expression / ichidan verb:

• to be highly-reputed and sell extremely well (of a printed literary work); to raise the price of paper in Luoyang [literal] - idiom - archaism

noun:

• nailist; someone whose occupation is to cut any type of nail, apply artificial nails (or "nail art") and care for nails

adverb / ~と adverb:

• stiff and slackless; tense without any looseness - onomatopoeia ➜ きりっと
• cling tightly; pulled or stretched as far as possible
• creaking of a door or oar

noun:

• any monkey of family Cebidae (esp. the capuchin monkeys of genus Cebus, but also including marmosets, tamarins and squirrel monkeys)

noun:

• milk shark (Rhizoprionodon acutus, species of requiem shark found in the eastern Atlantic and the Indo-Pacific) ➜ 平頭

noun:

• short flute piece (in kyogen; usu. a lively solo)
• flute and drum music played after each act but the last (in kabuki) - also written as 砂切

noun:

• rice gruel with diced sweet potatoes
• gruel with ivy broth and finely minced Japanese yam served at large Imperial banquets

noun:

• Buddhist theory of the twelve-fold chain of causation, interdependent origination and co-dependent arising (San: pratītya-samutpāda); twelve causal links - Buddhism term

noun:

• normal style of writing; modern Japanese text
• text written in literary style with mixed kanji and kana (until the Taisho era)

noun:

• on-off timer (i.e. to automatically turn an electrical device on and off at specified times)

noun:

• concealed winning hand consisting of chows, a pair that isn't a value pair, and an open wait - Mahjong term - From Chinese

noun:

• pung (or kong) of east tiles when east is both the round wind and one's seat wind (yaku) - Mahjong term ➜ 連風牌

noun:

• pung (or kong) of south tiles when south is both the round wind and one's seat wind (yaku) - Mahjong term ➜ 連風牌

noun:

• pung (or kong) of west tiles when west is both the round wind and one's seat wind (yaku) - Mahjong term ➜ 連風牌

noun:

• pung (or kong) of north tiles when north is both the round wind and one's seat wind (yaku) - Mahjong term ➜ 連風牌

noun:

• longing for someone or something; waiting for someone of great talent to arrive; stretching one's neck and standing on tiptoes [literal] - four character idiom

noun:

• fish sauce made of salted and fermented sardines, mackerel, or squid; a specialty of the Noto Peninsula of Ishikawa Prefecture

noun:

• upstage right pillar (on a noh stage), where the main actor stands at the start and end of the play ➜ 仕手

noun:

• deviation-value-oriented education; education focussed on test results; education that stresses studying and passing exams to raise one's ranking; academic cramming

godan ~る verb:

• to pledge; to vow; to promise; to swear
• to have sexual intercourse (esp. between husband and wife); to share a bed

godan ~く verb:

• to dawdle; to waste time doing nothing in particular
• to fret; to sulk; to complain
• to rain on and off

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to depend on somebody for food and lodging - idiom
• to be treated coldly; to be kept in a low position - idiom

noun / ~の noun:

• pons (pontes); pons Varolii; pontine; part of the brain stem (links the medulla oblongata and cerebellum with the midbrain)

noun:

• small, thin fabric belt worn over the kimono and under the obi in order to protect the fabric

noun:

• ticket good for multiple performances (e.g. a whole day, including matinee and evening performances); season ticket; through ticket [literal] ➜ 通し切符