noun:

• female cook; kitchenmaid
• woman who served both as a waitress and a prostitute in Osaka teahouses - archaism

noun:

• T; t

prefix:

• nth year in the Taishō era (1912.7.30-1926.12.25) ➜ 大正

expression:

• like a pigeon who's been shot by a peashooter (i.e. wide-eyed in shock)

noun:

• ten-night memorial service (6th to 15th days of the 10th month in the lunar calendar) - Buddhism term ➜ 十夜粥【じゅうやがゆ】

expression / adjective:

• With the best will in the world, you can't say that it's good

expression / noun:

• the pot calling the kettle black; people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones - idiom

expression / adverbial noun:

• to a great extent; incredibly (tasty, much, etc.); (money) to burn; rolling in (cash)

noun:

• pogo; dance in which one jumps up and down to the beat of the music

noun:

• man (esp. one who is well-respected)
• samurai ➜ 侍

suffix noun:

• person (in a certain profession, esp. licensed); member

noun:

• person oblivious to the fact they are irritating or inconveniencing others; pain in the neck; pest - colloquialism

noun:

• Surya (Hindu sun god also revered as one of the twelve devas in Shingon Buddhism) - Buddhism term ➜ 十二天
• sun - archaism

noun:

• Surya (Hindu sun god also revered as one of the twelve devas in Shingon Buddhism) - Buddhism term ➜ 日天子
• sun - archaism

noun:

• Chandra (Hindu moon god also revered as one of the twelve devas in Shingon Buddhism) - Buddhism term ➜ 十二天
• moon - archaism

noun:

• Chandra (Hindu moon god also revered as one of the twelve devas in Shingon Buddhism) - Buddhism term ➜ 月天子
• moon - archaism

noun:

• first song or chirp, etc. (in the year) of a particular bird or insect species

noun:

• owner-operator company; corporation in which the business manager is also the major stockholder

noun:

• horse oil; extract of horse subcutaneous fat, used in cosmetics and traditional medicine

expression:

• time flies; like watching a white horse run by through a gap in the wall (Zhuangzi) [literal] - proverb

noun:

• warbler flying from a valley to a tree - orig. meaning ➜ 鶯谷【おうこく】
• finding success in life ➜ 鶯谷【おうこく】
• passing the palace examination ➜ 進士【しんし】

noun:

• rush
• rush hour - abbreviation ➜ ラッシュ時・ラッシュアワー
• rush print (in films, anime, etc.) - abbreviation ➜ ラッシュプリント
• lighter aboard ship; LASH - abbreviation ➜ ラッシュ船

ichidan verb:

• to reorganize; to rearrange; to put (things) in order ➜ 並べ替える【ならべかえる】

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to control; to take the lead in; to have under one's thumb

godan ~る verb:

• to listen attentively to; to be lost in

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to stand on tiptoe; to rise in the world; to become arrogant

noun:

• meat substitute; meat analogue
• cheaper meat used in place of beef or pork