noun:

• wait for the middle tile of a three-in-a-row which will finish one's hand - Mahjong term

noun:

• misedashi; debut of an apprentice geisha; ceremony in which a shikomi becomes a maiko ➜ 仕込み【しこみ】・舞子【まいこ】

noun / ~する noun:

• leaving temporarily; stepping out; going away for a while

noun:

• camera focusing error (on a space between two objects) ➜ 抜く【ぬく】

noun:

• kōji; malted rice; malt; malt-like material from growing mold on rice, barley, beans, etc. (used as a starter to make sake, miso, soy sauce, etc.)

expression:

• intending to persuade someone and instead being persuaded oneself; going for wool and coming home shorn; the biter bit; the mummy hunter himself becomes a mummy [literal] - idiom

noun:

• shaping ceramics on a pottery wheel; spinning a pottery wheel
• gesticulating with your hands as if you were shaping ceramics on a pottery wheel - slang - humorous term

noun:

• head (of a household, etc.); leader; master
• owner; proprietor; proprietress
• subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed)
• guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers); long-time resident (or employee, etc.)
• husband

pronoun:

• you - familiar language ➜ おぬし

adverb / pronoun:

• here and there; all around; everywhere; throughout; all over

~する noun:

• to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up ［あちこち・あちらこちら・あっちこっち・アチコチ］

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to be very far apart from; to be remote; to be quite different from

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to think of as the main point; to make the main purpose; to put the focus on ➜ 主眼

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be completely disgusted with; to be absolutely fed up with; to run out of patience with ➜ 愛想が尽きる

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be struck by lightning
• to be yelled at (by someone of higher status); to be scolded harshly - idiom

godan ~す verb:

• to use within an inch of its life; to use every little bit of; to get the most out of

noun / ~する noun / transitive:

• closing down a course or a program (school, etc.)

noun / ~する noun / intransitive verb:

• end of a course or program (school, etc.)

noun:

• manager; steward; factotum; person next in rank to the chief retainers and in charge of general management and accounting in a samurai family (Edo period) ➜ 御用人
• useful person

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to take someone's place; to step into someone's shoes; to succeed someone in his post ➜ 後釜

godan ~る verb:

• to act as one pleases; to throw one's weight around; to have everything one's own way

noun / ~する noun:

• abstention (from voting); renunciation (of a right); withdrawal (from a contest)

noun / ~する noun:

• military service; serving in a war; taking part in a campaign

noun:

• pleasant sound; crack (of a baseball bat); roar (of a motor)

noun / ~する noun:

• spin (as in 'take a car for a spin'); run

noun / ~する noun:

• delivery from a storehouse; shipping ➜ 入庫
• leaving a garage; leaving the depot ➜ 入庫

noun:

• tip of a brush or pen; (force of a) writing style

noun:

• having a samurai's spirit and a merchant's business sense - four character idiom

noun:

• starting point of a mountain ascent; trailhead (leading up a mountain)