noun:

• warez; illegal downloading and distribution of commercial software - slang - IT term

noun:

• bath at a temple for the poor, sick and prisoners

noun:

• proper diet and Chinese herbal medicine share the same principles - four character idiom ➜ 医食同源

adjectival noun / noun:

• smooth and refreshing (of sake); light with a clean finish

noun:

• andouillette; French sausage filled with pork and tripe - From French

noun:

• winning hand consisting of four kongs and a pair - Mahjong term

expression / noun:

• before and after (e.g. photos) - From English "before after"

noun:

• winning hand consisting only of terminal and honor tiles - Mahjong term

noun:

• kurultai; quriltai; political and military council in the Mongol Empire - From Mongolian "khuruldai"

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:

• humanity; empathy; kindness; sympathy
• human nature; common sense; customs and manners

adverb / ~と adverb:

• decisively; decidedly; boldly; once and for all; unreservedly; frankly - onomatopoeia
• precisely; exactly - onomatopoeia

noun / suffix noun / counter:

• class; order; rank

suffix:

• et cetera; etc.; and the like ➜ 等【など】

prefix:

• equal; iso-

noun / ~の noun:

• black person

noun:

• woman in the nightlife business; demimondaine; geisha and prostitutes - archaism ➜ 玄人

noun:

• Hokuriku region of Honshu (incl. Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa and Fukui prefectures)

noun:

• lily (Lilium spp.)
• comics and novels about female homosexuality ［ゆり・ユリ］ - slang

noun:

• branches and leaves; foliage

noun / ~の noun:

• unimportant details; nonessentials; side issue; digression - esp. しよう ➜ 枝葉末節【しようまっせつ】

noun / ~する noun:

• arguing back and forth; bandying words; verbal tug-of-war

noun:

• izakaya; Japanese bar that also serves various dishes and snacks

noun:

• yakisoba; fried noodles, usu. with vegetables and meat - Food term

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• winding; meandering; zigzagging; zig-zag; in twists and turns; sinuously; tortuously - onomatopoeia

noun:

• soup containing rice cakes and vegetables (New Year's dish) - polite language - Food term ➜ 雑煮【ぞうに】

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• winding; meandering; wriggling; wiggling; waving; swaying; twisting and turning - onomatopoeia

noun:

• borscht (Eastern European and Russian soup, usu. made with beets); borsch - From Russian "borshch"

expression:

• more haste, less speed; slow and steady wins the race - proverb