noun:

• T; t

prefix:

• nth year in the Taishō era (1912.7.30-1926.12.25) ➜ 大正

interjection:

• heigh-hoh; heave-ho ➜ どっこい
• used as a meaningless word in a song for rhythm ➜ どっこい

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to freeze to; to be frozen to
• to freeze in place; to be still

noun:

• sliding - Baseball term
• being just in time

noun:

• bride
• one's daughter-in-law

noun:

• robe worn by military officials with a round collar, unstitched open sides, and no wrapped fabric along the bottom ➜ 闕腋の袍
• small opening in the side of traditional Japanese clothing (where the sleeve meets the bodice, below the armpit); clothing with such an opening (usu. worn by women or children) ➜ 八つ口

noun / ~する noun:

• land subsidence - four character idiom
• decline in influence

noun:

• was ［ワズ］
• was just in; just left; just did - esp. in Twitter - slang

noun:

• story (verbal) problem
• problem expressed in words - Mathematics term

noun:

• choir singing from music - From English "choral reading"
• reading aloud in a group

noun:

• room or pavilion of residence for the master of the house (Heian period palatial-style architecture) ➜ 寝殿造
• room where the emperor usually lives in the imperial palace

noun / ~の noun:

• fine crystal; clear glass

expression:

• mirror found in hell in Enma's chamber that allows people to see their good and bad deeds - abbreviation ➜ 浄玻璃の鏡

noun:

• charcoal made from thin branches
• charcoal sold in bulk (instead of in straw bags) ➜ 散【ばら】

noun:

• captured piece that can be reused - Shōgi term
• person or object held in reserve; available means

noun:

• turning over; flipping over
• reply; response
• marks written alongside characters in a classical Chinese text to indicate their ordering when read in Japanese ➜ 返り点
• lapel

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to throw something to each other; to pass something back and forth; to bandy something around
• to take part in a pitching duel - Baseball term

noun:

• sauteed vegetables with fish or poultry made into a stew
• poultry or fish stew with chili peppers and Welsh onions mixed in

expression / noun:

• lost decade; decade of economic stagnation
• decade in Japan from 1992 to 2002

noun:

• Japanese book size (approx. 12.5cm by 17.5cm) ➜ 半紙【はんし】
• late Edo-period novelette depicting life in the red-light district ➜ 洒落本

noun:

• combatant
• interested party in warfare; warring nation; belligerent

noun:

• writings on many different topics ➜ 雑書
• book that cannot be classified in any category

adverb / ~の noun:

• as a god
• as was done in the age of the gods

noun:

• puzzle ring; wire puzzle
• exercise where students link crossed hands in a circle and try working together and without letting go

adverb / ~と adverb:

• intermittently; bit by bit; little by little; by ones and twos - onomatopoeia
• in drops (e.g. of rain) - onomatopoeia

noun:

• various medicines; medical treatment
• supper in a Zen temple; rice porridge served for supper in a Zen temple