noun:

• long interlude (in folk songs or koto music)
• wiles (e.g. used by a prostitute to lure customers); finesse; trick

noun:

• temporary manifestation by a buddha (in order to save people); manifested form (often a Shinto deity) - Buddhism term ➜ 本地

noun:

• Coming of Age Day (second Monday in January. Prior to 2000 was Jan 15); Adult's Day

noun / ~する noun:

• locking sword to sword (in a duel) and pushing

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• fierce, close-fought competition

noun:

• center for collecting charitable contributions (money, goods, and-or services) and distributing them to people in need - four character idiom

noun:

• pushing back one's opponent while locked in close quarters - Sumo term

suffix:

• having a tendency towards; being close to

noun:

• skewering one's food with a chopstick in order to pick it up (a breach of etiquette)

noun:

• ringing one's chopsticks against a dish (in order to request seconds, etc.) (a breach of etiquette)

noun:

• hand; arm - polite language ➜ 手
• handwriting; penmanship - honorific language

interjection:

• 'shake' (command to have a dog place its paw in your hand) ➜ お代わり

expression:

• when kids get in a fight, their parents come to their aid; yelping curs will raise mastiffs - proverb

noun:

• second blooming (in a season); reflowering; reflorescence ➜ 返り咲き【かえりざき】
• return to working by a prostitute, kabuki actor, etc. - archaism

noun:

• being unable to discern good food from bad; poor person's taste (in food); unsophisticated palate - colloquialism

noun / ~する noun:

• warming something in a vessel placed in hot water

noun / ~する noun:

• legal reregistration in one's family; reenrollment (in school); reenrolment

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• throwing down multiple objects in succession - onomatopoeia ➜ ドサ
• at once in great numbers

noun:

• chiptune (music synthesized in realtime; e.g. in video games)

~と adverb:

• in succession; in an endless stream; continuing without pause or interruption - onomatopoeia

noun:

• ceramics made in a mold
• formulaic production style in kyogen

noun:

• fried mochi covered in soy sauce and wrapped in nori - Food term ➜ 磯辺【いそべ】

~の noun / adverb:

• practical; actual; de facto; in essence; in all but name

adverb / ~と adverb:

• clearly; plainly; distinctly - onomatopoeia

~する noun:

• to be clear; to be definite; to be certain; to be exact; to become clear; to clear up - often as はっきりした

~する noun / adverb / ~と adverb:

• to be hairy (person); to be thickly bearded - onomatopoeia
• to be dense (vegetation); to be thick - onomatopoeia
• to be slow (person); to be dull - onomatopoeia

expression:

• the soft may prove more durable than the hard; willow trees don't break under the weight of snow [literal] - proverb

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be choked up; to be crushed (emotionally); to be overcome (with emotion); to be shocked; to be horrified

adjectival noun / noun:

• one color; one colour; one article; monochrome
• same tendency; everyone being caught up in the same thing