noun:

• closing mid-way
• taking a break mid-way through an event, sometimes with ceremonial hand-clapping

noun:

• palsy; paralysis
• every second solar term (occurring in the latter half of each month) ➜ 二十四節気

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to change one's attitude quickly - idiom
• to flip over one's hand - たなごころをかえす is often used figuratively as an example of something easy

noun:

• two kinds
• second-class (e.g. mail)

adjectival noun / noun:

• easy; simple; ready
• casual; off-hand; easy-going; careless; artless

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to scatter; to disseminate (e.g. a rumor); to spread (e.g. germs); to broadcast
• to distribute widely (e.g. leaflets); to hand out freely; to spend recklessly

noun:

• handwriting

~の noun:

• handwritten; hand-painted; hand-drawn

noun:

• lifeboat
• friend in need; helping hand; timely help

noun:

• carapace; shell
• 1st in rank; grade A
• instep; back of hand
• the A party (e.g. in a contract); the first party; plaintiff (label in legal documents) ➜ 乙【おつ】

noun / suffix noun:

• waiting; waiting time
• wait tile; tile which would complete one's hand - Mahjong term

noun:

• dagger; stiletto
• confidant; right-hand man

noun:

• distinguished person - four character idiom
• thirteen orphans; winning hand containing one of each terminal and honor tile plus one extra copy of any of them - Mahjong term

noun:

• beehive; hive; honeycomb
• something full of holes; "swiss cheese" [figurative] - idiom
• honeycomb tripe; wall of a cow's second stomach - Food term
• cast iron anvil stand - obsolete term

noun / suffix:

• including; inclusive of ［こみ］

noun:

• komi; extra points given to the white player as compensation for playing second (in go) - usu. コミ - usually written using kana alone - abbreviation ➜ コミ出し【コミだし】

noun / ~の noun:

• food offering to the gods
• leftovers; hand-me-downs

noun:

• standard size car
• ordinary carriage (train); second-class carriage Antonym: グリーン車

noun:

• octopus - abbreviation
• octopus regulator; alternate second-stage air pressure regulator used as an alternative air source in an emergency

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to pass the baton (e.g. in a relay race)
• to pass the baton; to hand on the torch - idiom

adjectival noun / noun:

• malicious; vicious; malignant; underhanded
• shoddy; inferior; poor-quality; second-rate

noun:

• new rice; first rice crop of the year Antonym: 古米

noun / ~の noun:

• novice; beginner; newcomer; new hand

noun:

• pine, bamboo and plum (together an auspicious grouping)
• high, middle and low (ranking); top, middle and bottom; upper, medium, lower; first, second and third (class) - from 松 down to 梅

noun:

• smoke screen; dazzler; distraction
• camouflage; deceptive means
• magic; witchcraft; sleight of hand
• shell game

adverb:

• immediately; at once; right away
• directly; in person; first hand

noun / ~する noun:

• wings and feathers
• assistance; aid; help; someone's right hand

noun:

• powerful official; powerful office; influential position
• holding of concurrent (official) posts; concurrent post; one's second post ➜ 兼官