expression / adjective:

• to be at a loss for words; to be speechless; to be dumbfounded; to be struck dumb

noun:

• image of a bride dressed in her wedding gown (wedding kimono, etc.)

noun:

• a fine custom

noun:

• daily rip-off-a-page calendar; daily pad calendar

godan ~く verb:

• to have a facial tattoo (esp. one around the eye, one form of punishment in ancient Japan) - was v4k - archaism - obscure term

noun:

• name of a town section

noun:

• a kick; mounting a bar with a kick

noun:

• popularly accepted "on" reading of a kanji (as opposed to those derived from Chinese)

interjection:

• just right!; excellent! ➜ ばっちり・グー

noun:

• functioning cuff buttons on a jacket (i.e. those that can be buttoned and unbuttoned) ➜ 本切羽
• surgeon's cuffs

expression:

• there are no cowardly soldiers under a superior general - proverb

noun:

• fire alarm ringing continuously to warn that a fire is extremely near ➜ 擦り半鐘
• sound as produced by this alarm

noun / ~の noun:

• a sight for sore eyes; seeing something beautiful or precious

noun:

• humming a tune; humming unconcernedly

noun:

• looking up a word or kanji by its reading (rather than by its radical or stroke count)
• katakana-hiragana prolonged sound mark - colloquialism ➜ 長音符【ちょうおんぷ】

expression / ichidan verb:

• to fasten a lock

noun:

• rumbling of a mountain

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to stumble a step or two forward (when trying to stop); to pass one's destination and stumble a step or two forward; to totter

expression / ichidan verb:

• to take and spit the water prior to a bout - Sumo term

expression:

• suffix used to negate a verb in the non-past tense - polite language - Kansai dialect ➜ ません

noun:

• shallow hat with a round top (looking like a half manjū)

noun:

• land given to someone who has rendered a distinguished service (ritsuryo system)

noun:

• sandbank in a river

noun:

• stone used as a marker for hundred times worship ➜ 百度参り【ひゃくどまいり】

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to grow a beard