noun:

• stripping to one's waist; being bare from the waist up

noun:

• legal guardians' association; parents' association (at a school)
• parent-teacher's meeting

noun:

• right-hand opponent; player to one's right - Mahjong term - From Chinese

noun:

• left-hand opponent; player to one's left - Mahjong term - From Chinese

noun:

• discarding a tile that becomes another player's winning tile - Mahjong term ➜ 振り込み

expression / ichidan verb:

• to convulse (e.g. with laughter); to split one's sides

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be discouraged (from doing something); to have one's enthusiasm dampened

noun:

• spade-toothed whale (Mesoplodon traversii); Bahamonde's beaked whale

expression / noun / ~の noun:

• not knowing one's social position; overweening; overreaching; forgetting who one is

noun / ~する noun:

• show one's real ability; illustration of the distinctive character of (something) - four character idiom

interjection:

• come on; hurry up; chop chop - archaism ➜ 其れ其れ【それそれ】
• yeah; that's right; exactly - archaism ➜ 其れ其れ【それそれ】

noun:

• backside part of the shamisen's neck where it meets the body

noun:

• footwear carrier; servant who carried his master's footwear ➜ 沓取
• professional jester ➜ たいこもち

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to read (somebody's) thoughts; to guess what (someone) is thinking - usu. ～の... - idiom

expression / adjective:

• hitting a dangerous (harmful) spot (e.g. hitting one's head)

noun:

• student's handbook; small notebook that also acts as a student ID

conjunction:

• besides; in addition; also; moreover

noun:

• unit; denomination
• credit (in school)

noun:

• curtain; bunting

noun / counter:

• act (in play)

noun:

• racket; paddle (in table-tennis)

noun / ~の noun:

• in the middle; half-way

temporal noun:

• outline; summary; gist; in brief

expression:

• for; in regard to; per ➜ に対して

adjectival noun / noun:

• in very small pieces

adverb:

• really; extremely
• in that way - archaism