noun:

• leftover food (esp. on one's plate at the end of a meal)

noun:

• weft; woof (crosswise threads on a loom)

noun:

• icy road - From German "Eisbahn"
• frozen snow surface (e.g. on a ski slope)
• skating rink - orig. meaning

noun:

• memorial service held on the seventh day following a person's death - Buddhism term

noun:

• disposing of a case by placing an offender on probation or under supervision

noun:

• autograph or note of authentication written on a box containing an art work

noun / ~する noun:

• (endlessly) doting (on someone); (constantly) petting (somebody) as if they were a pet - idiom

noun:

• left-over flesh on the spine of a fish (esp. tuna) or beef - Food term

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• uninteresting; tending to spoil the fun (pleasure) (of); throwing a wet blanket (on) - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• (engaging in a round of) mutual criticism; repeated attacks on each other - four character idiom

noun:

• hinomaru bento (contains plain white rice with a single red umeboshi on top)

expression:

• being excessively cautious; knocking on a strong stone bridge before crossing it [literal] - idiom

noun:

• couchette; non-private sleeper car or berth on a European train - From French

noun:

• patch of plants or shrubs (e.g. on a steep rocky surface)

noun:

• (sake) brewed in wooden vats, squeezed out by weight on a pole - obsolete term

noun:

• short, padded coat that covers someone and a baby on their back - abbreviation ➜ ねんねこ半纏

noun / ~する noun:

• sleeping; sleep - orig. meaning - children's language

noun:

• providing bank services on a Sunday (esp. ATM access) - From English "Sunday banking"

noun:

• sastrugi; parallel wave-like ridges formed on a snow surface by the wind

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to dish up; to fill (a bowl) with
• to pile up; to heap up; to fill up; to stack up
• to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to prescribe
• to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
• to mark out (e.g. scale); to graduate (e.g. thermometer)
• to exaggerate; to apply heavy makeup - slang

noun:

• voice dramatization on CD (usu. based on manga, anime, etc.) - From English "drama CD"

expression / noun:

• hard work gone unnoticed; thankless task; a dance under a veranda [literal] - idiom
• off-stage dance that used to be performed on the 22th of the 2nd month in the lunar calendar in Osaka's Tennouji - orig. meaning

expression:

• paper lanterns and temple bells (esp. as an example of two things looking similar on the outside, but of a completely different nature); (like) chalk and cheese; you can't judge a book by its cover - obscure term ➜ 月と鼈【つきとすっぽん】

noun / ~の noun / adverbial noun / suffix noun:

• above; up; over; elder (e.g. daughter)
• top; summit
• surface; on
• before; previous
• superiority; one's superior (i.e. one's elder)
• on top of that; besides; what's more
• upon (further inspection, etc.); based on (and occurring after)
• matters concerning...; as concerns ...
• since (i.e. "for that reason") - as ...上は

suffix noun:

• suffix indicating higher social standing - honorific language ➜ 父上
• place of one's superior (i.e. the throne) - archaism
• emperor; sovereign; shogun; daimyo - archaism
• noblewoman (esp. the wife of a nobleman) - archaism

expression:

• there is only the thickness of the boat's planking between one and perdition; on a boat, one is only an inch or two from a watery grave - proverb

expression / ichidan verb:

• to make a mess of it; to make a hash of it; to fail and lose face; to embarrass oneself
• to spread miso (e.g. on konnyaku) - orig. meaning