ➜ すぽっと

adverb:

• (with a) pop (i.e. sound of a cork, etc. being pulled out of a hole in one movement); with a plop; (fall) straight - onomatopoeia ➜ すぽっと