noun:

• waiting woman in a shogun or daimyo's palace

noun:

• material before the opening credits in a film, anime, etc. - From English "avant title"

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to part in tears ➜ 泣き別れ【なきわかれ】

noun:

• cask wrapped in straw matting; beggar

noun / ~する noun:

• prostrating oneself in fear; kneeling in fear; crouching in fear; prostration

noun:

• vegetables pickled in salted rice-bran paste, esp. with lots of liquid - Food term ➜ 糠味噌漬け
• hot-dip galvanizing - colloquialism - Engineering term

noun:

• cold weather in early spring

adjectival noun / noun:

• utterly lacking in ability

noun:

• residence maintained by a daimyo in Edo

noun:

• walk-in closet; wardrobe room; dressing room; costume room

noun:

• interference with a public servant in the execution of his or her duties - abbreviation ➜ 公務執行妨害罪

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to appear in court

noun:

• (in a) rough Tokyo dialect; (having a) crude mouth; vulgar language; crude speaking ➜ べらんめえ口調【べらんめえくちょう】

noun:

• cloth dyed in a dapple pattern ➜ 鹿の子

adverb:

• in fact

noun:

• vegetables high in beta-carotene ➜ 淡色野菜

noun:

• publication in a new format or binding; special edition ➜ 新装【しんそう】

noun:

• advertising poster in a station

noun / ~する noun:

• failing to win an electoral seat in a single-member constituency, but winning a seat in a proportionally represented constituency

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to break in (a horse)

noun / ~する noun:

• roll in - IT term

noun:

• desk made in China; Chinese style desk

noun:

• irregular conjugation (inflection, declension) of a limited number of verbs ending in "ru" (in written Japanese)

noun / ~する noun:

• transcribing in musical notation; copying down (a tune)

noun:

• instant noodles purchased in cup; cup noodles [literal]