expression / adjectival noun:

• woman's word for the sound of feet thumping across a noh theatre; space of noh theatre based on the reach of the sound of feet thumping - female language

noun / ~する noun:

• preservation; retainment; keeping

noun:

• book-keeping journal

noun:

• peace-keeping operation

noun:

• peace-keeping force

noun / ~の noun:

• flip; luck-pusher; frivolous person; person who readily chimes in with others; person who gets carried away easily

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be sharp; to be keen; to be on the ball; to have a mind like a steel trap; to be clever - idiom

noun:

• leader of a (large) group ➜ 小頭
• large decorative black flagpole tassel made from tail hair (of a yak, horse, ox, etc.) or dyed hemp ➜ 大纛
• leader of a (large) group
• puffbird (any bird of family Bucconidae) - usually written using kana alone
• first makushita rikishi listed on the banzuke - Sumo term

expression:

• quick to take a hint; very responsive; quick on the uptake ➜ ツーカー

expression / noun:

• perseverance prevails; three years on a (cold) stone (will make the stone warm) [literal] - proverb

noun:

• type of sushi with a variety of ingredients sprinkled on the rice - Kansai dialect ➜ 五目寿司

noun:

• slip-guard (on one side of the body of a shamisen)

noun:

• surface rights (i.e. the right to build a house, etc. on land owned by another); superficies

noun:

• downstage left pillar (on a noh stage), by which the supporting actor introduces himself ➜ 脇【わき】
• doorjamb; jambe; jamb

noun:

• (Okinawa) sacred site; sacred grove - from 拝み ➜ 御嶽【うたき】

noun:

• stone sauna; facility where one rests on towels laid on a slab of heated natural rock

noun:

• stone sauna; facility where one rests on towels laid on a slab of heated natural rock ➜ 岩盤浴

noun:

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

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to put on (or wear) lower-body clothing (i.e. pants, skirt, etc.); to put on (or wear) footwear - usu 履く or 穿く
• to affix a sword to one's hip - usu. 佩く or 帯く
• to affix a bowstring to a bow

noun:

• mark; symbol; insignia; logo; label; emblem

~する noun:

• to mark; to put a mark on

noun:

• trademark - abbreviation ➜ トレードマーク

noun / ~する noun:

• paying attention to; focusing on; watching; guarding; marking
• registering a record (in sport, etc.)

noun:

• Mach (OS kernel) - IT term

noun:

• rod; pole
• neck (of a shamisen, etc.); shamisen - esp. 棹
• beam (i.e. the crossbar of a balance)
• single line (esp. as a flying formation for geese)
• penis - slang

counter:

• counter for flags (on poles); counter for long, thin Japanese sweets (e.g. youkan)

noun:

• alms-giver; person who donates to a monk or a temple; dana-pati

noun:

• suitable person; well-qualified person; responsible party; responsible person

noun:

• hearing-impaired person; person with hearing difficulties; deaf person

noun:

• reporter assigned to cover a particular person in order to get the most up-to-date information; beat reporter