noun:

• sociolect or secret language used by prostitutes in red-light districts (Edo period); vulgar words used by prostitutes (Edo period) - archaism - Linguistics term

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to cut; to cut through; to perform (surgery)
• to sever (connections, ties) ➜ 縁を切る
• to turn off (e.g. the light)
• to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to disconnect ➜ 電話を切る
• to punch (a ticket); to tear off (a stub)
• to open (something sealed)
• to start
• to set (a limit); to do (something) in less or within a certain time; to issue (stamps, vouchers, etc.)
• to reduce; to decrease; to discount ➜ 値切る
• to shake off (water, etc.); to let drip-dry; to let drain
• to cross; to traverse
• to criticize sharply
• to act decisively; to do (something noticeable); to go first; to make (certain facial expressions, in kabuki)
• to turn (vehicle, steering wheel, etc.)
• to curl (a ball); to bend; to cut
• to shuffle (cards)
• to discard a tile - Mahjong term
• to dismiss; to sack; to let go; to expulse; to excommunicate
• to dig (a groove); to cut (a stencil, on a mimeograph)
• to trump ➜ 切り札
• to cut (the connection between two groups) (in go)
• to start a fire (with wood-wood friction or by striking a metal against stone) - also written as 鑽る
• to draw (a shape) in the air (with a sword, etc.)

auxiliary verb / godan ~る verb:

• to finish; to complete - after the -masu stem of a verb ➜ 疲れきる

noun:

• seoi nage (judo); shoulder throw; back-carry throw - Martial Arts term

noun:

• as much as one can take or carry away

noun / ~する noun:

• soaking fabric in lukewarm water (to soften and remove starch); desizing; moistening with steam
• blanching (food); parboiling food

~する noun:

• blowing air into a dive mask through the nose to clear out the water - From English "mask clear" ➜ マスクブロー

noun:

• Nile monitor (Varanus niloticus, species of carnivorous monitor lizard native to sub-Saharan Africa); water leguaan ➜ ナイルモニター

noun:

• arrow with a whistle attached; whistling arrow used to signal the start of battle ➜ 嚆矢

noun:

• flower-patterned material used to bind the ends of the spine in books

noun:

• catalogue with the entire works of one artist (used to check authenticity); catalogue raisonne - From French

noun:

• arm (esp. upper arm) - archaism

counter:

• counter used to measure the thickness of round objects

noun:

• "sushi mat" (bamboo mat used in food preparation, especially to roll makizushi) ➜ 巻寿司

noun:

• Copper Age (period in which metal tools started to be used alongside stone tools)

noun:

• IC tag (integrated circuit tag, used as an alternative to bar codes)

expression:

• yours sincerely (used to sign off on letters); respectfully yours - female language

expression:

• used to create a rhetorical question indicating that the speaker actually believes the opposite is true; emphasizes a determination not to do something by means of a rhetorical question - female language ➜ ものか

noun:

• last moment; eleventh hour - idiom
• platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period - orig. meaning

noun:

• ornament
• dead body used to test a blade
• unlicensed prostitute who always works out of the same cathouse

noun:

• pet name; nickname; name used to indicate affection, intimacy, informality, etc. ➜ 愛称【あいしょう】

noun:

• iteration mark (used to represent repetition of the previous character); ditto mark

noun:

• air guitar (imaginary instrument used when pretending to play the guitar)

particle:

• particle used to indicate that what precedes it is an extreme example and strongly negates it ➜ どころか

noun / suffix noun:

• elder brother ➜ 兄【あに】

pronoun:

• pronoun or suffix used in reference to an older brother figure; Mister; Mr - familiar language - male language

noun:

• man only used to receive meals from; man who always pays for food - slang ➜ ミツグ君

noun:

• agreement used to prevent unauthorized or faked divorce by couples in Japan in the future