noun:

• new moon - Astronomy term
• first day of the lunar month
• (in ancient China) next year's calendar and decrees (distributed by the Emperor at year's end)

noun:

• doorstop interview; doorstep interview; on-the-move interview; informal interview in which reporters surround a public figure and prod him for an off-the-cuff response

noun:

• workshop ［さいくじょ］ ➜ 工房
• Heian and Kamakura-period furniture workshop (established in temples and various government bodies)
• Edo period office which administered tenders for arms, armor, etc.

expression / noun:

• something that looks difficult but actually isn't; swimming in a cold lake during mid-winter seems difficult, but it's nothing to a kappa - idiom

adverb / ~と adverb:

• by ones and twos - onomatopoeia
• tears or flower petals falling quietly - onomatopoeia ➜ はらはら・ぼろぼろ
• gurgling bird sound - onomatopoeia
• falling apart; crumbling; melting (in one's mouth) - onomatopoeia

noun:

• dish made from fiveleaf aralia sprouts, pickled daikon, walnuts, etc. - Food term

noun:

• anonymous scholarship system for orphans whose parents have been killed in traffic accidents (from Daddy-Long-Legs, a 1912 novel by Jean Webster) ➜ 大蚊
• harvestman; daddy longlegs (arachnid of order Opiliones)

noun / suffix noun:

• child
• young (animal) ➜ 仔【こ】
• young woman; young geisha - also 娘
• offshoot
• interest ➜ 元も子もない
• new shares - abbreviation ➜ 子株

noun:

• player who is not a dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.) ➜ 親【おや】

noun / suffix noun:

• bird egg - archaism

suffix noun:

• -er (often of young women) - after a noun or -masu stem

noun:

• general; admiral
• head; chief; leader; boss; kingpin
• old chap; mate; boss; chief; man - familiar or jocular term for addressing a male - familiar language
• athlete who competes in the last match of a team competition (kendo, judo, etc.) ➜ 先鋒【せんぽう】

noun:

• mountain where old people were abandoned (according to legend); "position in an organization to which an ineffective person is transferred" [figurative]

noun:

• small opening in the side of some traditional Japanese clothing for women and children (e.g. kimono, yukata) (located where the sleeve meets the bodice, below the armpit)

noun:

• black hair that has been dyed blond after the roots begin to grow in at the top giving an appearance much like custard pudding; pudding head [literal] - colloquialism

noun:

• fan in autumn (esp. one that is no longer used); "outdated item that has fallen into disuse" [figurative]; "woman who has lost a man's affection or interest" [figurative] ➜ 秋の扇

noun / ~する noun / noun or verb acting prenominally:

• targetting; aiming at a specific target; pinpointing

noun / ~する noun:

• selective hitting; swinging only at certain types of pitches - Baseball term
• having no choice in a move (e.g. mahjong, go, etc.)

noun:

• engineer-in-chief; chief engineer; chief scientist

expression:

• in that way; like that; that way

expression:

• in that way; like that; that way

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to bolt down one's food; to gulp down; to eat quickly ➜ 掻っ込む【かっこむ】
• to carry under the arm; to rake in; to scoop up ➜ 掻い込む

noun:

• stock (in grafting)
• wood used as a platform (or base, etc.); block (i.e. chopping block); (gun) stock; unworked block of wood

noun:

• starting with vigor but ending with no action; raising one's voice (in a call to action) and then failing to take action

noun:

• sō-on; Song reading; on reading of a kanji based on Song dynasty and later Chinese (esp. in words related to Zen Buddhism) ➜ 唐音【とうおん】・宋【そう】

noun:

• chilled soba served on a dish (often on a wicker basket or in a shallow steaming basket) with dipping sauce

noun:

• using one's chopsticks to jump from side dish to side dish without pausing to eat rice in between (a breach of etiquette) ➜ 渡り箸

noun:

• using one's chopsticks to jump from side dish to side dish without pausing to eat rice in between (a breach of etiquette) ➜ 移り箸

noun:

• announcing meals (at a Zen monastery); meal announcer - Buddhism term
• noh mask resembling a young attendant who announces mealtimes in a Zen monastery

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to make the smart move (after taking in the situation, etc.) ➜ 気を利かせる
• to do the tactful or helpful thing (after considering someone's feelings) ➜ 気を利かせる