noun:

• downstage right pillar (on a noh stage) used as a positioning guidepost for actors

noun:

• loading goods on a truck - From English "vanning"
• remodelling a station wagon, light van, etc.

~と adverb:

• quite indifferent; looking blank; looking as though one has nothing at all to do with what is going on

noun:

• splashing on; splashing at - slang
• dish made by pouring broth over something (esp. bukkakesoba) ➜ 打っ掛け蕎麦
• ejaculation onto someone's face - vulgar

noun:

• transferring a shintai in a portable shrine, e.g. to another shrine or to a ceremony - Shintō term ➜ 神体

noun:

• shadow or cloud (e.g. on someone's happiness); shade; gloom

noun:

• quale; qualia (qualities or feelings considered independently of their effects on behavior)

noun:

• fraud based on demanding payment for false claims or non-existent bills

noun:

• tariqa; tariqah; tariqat; Sufi religious brotherhood or its doctrines on spiritual learning - From Arabic "ṭarīqah"

noun:

• person who brags about (or prides themselves on) their fishing skill

noun:

• expectation that something took place, will take place or was in some state; it should be so; bound to be; expected to be; must be
• nock (of a bow)
• nock (of an arrow)
• nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger) - Sumo term ➜ はず押し【はずおし】
• wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out

expression / adverb:

• at any cost; at any price; at any expense

suffix:

• our gracious (e.g. Queen); honorific that attaches to name of a person or thing that has bestowed grace or favour upon you

noun:

• ceremony performed by a sorcerer to protect a noble setting out on a trip ➜ 禹歩
• dance steps inspired by this ceremony

expression / ichidan verb:

• to angrily reject; to snub; to give a person a good scolding; to give a person a rap on the knuckles

noun:

• karoshi line (official measure of excessive hours of overtime per month) ➜ 過労死

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to force someone to clamp with their teeth; to force into someone's mouth (e.g. a gag) ➜ 猿ぐつわをかます【さるぐつわをかます】
• to wedge into a space
• to inflict (a blow); to deal (a hit) ➜ 一発かます【いっぱつかます】
• to pull (a joke); to say or do (something stupid); to try (a bluff)

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to force someone to clamp with their teeth; to force into someone's mouth (e.g. a gag)
• to wedge into a space
• to inflict (a blow); to deal (a hit)
• to pull (a joke); to say or do (something stupid); to try (a bluff)

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to behave like a spoiled child; to fawn on
• to take advantage of; to presume upon (e.g. another's benevolence); to depend on

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to suspend between two points; to build (a bridge, etc.); to put up on something (e.g. legs up on table) - sometimes written 掛ける

noun:

• depending on the (one's) situation (circumstances); at one's pleasure - four character idiom

noun:

• customer at a brothel; john; someone who has forgotten the eight virtues ➜ 八徳
• brothel; owner of a brothel

noun:

• public bathhouse
• building with a bath (esp. in a shrine or temple)

expression:

• to have a comeback (i.e. a reason, or rationalization) for every remark - idiom

noun:

• clasp or ring for attaching a pendant to a chain