noun:

• gang of hoodlums (hooligans); bad company; companion in gang activities - four character idiom

noun:

• call number (e.g. of a book in a library)

noun:

• human chain (chain of people holding hands, usually in protest)

noun:

• line of defence (defense); lines (as in enemy lines, etc.)

expression:

• widespread fires in Edo (often after earthquakes); flowers of Edo [literal] - obsolete term

noun:

• leading group (of runners in a marathon, etc.); leading pack

prefix:

• ... years since construction; ... years old (of a building) - before a number of years, e.g. 築十年

suffix:

• built in ... - after a time, e.g. 1980年築

noun / ~する noun:

• keeping in mind; taking note of; remembering; taking to heart

noun:

• H; h

adjectival noun / noun:

• indecent; lewd; frisky; sexy - from 変態 - usually written using kana alone ➜ 変態【へんたい】

noun / ~する noun:

• sexual intercourse; copulation - usually written using kana alone - colloquialism

prefix:

• nth year in the Heisei era (1989.1.8-) - abbreviation ➜ 平成

noun:

• hydrogen (H) ［Ｈ］ - abbreviation

noun / ~する noun:

• tub bath; bathing in the open air; bathing or cleaning oneself
• cleaning oneself for religious purification

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to count on one's fingers
• to count down the days (in anticipation); to look forward to

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to say time and time again; to say till you're blue in the face

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to let loose something dangerous; to let loose a tiger in the field [literal] - idiom

noun:

• hilly section of a city (usu. residential); Yamanote (hilly residential section of western Tokyo, incl. Yotsuya, Aoyama, Koishikawa, Hongo, Ichigaya, Akasaka, Azabu and surrounds) ➜ 下町・山手【やまて】
• place near the mountains ➜ 山手【やまて】

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be caught in; to be stuck in
• to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to be delayed; to take time
• to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to be involved with
• to fall for (a trick); to be deceived; to be cheated
• to be on one's mind; to worry one; to be bothered by; to feel uneasy
• to be obstructed; to be hindered
• to splash

noun:

• country living; life in the country; country life

noun / ~する noun:

• seeing the old year out; greeting the New Year; passing the winter; hibernation

noun / ~する noun:

• (the privilege to have) an audience (with one's lord, a dignitary, etc.); interview (with one's superior)
• one's debut (first) appearance; debut (of a new product, work of art, actor, etc.)
• trial service (of a servant)

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to slip into for the purposes of sex (e.g. lover's house, hotel, red light district, etc.); to shack up with
• to shut oneself away at home (due to lack of money)

adjectival noun / noun:

• undutifulness to one's parents; lack of filial piety
• (the crime of) cursing one's parents ［ふきょう］ - archaism ➜ 八虐
• disowning one's child ［ふきょう］ - archaism

noun:

• special Diet session; special session of the Diet; Diet session required to be convoked within thirty days of a general election

noun:

• special Diet session; special session of the Diet; Diet session required to be convoked within thirty days of a general election ➜ 特別国会

expression:

• the apple doesn't fall far from the tree; the apple never falls far from the tree; fox pups have white cheeks [literal] - proverb - obscure term

noun / prefix noun:

• smallness; small item
• short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days) ➜ 小の月
• elementary school - abbreviation ➜ 小学校
• younger or inferior (of two items or people with the same name)
• unit of field area (approx. 400 sq m) - archaism

noun:

• night mooring (for a boat) ➜ 夜泊
• sleeping away for the night (esp. in a red light district)