noun / ~の noun:

• outer layer (e.g. of skin); cuticle; epidermis; bark; rind; crust; film (on the surface of a liquid); scum ［うわかわ］
• epithelium - esp. じょうひ - Anatomy term

noun:

• booth or stall set up on the sidewalk in front of a shop or home (esp. food booths at festivals) - Kansai dialect ➜ 床店【とこみせ】・出店【でみせ】

expression:

• having food on the table is more important than having a high social standing; taro stems over family status [literal] - proverb - humorous term

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to spur on; to urge forward; to impel
• to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to write down; to make a note of; to put on record; to chronicle

noun:

• second in command
• fourth athlete to compete in a 5-on-5 team competition (kendo, judo, etc.) ➜ 先鋒【せんぽう】

noun:

• contract (entered into on the basis of a promise or previous agreement); formal agreement; contract at hand

expression / adjective:

• unable to stay (on); unable to endure being somewhere a second longer; feel like running away

noun:

• beheading followed by mounting of the head on a pike in front of the prison (Edo period)

expression / adjective:

• unable to stay (on); unable to endure being somewhere a second longer; feel like running away ➜ 居たたまれない

noun:

• store that has been gone out of business; household that lives without carrying on a business

noun:

• wooden horse; rocking horse
• vaulting horse; horse used in gymnastics ➜ 跳馬
• the horse (ancient torture device that one was forced to straddle with rocks hanging from the feet)

pronoun:

• he; she; this fellow; this guy; this person - colloquialism - derogatory term - familiar language ➜ 其奴【そいつ】
• this; this one; this thing - colloquialism - derogatory term - familiar language ➜ 其奴【そいつ】

interjection:

• Hey, you!; You bastard!; Damn you! - colloquialism - derogatory term - familiar language

noun:

• my mixi; refers to the 'friend list' on mixi (or people on that list) - abbreviation ➜ マイミクシィ

noun:

• my mixi; refers to the 'friend list' on mixi (or people on that list) ➜ マイミク

noun:

• broiled eel served over rice in a lacquered box; broiled eel and rice served in two separate stacked boxes, with eel in top box and rice in bottom box

expression:

• an army marches on its stomach; you can't fight on an empty stomach [literal] - proverb

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to strengthen; to beef up; to put on a firm basis; to ensure; to secure

noun:

• working holiday - abbreviation ➜ ワーキングホリデー
• person on a working holiday

noun:

• compound ideograph (one of the six kanji classifications); kanji made up of meaningful parts (e.g. "mountain pass" is up + down + mountain)

noun:

• being jealous of things that have nothing to do with one; being jealous of others who are in love with each other - four character idiom

expression:

• God doesn't give with both hands; God does not give two gifts; heaven does not grant people more than one talent - proverb

expression / ichidan verb:

• to act as one; to act in concert; to keep pace; to stay in step ➜ 歩調を揃える

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be within the top five; to be one of the five best - idiom

noun:

• purple yam; water yam (Dioscorea alata); winged yam ➜ 大薯
• purple fleshed sweet potato (any one of several different such) ➜ 紫芋
• Conus pauperculus (species of cone shell) - usually written using kana alone ➜ 芋貝