noun:

• broom (esp. one for sweeping a silkworm-raising room on the first Day of the Rat of the New Year)
• plant used for constructing brooms (e.g. kochia) ➜ 箒草
• liquor; alcohol; sake

noun:

• dust, etc. that gathers in the bottoms of sleeves (esp. in Japanese traditional clothing)

noun / ~する noun:

• recovering the remains of soldiers (e.g. Japanese soldiers who died abroad during WWII)

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to crow at the break of dawn (of a rooster, etc.); to mark the dawn; to proclaim the dawn

noun:

• policy of reducing acreage (under cultivation)

noun / ~する noun:

• strenuous pursuit of learning under difficulties - four character idiom

noun:

• under control (e.g. of territory)

noun / counter:

• swing; shake; wave; swinging

noun:

• appearance; behaviour - usually written using kana alone
• pretence (pretense); show; pretending (to) - oft. after a noun+の or verb in the dictionary form - usually written using kana alone ➜ 振りをする

noun / ~の noun:

• going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction - usually written using kana alone

noun:

• move (dance); postures
• lead in (e.g. to a running joke, asking a question); lead up - oft. as フリ - usually written using kana alone ➜ 前振り
• unsewn part of a hanging sleeve on a traditional Japanese woman's garment

suffix / counter:

• counter for swords, blades, etc.

noun:

• not wearing underwear or pants - archaism

expression / noun:

• equality before the law; equality under the law

noun:

• Japan's three antinuclear principles (against producing, possessing and allowing the entry of nuclear weapons into Japanese territory)

noun:

• miyairigai (Oncomelania hupensis nosophora); freshwater snail that acts as an intermediate host of the Japanese blood fluke ➜ 片山貝

noun:

• large cut (e.g. of meat) ［大切り・大切］
• last piece of the day's programme; last act of a play; comic dialogue as the last item in vaudeville, music hall, etc.

noun:

• area of a soccer pitch between the penalty area and the centre ring (of tactical importance) - Sports term - From English "vital area"

noun:

• opposite side; bottom; other side; side hidden from view; undersurface; reverse side Antonym: 表【おもて】
• rear; back; behind
• lining; inside
• in the shadows; behind the scenes; offstage; behind one's back
• more (to something than meets the eye); hidden side (e.g. of one's personality); unknown circumstances; different side
• proof ➜ 裏付け
• opposite (of a prediction, common sense, etc.); contrary ➜ 裏をかく
• inverse (of a hypothesis, etc.)
• bottom (of an inning); last half (of an inning) - Baseball term Antonym: 表【おもて】

noun:

• someone who has a title but no real duty; useless person ➜ 取り巻き
• actor playing a daimyo who merely sets the scene as part of the background (in kabuki) - original meaning ➜ 大名

expression / ichidan verb:

• to synchronise the breathing with the opponent prior to the start of a match - Sumo term

expression / ichidan verb:

• to synchronise the breathing with the opponent prior to the start of a match - Sumo term

noun:

• son (of others); boy; young master - honorific language
• green young man from a well-to-do family; young man innocent of the ways of the world

noun:

• son (of others); boy; young master - honorific language ➜ 坊ちゃん【ぼっちゃん】
• green young man from a well-to-do family; young man innocent of the ways of the world ➜ 坊ちゃん【ぼっちゃん】

expression:

• you cannot excuse a bad deed with a petty act of benevolence; steal a pig and give the feet for alms [literal] - proverb

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to get the short end of the stick; to get the bad end of a bargain

noun:

• the whole body; limbs ［五体］
• the five styles in Japanese calligraphy ➜ 行書・書道・真書・草書・大篆・八分【はっぷん】・隷書・楷書・篆書

expression:

• one cannot shake the will of even the lowliest man; a person's will should be respected; even a menial deserves his convictions - proverb

suffix:

• (something) shop - usu. 屋 ➜ パン屋
• somebody who sells (something) or works as (something) - usu. 屋, can be derog. ➜ 殺し屋
• somebody with a (certain) personality trait - usu. 屋 ➜ 照れ屋

noun:

• house - usu. 家
• roof

noun:

• baptism-like ceremony performed by the buddhas on a bodhisattva who attains buddhahood - Buddhism term
• baptism-like ceremony for conferring onto someone precepts, a mystic teaching, etc. (in esoteric Buddhism) - Buddhism term
• pouring water onto a gravestone - Buddhism term
• teaching esoteric techniques, compositions, etc. (in Japanese poetry or music)