adjectival noun:

• having a single meaning; allowing only one interpretation; unequivocal; unambiguous
• principal; primary; most important

noun:

• jujitsu (classical Japanese martial art, usually referring to fighting without a weapon); jiujitsu; jujutsu

noun:

• palmyra - abbreviation ➜ 多羅樹
• lusterleaf holly - abbreviation ➜ 多羅葉
• patra (silver incense dish placed in front of a Buddhist statue)

noun:

• senior manager; director; person below the department head with responsibility for a particular area

noun:

• guard on sword, polearms, etc.; flange
• brim; visor (e.g. of a hat)

noun:

• double-dealer; timeserver; moving back and forth between two sides in a conflict - four character idiom

noun:

• nose medicine (e.g. nasal spray)
• bribe; hush money
• soothing sweets (for a child)

noun:

• quasi-synonym (word that has a similar meaning to another, but is not interchangeable) - Linguistics term ➜ 同義語

noun:

• quasi-synonym (word that has a similar meaning to another, but is not interchangeable) - Linguistics term

noun:

• (waiting) impatiently; (spending) many a weary day; each moment seeming like an eternity - four character idiom

noun:

• not having met or contacted someone for a long time; neglect of friends

noun:

• garnish (e.g. vegetables with a meat dish); trimmings; fixings; relish

noun:

• gidayū ballad drama (narrative accompanied by a shamisen used in the bunraku puppet theater) ➜ 義太夫

expression:

• much ado about nothing; The mountains have brought forth a mouse (Aesop)

noun / ~する noun:

• ranging over or scouting out a territory; searching far and wide (for); reading extensively

noun:

• women's obi with a different colour on each side (originally black and white)

noun / ~する noun:

• paying to get someone (esp. a geisha, prostitute, etc.) out of bondage

noun:

• useless employees (shunted off by a window to pass their remaining time until retirement)

noun:

• capital letter
• first character of a dictionary entry
• matrix (printing)
• kanji corresponding to furigana

noun:

• visiting another school (e.g. of kendo) and defeating each member in a fight

noun:

• stealthy steps
• spurt to overtake a leading horse just before the finish line

noun / ~の noun:

• atavism; throwback; reappearance of an earlier characteristic; skipping a generation; reversion to ancestral type

noun:

• water-filled bamboo tube in Japanese garden which clacks against a stone when emptied

adjectival noun:

• significant; suggestive; insinuating; meaningful

noun:

• words or behaviour that hints at a deeper meaning

noun:

• thin strip of wood smeared with sulfur, used to light a fire