noun:

• dance where a female dancer dresses up as a man (late Heian to early Kamakura period)
• noh dance performed by a man without a mask

adverb:

• a little; a bit; slightly
• just a minute; for a moment; briefly
• somewhat; rather; fairly; pretty; quite
• (not) easily; (not) readily - before a verb in negative form

interjection:

• hey!; excuse me

noun:

• (a) principle; (a) reason; (a) point; some truth

noun / ~する noun:

• a rise above a certain level (of a stock price, etc.) Antonym: 台割れ

expression / noun:

• being in a helpless situation; (like a) fish on a chopping board [literal] - idiom

noun:

• hundred times worship (e.g. visiting a shrine or temple a hundred times for prayer, walking back and forth a hundred times before a shrine offering a prayer each time) ➜ 御百度

noun:

• (a) mood; (a) smile or a frown - four character idiom

expression:

• a dime a dozen; two a penny

noun / ~の noun:

• pension (esp. public servant's)

noun:

• a lord giving a land holding to a vassal - archaism ➜ 恩地

noun:

• (over) a great distance; (a long journey (flight, voyage)) to (from) a faraway place - four character idiom

noun:

• bright red table grape, a cross between a Flame Tokay and a Neo Muscat

noun:

• two people riding in a palanquin together (esp. a man and a woman) - archaism

noun:

• earthenware toy portraying a monkey sitting on top of a deer (often a bell)

noun:

• decorating the alcove of a tea room with a hanging scroll and flowers (in more formal tea ceremonies, during only the first and second half respectively)
• style of decorating a traditional Japanese room (esp. a study) in which incense, a pair of vases and a pair of candlesticks are placed on a table in front of a trio of hanging scrolls - orig. meaning

noun:

• (being beholden to someone for a favor of) a night's lodging and a meal - four character idiom

noun:

• unauthorized travel; riding without a valid ticket (e.g. on a train); stealing a ride

noun:

• false start of a bout - Sumo term
• backsies (called when taking back a move in a game)

noun / ~する noun:

• caricaturing
• turning a movie, novel, etc. into a manga; making a comic version of something ➜ 漫画

noun:

• (a) grain; (a) drop; (a) bead

adverb / noun or verb acting prenominally:

• a little; partially; somewhat; slightly; semi-; -ish; on the ... side; a short time; a while

noun:

• arranging a group of people so as to form a character or spell out a message

adjectival noun / noun:

• standing on formality; in a reserved manner; treating a friend as a stranger; unduly distant; formal - four character idiom

noun:

• batting eye; ability to judge whether a pitch will be called a ball or a strike - Baseball term

noun / ~する noun:

• forming a kong by adding a tile drawn from the wall to a declared pung - Mahjong term - From Chinese ➜ 槓

noun / ~する noun:

• entering a track (of a train); arrival of a train (at a platform)
• passing the post (horseracing); crossing the finish line