noun:

• texture (cloth, fabric, paper)
• market tone; undertone
• balance between the position of white and black stones (in go) ➜ 囲碁

noun:

• formality; social rules
• social status; social standing
• amendments and enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryo) - usu. きゃくしき - archaism ➜ 律令

noun:

• leader; boss
• upper part of a flag
• (Okinawa) bamboo poles with an attached vertical flag and an elaborate display at the top that are used during the annual fertility and thanks-giving festivals

noun:

• central figure; pillar (e.g. of the nation); mainstay; chief support; leader
• chief; boss; leader; head
• master carpenter
• beams and ridge supports of a roof - orig. meaning

noun:

• vertical axis; vertical line
• vertical shaft; spindle
• connection between past and present

noun / ~の noun:

• farce; charade

noun:

• person who serves tea
• short and humorous improvised sketch (originating from Edo-era kabuki)

noun:

• small boat used for transport on rivers (Edo period); barge; boat used for unloading goods from a large anchored boat ➜ 瀬取り船
• boat with a roof used for boating on a river
• small boat selling food and drinks on a river - archaism

adjectival noun / adverb / noun:

• crispy; crunchy - onomatopoeia
• tearing; ripping; cracking - onomatopoeia

adjectival noun / noun:

• spirited; energetic; vigorous - onomatopoeia
• brand-new and high quality (clothing); well-starched; crisp (bill) - onomatopoeia

noun:

• legend; tradition
• biography; life
• method; way
• horseback transportation and communication relay system used in ancient Japan

expression:

• going well together; good combination - idiom

noun:

• family crest featuring a ring of bamboo with a sparrow in the middle
• design featuring bamboo and sparrows (motif in Japanese painting)

godan ~つ verb:

• to show signs of
• to show one's feelings or emotions in one's facial expression or behavior
• to put on airs
• to be become animated with voices and noise

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to filch; to snatch; to pinch; to swindle; to cheat (someone out of something); to rip off
• to steal (an idea, work, etc.); to plagiarize
• to arrest; to nab; to round up
• to open one's mouth wide and eat heartily; to gulp down food

noun:

• sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages ［はい］

suffix / counter:

• counter for cupfuls
• counter for ships, octopuses and squid ［はい］

noun / ~する noun:

• one's daily life

noun:

• condition; well-being; state of one's health
• standing and sitting; movements - orig. meaning

noun:

• dilapidated house; tumbledown house; hovel; miserable shack
• my house; my home - humble language
• small resting place comprising four pillars and a roof (with no walls)

noun:

• ancient soldier's hat
• common soldier - abbreviation ➜ 陣笠連
• rank and file (of a political party) - abbreviation ➜ 陣笠連

noun:

• legendary monster resembling a flying squirrel
• Japanese giant flying squirrel (Petaurista leucogenys) - orig. meaning ➜ ムササビ
• Japanese dish prepared with cooked fish and chicken - esp. 野衾 - Food term

noun:

• unloading a barge
• small pieces of fried tofu
• palanquin that carried guests to and from the red light district

godan ~く verb:

• to dawdle; to waste time doing nothing in particular
• to fret; to sulk; to complain
• to rain on and off

noun:

• paper width
• allotted number of pages (e.g. for article in magazine); assigned space
• binding for calligraphy and paintings

adverb:

• much; remarkably; noticeably
• not at all (with neg. verb)
• quickly and vigorously; unhesitatingly

noun:

• the four elements (earth, water, fire, wind) - Buddhism term
• the human body
• Tao, heaven, earth and king

noun:

• wooden dolls - abbreviation ➜ 木目込人形
• type of theatrical makeup
• type of artwork using paper, cloth and paste

noun:

• rolling (something); knocking down - abbreviation
• fishing with multiple hooks on a weighted line ➜ 転がし釣り
• repeatedly buying and selling

noun:

• double doors opening from the centre

~の noun:

• double-opening from the centre (e.g. doors, casement windows, etc.)

noun:

• method of filleting fish, chicken, etc. with a central cut and peeling back the flesh