noun:

• southern barbarians (formerly used by the Chinese to refer to non-ethnic Chinese to the south) - archaism - derogatory term
• South-East Asia - archaism
• Western Europe (esp. Spain and Portugal, their South-East Asian colonies, and their goods and people arriving in Japan via the colonies) - archaism ➜ 紅毛

prefix:

• exotic (esp. Western European or South-East Asian style)

noun:

• (in dance, puppetry, etc.) thrusting the right foot and right arm forward at the same time (or left foot and left arm) - usu.ナンバ
• food prepared using chili peppers or Welsh onions - abbreviation ➜ 南蛮煮【なんばんに】

noun:

• groove in a shamisen player's fingernail caused by the friction of the string of the instrument
• someone's ability to play the shamisen

expression:

• playing while the cat is away; taking a break while the boss is out; doing what one wants when one is (finally) alone; relaxing while the demon is out [literal] - idiom ➜ 洗濯

adjective:

• it can't be helped; it's inevitable; it's no use; can't stand it; impatient; annoyed

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to steal another's spouse; to steal another's lover

expression:

• it's different when ... but; it's not so bad when ... but

noun / ~の noun:

• active duty; active service
• student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try - often as 現役で ➜ 浪人【ろうにん】

numeric:

• 108; one hundred and eight

noun:

• the number of kleshas, worldly thoughts and passions - Buddhism term ➜ 煩悩
• the sum of 12 months, 24 seasons of the solar year, and 72 'climates' of one year ➜ 七十二候・節気

noun:

• length and width; length and breadth; lengthwise and crosswise; longitude and latitude; vertical and horizontal
• four cardinal points; every direction ［じゅうおう］
• as one wishes; as one pleases; at will ［じゅうおう］
• warp and weft; warp and woof ［たてよこ］ ➜ 経緯【たてよこ】

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to stop; to turn off - esp. 止める, 停める
• to park - esp. 止める, 停める
• to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to hold back (tears); to hold (one's breath); to relieve (pain) - esp. 止める, 停める
• to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade; to forbid; to prohibit
• to notice; to be aware of; to concentrate on; to pay attention to; to remember; to bear in mind ➜ 目を留める・気に留める
• to fix (in place); to fasten; to tack; to pin; to nail; to button; to staple - esp. 留める
• to detain; to keep in custody - esp. 留める

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be undeserved; to be more than one deserves
• to be more than one can handle

noun:

• sencha tea ceremony; Way of Sencha Tea; Chinese-influenced Japanese tea ceremony using leaf tea rather than powdered tea, assoc. with the Ōbaku school of zen ➜ 煎茶【せんちゃ】・黄檗宗【おうばくしゅう】

noun:

• blue dragon ➜ 青竜
• Azure Dragon (god said to rule over the eastern heavens) ➜ 青竜
• seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the eastern heavens - Astronomy term ➜ 二十八宿
• large horse with a bluish-leaden coat
• shape of an old pine tree

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• this year; this fiscal year; this school year

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to embrace; to hold in the arms (e.g. a baby); to hug
• to harbour (e.g. grudge); to harbor; to bear; to have (e.g. ambition); to entertain (e.g. hope, suspicion) ［いだく］

godan ~く verb:

• to have sex with; to make love to; to sleep with ［だく］
• to sit on eggs ［だく］

noun:

• Act for Identification, etc. by Mobile Voice Communications Carriers of Their Subscribers, etc. and for Prevention of Improper Use of Mobile Voice Communications Services; Mobile Phone Improper Use Prevention Act - Law term

noun:

• silver cock's comb (Celosia argentea, esp. crested cock's comb, Celosia argentea var. cristata)

noun:

• ground; land; earth; soil - abbreviation
• the region in question; the local area
• skin
• texture; fabric; material; weave
• base; background
• one's true nature
• narrative (i.e. descriptive part of a story)
• real life; actuality
• captured territory (in the game of go)
• noh chorus ➜ 地謡
• accompaniment music (in Japanese dance)
• basic phrase (in Japanese music; usu. repetitive)
• base part (of multiple shamisens)

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to stuff; to shove

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to plunge into; to charge into; to rush into; to ram into; to crash into
• to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to get to the heart (of something)

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to press (someone) about; to point out (e.g. an inconsistency); to question sharply; to grill
• to get involved with; to meddle in; to poke one's nose into ➜ 首を突っ込む

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to riposte; to retort; to quip

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to stuff; to shove ➜ 突っ込む【つっこむ】

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to plunge into; to charge into; to rush into; to ram into; to crash into ➜ 突っ込む【つっこむ】
• to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to get to the heart (of something) ➜ 突っ込む【つっこむ】

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to press (someone) about; to point out (e.g. an inconsistency); to question sharply; to grill ➜ 突っ込む【つっこむ】
• to get involved with; to meddle in; to poke one's nose into ➜ 突っ込む【つっこむ】

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to riposte; to retort; to quip ➜ 突っ込む【つっこむ】

noun:

• Asperger syndrome; Asperger's syndrome; Asperger's

noun:

• end of the fiscal year; end of the school year

noun:

• the four grand national holidays (Prayer to the Four Quarters, Empire Day, the Emperor's Birthday, Emperor Meiji's birthday; 1927-1948) ➜ 紀元節・四方拝・天長節・明治節

godan ~る verb:

• to ride on a person's shoulders; to be carried on a person's back

noun:

• one term; one period
• first term; first period